Script Writer

Shown Media LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Shown Media LLC, a Madison Avenue–level creative studio, seeks a scriptwriter to craft 90-second launch videos for high-profile founders. You’ll shape narrative from product research, founder story, and aha moments, ensuring every line holds attention.

You’ll own the script through multiple revisions, collaborating with Creative Directors and production teams to ensure visuals align with the text. You bring YouTube scripting and social media know-how to optimize retention.

Qualifications

• Proven experience writing video scripts for YouTube, Technical writing, or similar long-form formats.
• Understanding of retention: hooks, pacing, why people stay.
• Revision-heavy process: feedback is a tool, not a judgment.
• Deep understanding of social media, especially X and LinkedIn.
• Ability to learn a product deeply in 48 hours and write as if years of familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Write video scripts for viral launch campaigns; research the product, understand the founder, and isolate the "aha moment" for a 90-second narrative.
• Revise. Revise again. Then revise once more; this role is 70% revision.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors and the production team so every script translates visually.
• Turn briefs into strong first drafts quickly, then refine until it's right.
• Go deep on each client's product, positioning, and audience to ensure specificity.

Skills

Video scriptwriting

YouTube scripting

Direct-response copywriting

Storytelling for marketing

Editing and revision discipline

Social media savvy

Job description

The right words, in the right order, at the right pace. That's the difference between a video that holds for 90 seconds and one that loses people at second 12.

Every launch video that breaks the internet started as a script. We are looking for someone to write ours.

About Shown Media

Emmy winners, ex-MrBeast filmmakers, and elite creative strategists on Madison Avenue. Every week we engineer viral launches for the founders history will remember. Tens of millions of views per campaign, and the script is where every one of those launches begins.

The Role

You'll write the scripts behind our launch videos: the 90-second masterpieces we build for founders backed by Sequoia, a16z, and Khosla. Each script goes through multiple revision passes before a single frame is shot. You don't hand off a draft and move on. You're in it until every line is right.

What You'll Own

• Write video scripts for viral launch campaigns: research the product, understand the founder, isolate the "aha moment", and turn it into a narrative that holds for 90 seconds.
• Revise. Revise again. Then revise once more. This role is 70% revision. That's not a warning, that's the standard.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors and the production team so every script translates visually.
• Turn a brief into a strong first draft fast, then obsess over the refinement until it's right.
• Go deep on each client's product, positioning, and audience. The script has to feel specific, not generic.

Only apply if this describes you:

• You've rewritten the same line 15 times because none of them were exactly right.
• You write fast, and you obsess over every word anyway.
• Feedback isn't personal. Another revision pass is just another chance to make it better.
• You understand what makes a viewer stay. Not theoretically, in practice.
• You've written YouTube scripts or DTC direct-response copy and understand how those formats work mechanically.
• You know social media deeply. Not just what performs, but why.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience writing video scripts. YouTube, Technical writing, or similar long-form formats strongly preferred.
• You understand retention: hooks, pacing, why people stay or leave.
• A revision-heavy process doesn't frustrate you. You see feedback as a tool, not a judgment.
• Deep understanding of social media, especially X and LinkedIn.
• Strong research skills. You can learn a product deeply in 48 hours and write like you've known it for years.