YouTube Family Video Writer & Story Producer (Unscripted)

Masters of Engagement; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters of Engagement seeks a writer/story producer for YouTube family content in Los Angeles. You’ll turn rough ideas into shootable outlines with clear premise, rules, beats, an intro and ending, then craft titles and thumbnails to frame the video.

You will report to Jordan, work with the team, and be on set Sundays to adjust beats live. Improv or sketch training is a plus to capture authentic tween humor.

Qualifications

• 2+ years writing or story producing for YouTube, kids and family TV, or unscripted.
• Videos you shaped that you can walk us through beat by beat, including what you would change.
• Comfort with improv-driven shoots. Improv or sketch training is a strong plus.
• An ear for how tweens and teens talk, and a feel for what a 10 to 16 year old viewer finds funny or unfair.
• Speed. A full outline in a day, and a new direction by the end of a call when the plan changes.
• Judgment on what is safe and age-appropriate for a young audience to copy.

Responsibilities

• Take an approved idea on Tuesday and deliver a shootable outline by Thursday: premise, rules, beat sheet, intro, and ending.
• Pitch and develop ideas with Jordan, Jake, and the team, and keep a ready list of 10 developed concepts that need little sourcing.
• Write the title and thumbnail concept first, then build the video to deliver on it.
• Turn a game into a story ("We survived a zombie apocalypse", not "We played Sardines").
• Screen ideas against the channel's creative rules before they reach Jordan.
• Be on set some Sundays to adjust beats live as the day changes.
• Work with post on structure: where reveals land, what to cut, and what drove drop-off in the last video.

Skills

YouTube writing

Story producing

Improv training

Tween/teen voice

Creative speed

Job description

Masters of Engagement seeks a writer/story producer for YouTube family content in Los Angeles. You’ll turn rough ideas into shootable outlines with clear premise, rules, beats, an intro and ending, then craft titles and thumbnails to frame the video.

You will report to Jordan, work with the team, and be on set Sundays to adjust beats live. Improv or sketch training is a plus to capture authentic tween humor.