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

Switch and Click · Dallas, TX, USA ·

Pay:
$50,000-$70,000/yr
Job type:
Full Time

$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
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