[WEBTOON] Social Media Script Writer/Video Editor (Freelancer)

Wattpad; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team with creative peers

Global fan communities exposure

Creative freedom and ownership

Job summary

Wattpad seeks a creative video producer to craft short-form content for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and WEBTOON properties. You will develop storytelling-led promos and trailers, turning comic panels into dynamic animations and coordinating with marketing teams to maximize reach.

You’ll leverage Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the Adobe suite to deliver on-brand work on schedule, while staying attuned to fan culture and current trends across platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience at a creative agency, production company, or in-house entertainment team.
• Experience creating advertising content, trailers, branded content, or entertainment marketing materials.
• Strong storytelling, copywriting, and scripting skills, with an emphasis on pacing, emotion, and structure.
• Proficiency in Premiere Pro and After Effects, plus working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, and other Adobe Creative Suite tools.
• Motion design experience and comfort with character rigging and animation principles.
• Portfolio or reel demonstrating professional motion design and storytelling work, including a distinct voice, artistic range, and creative point of view.
• Ability to manage projects independently end-to-end and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced production environment.
• Reliable communication and ability to deliver work on time, on brand, and on budget.
• Passion for comics, animation, gaming, and storytelling, with familiarity with fan culture and social content trends.
• 3D animation, additional animation or VFX tools, an online creative presence, fandom/webcomic content experience, voice work, or on-camera comfort are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create short-form social videos across comedy, romance, action, thriller, and drama genres.
• Develop strong hooks, cliffhangers, and story-driven content for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms.
• Develop series promotions, trailers, explainers, and character-driven content for WEBTOON properties.
• Turn comic panels into expressive animations that highlight characters, worlds, and themes.
• Produce polished motion-design assets and fast-turn, native-feeling social videos.
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, art directors, Organic Marketing, and Growth Marketing teams.
• Bring an original storytelling perspective to entertaining promotional content and ads.
• Monitor fan culture, animation trends, memes, and Gen Z and Millennial narrative formats.
• Support in-person activations that connect creators and fans.

Skills

Storytelling

Copywriting

Scripting

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Adobe Creative Suite

Motion design

Project management

Communication

Fandom/content trends

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

Audition

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Description:

• Concept, script, and edit short-form social videos across comedy, romance, action, thriller, and drama genres.
• Create strong hooks, cliffhangers, and story-driven content tailored to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms.
• Develop series promotions, trailers, explainers, and character-driven content for WEBTOON properties.
• Turn comic panels into expressive animations that highlight characters, worlds, and themes.
• Produce both polished motion-design assets and fast-turn, native-feeling social videos.
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, art directors, Organic Marketing, and Growth Marketing teams.
• Bring an original storytelling perspective to entertaining promotional content and ads.
• Monitor fan culture, animation trends, memes, and Gen Z and Millennial narrative formats.
• Support in-person activations that connect creators and fans.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience at a creative agency, production company, or in-house entertainment team.
• Experience creating advertising content, trailers, branded content, or entertainment marketing materials.
• Strong storytelling, copywriting, and scripting skills, with an emphasis on pacing, emotion, and structure.
• Proficiency in Premiere Pro and After Effects, plus working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, and other Adobe Creative Suite tools.
• Motion design experience and comfort with character rigging and animation principles.
• Portfolio or reel demonstrating professional motion design and storytelling work, including a distinct voice, artistic range, and creative point of view.
• Ability to manage projects independently end-to-end and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced production environment.
• Reliable communication and ability to deliver work on time, on brand, and on budget.
• Passion for comics, animation, gaming, and storytelling, with familiarity with fan culture and social content trends.
• 3D animation, additional animation or VFX tools, an online creative presence, fandom/webcomic content experience, voice work, or on-camera comfort are preferred.

Benefits:

• Hourly compensation of $40–$50 USD.
• Opportunity to work with major comic artists, entertainment IP, and global fan communities.