Scriptwriter, Microdramas

Rivet Dating; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ground-floor opportunity

Onsite in Gurgaon

Direct collaboration with founders

Creative ownership

Job summary

MeantToBe Pvt. Ltd is seeking a creative Scriptwriter to craft short-form microdramas and episodic content about dating and relationships. You’ll write 1–3 minute episodes with hooks and cliffhangers, collaborating with founders and the marketing team to shape series that feel contemporary and relatable.

You’ll pitch ideas, build characters, and adapt real dating trends into scripts, working in a fast-paced startup environment with rapid feedback and multiple series in production.

Qualifications

• Proven experience writing microdramas, vertical series, or other short-form episodic content.
• Strong ear for dialogue and understanding of what makes a scene land under a minute.
• Ability to write to tight deadlines and iterate based on data and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Write scripts for microdrama series: short, vertical episodes with strong hooks and cliffhangers.
• Pitch original series concepts, loglines, and story arcs rooted in dating and romance.
• Build characters and multi-episode arcs that keep viewers coming back.
• Adapt dating trends and community stories into scripts.
• Collaborate with directors, creators, and actors; revise scripts as needed.
• Write episode captions, teasers, and social copy.
• Track episode performance and use insights to improve future scripts.
• Maintain steady output across multiple series.

Skills

Creative writing

Fast turnaround

Story pacing

Job description

MeantToBe Pvt. Ltd is a venture-backed early-stage startup ready to make waves in the dating and consumer social industry. Our team is led by founders with deep experience in launching and scaling dating apps globally as well as building scaled unicorn businesses from scratch. Backed by top institutional capital, we are a high-growth startup on the ground floor of an ambitious journey to create a brand and product that stands out from the crowded dating app landscape.

Our unique approach combines deep cultural insight, AI, and a novel recommendation algorithm to deliver a social, fun, and effective dating experience that solves for both curation and scale, the holy grail in online dating.

Stories are a big part of how we show what dating feels like today. We're building a slate of microdramas: short, bingeable, vertical episodes about love, situationships, first dates, and everything in between.

The Role

We're looking for a creative Scriptwriter who has written microdramas and knows how to make people tap “next episode” before they can stop themselves.

You'll write short-form, episodic stories built for the phone screen: tight 1–3 minute episodes with a hook in the first few seconds and a cliffhanger at the end of each one. You'll work directly with the founders and the marketing team to develop series that are fun, relatable, and rooted in modern dating culture.

This isn't a role where you'll wait for a brief. You'll pitch ideas, build characters and story arcs, write fast, and use audience response to sharpen what comes next.

What You'll Do

• Write scripts for microdrama series: short, vertical episodes with strong hooks, sharp dialogue, and cliffhanger endings
• Pitch original series concepts, loglines, and story arcs rooted in dating, relationships, and modern romance
• Build memorable characters and multi-episode arcs that keep viewers coming back
• Adapt real dating trends, moments, and community stories into scripts
• Work with directors, creators, and actors on production, and revise scripts on the fly when needed
• Write supporting content such as episode captions, teasers, and social copy
• Track how episodes perform (watch-through, completion, shares, comments) and use it to improve future scripts
• Keep a steady output with fast turnarounds across multiple series

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience writing microdramas, vertical series, or other short-form episodic content (please share samples)
• A highly creative mind with a strong ear for dialogue and a feel for what makes a scene land in under a minute
• A deep understanding of hooks, pacing, and cliffhangers in short-form storytelling
• A genuine interest in dating culture and what makes connections happen
• Extremely online and culturally aware; you know what's trending before it trends
• Fast and reliable: you can write to tight deadlines without losing quality
• Open to feedback and comfortable iterating based on data and audience response
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change in an early-stage startup
• Bonus: experience in comedy, romance, or reality formats, or with production on set

What We Offer

• Ground-floor opportunity at a growing startup
• Work onsite with the team in Gurgaon, close to shoots and production
• Direct collaboration with founders
• Creative ownership over original series and the stories we tell