Remote YouTube Scriptwriter: Persuasive Editorial Storyteller

Dragonfruit; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

Wellness reimbursements

Cash bonuses for video performance

Gifts on birthdays

Job summary

Dragonfruit, a remote-first creator and education media studio, is seeking a YouTube Scriptwriter to craft world-class scripts that combine editorial storytelling with direct-response persuasion. You’ll write long-form and short-form content built on clarity, structure, and emotional momentum for a roster of world-class creators and founders.

You’ll use direct-response frameworks and platform insights to hook viewers, sustain attention, and drive measurable outcomes, while matching client voices

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a YouTube Scriptwriter, YouTube Strategist, or Producer with documented results. You must be able to provide examples of scripts that generated significant views or engagement, and say what you were responsible for on each
• Experience writing talking-head and expert-led long-form, where the script carries the video rather than the footage
• Strong background in persuasive writing, storytelling, and audience psychology, with a clear understanding of how persuasion works at scale
• Familiarity with VSL, funnel, or sales-driven copy principles, and the ability to adapt them to YouTube without sounding like an ad
• Deep fluency in YouTube culture, formats, trends, and analytics, across various niches rather than gaming alone
• Ability to synthesize ethos, pathos, and logos into scripts that influence, educate, and entertain
• Clear communicator who can translate abstract ideas into executable creative direction
• You write in someone else's voice. You can study how a client speaks and produce something that sounds like them on their best day, not like you

Responsibilities

• Write world-class YouTube scripts using hooks, narrative arcs, and persuasion principles optimized for retention and clarity
• Apply direct-response thinking to educational content, structuring ideas for momentum, comprehension, and action
• Translate complex ideas into compelling, watchable stories that drive trust and measurable outcomes
• Collaborate closely with editors to ensure the final cut adheres to your narrative and persuasive intent
• Ruthlessly edit for clarity, pacing, and emotional resonance, cutting anything that doesn't serve the viewer

Skills

YouTube Scriptwriter

YouTube Strategist

Producer with documented results

Talking-head and long-form scripting

Persuasive writing

Audience psychology

VSL/funnel copy principles

Voice matching client voice

YouTube culture & analytics

Creative direction communication

Job description

Dragonfruit, a remote-first creator and education media studio, is seeking a YouTube Scriptwriter to craft world-class scripts that combine editorial storytelling with direct-response persuasion. You’ll write long-form and short-form content built on clarity, structure, and emotional momentum for a roster of world-class creators and founders.

You’ll use direct-response frameworks and platform insights to hook viewers, sustain attention, and drive measurable outcomes, while matching client voices