Short-Form Content Writer (Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)

Switch and Click; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Health insurance

Vacation days

Job summary

Switch and Click is seeking a short-form content writer/producer to own our TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts output. You’ll own ideation and scripting, and understanding what works on the platforms.

We’ll have an editor and a videographer to help bring your ideas to life. We cover Linux, self-hosting, home labs, networking, displays, home theater, keyboards, and other tech for an audience of over a million people.

Qualifications

• A portfolio of short-form work.
• A strong interest in a variety of tech.
• Strong writing skills, can turn an idea into a tight value-packed script.
• Understand the short-form platforms and what performs vs what doesn’t.
• Comfortable being on camera time-to-time in b-roll.
• Able to produce a lot of content and see what sticks.
• Able to proactively plan your schedule to make sure you have ideas, scripts, and more in the pipeline at any given point.

Responsibilities

• Write/produce 2-3 short-form videos per day, published across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts
• Develop concepts that make technical subjects immediately interesting to a broad audience.
• Build and maintain our idea bank.
• Develop and test repeatable formats, tracking which ones perform and retiring them as they fade, while also testing new formats.
• Lead filming sessions with our videographer, giving clear direction and keeping shoot days efficient
• Brief and review edits, making sure the pacing, captions, audio, and hooks are great.
• Manage publishing across all three platforms, optimizing each post for its respective platform.
• Serve as our internal expert on short-form culture across TikTok and Instagram, identifying emerging formats, sounds, and opportunities before they saturate

Skills

Portfolio of short-form work

Strong interest in technology

Strong writing skills

Understanding of short-form platforms

Comfortable on-camera appearances

High-content production capacity

Proactive scheduling and pipeline mgmt

Job description

$50,000 – $70,000 + revenue sharing eligibility

Job summary

Switch and Click is looking for a short-form content writer/producer to own our TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts output. You'll own ideation and scripting, and understanding what works on the platforms.

You’ll have an editor and a videographer help bring your ideas to life.

We cover Linux, self-hosting, home labs, networking, displays, home theater, keyboards, and any other interesting tech for an audience of over a million people.

We value control, freedom, and privacy and the ability for people to repair their own tech.

The primary platform we’re looking to grow on is Instagram.

Qualifications

• A portfolio of short-form work
• A strong interest in a variety of tech
• Strong writing skills, can turn an idea into a tight value-packed script.
• Understand the short-form platforms and what performs vs what doesn’t.
• Comfortable being on camera time-to-time in b-roll.
• Able to produce a lot of content and see what sticks.
• Able to proactively plan your schedule to make sure you have ideas, scripts, and more in the pipeline at any given point.

Responsibilities

• Write/produce 2-3 short-form videos per day, published across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts
• Develop concepts that make technical subjects immediately interesting to a broad audience.
• Build and maintain our idea bank.
• Develop and test repeatable formats, tracking which ones perform and retiring them as they fade, while also testing new formats.
• Lead filming sessions with our videographer, giving clear direction and keeping shoot days efficient
• Brief and review edits, making sure the pacing, captions, audio, and hooks are great.
• Manage publishing across all three platforms, optimizing each post for its respective platform.
• Serve as our internal expert on short-form culture across TikTok and Instagram, identifying emerging formats, sounds, and opportunities before they saturate

Compensation and growth

• Base salary of $50,000–$70,000 depending on experience.
• Team members who consistently grow the channel become eligible for our revenue sharing program, an AdSense split, and/or a share of short-form sponsorship revenue.
• 10 vacation days, and lots of holidays.
• 401k and health insurance.

Skills