YouTube Scriptwriter – Legal & Criminal Justice Content – $200–$400 per completed script
Fundmates acquires established YouTube channels and grows them through dedicated content production teams, creative strategy, and data-driven decisions.
We’re looking for a skilled writer to create compelling, well-structured scripts for an established American YouTube channel covering real police encounters, bodycam footage, constitutional rights, and the US criminal justice system.
What You’ll Do
- Write engaging YouTube scripts based on real police encounters and bodycam footage.
- Transform legal research, case notes, and editorial outlines into clear, accessible commentary.
- Follow an established channel style, including its narrative structure, tone, transitions, and pacing.
- Explain legal concepts in natural, conversational American English without oversimplifying or distorting their meaning.
- Maintain a neutral, fact-based approach to sensitive or controversial incidents.
- Distinguish between documented facts, legal conclusions, and speculation.
- Collaborate with our Lead Legal Scriptwriter and editorial team to refine scripts.
- Incorporate editorial feedback and deliver revisions within agreed deadlines.
- Conduct limited supplementary research and fact-checking when needed.
What We’re Looking For
Required:
- Demonstrated experience writing long-form YouTube scripts, documentary narratives, investigative journalism, or similarly structured nonfiction content.
- Excellent written American English, with natural phrasing and a strong sense of rhythm, clarity, and audience engagement.
- Proven ability to adapt your writing to an established editorial voice rather than imposing your own style.
- Strong storytelling skills, including the ability to structure complex information into a coherent narrative.
- Familiarity with US law, constitutional rights, criminal justice, or law enforcement topics.
- Strong attention to factual accuracy and the ability to work with source materials.
- Ability to work independently, respond to feedback, and meet deadlines.
- A portfolio containing relevant published or professional writing samples.
Workload & Compensation
- Freelance, remote collaboration.
- Initial workload: approximately 1–2 scripts per week.
- Typical script length: approximately 1,500–1,800 words.
- Standard turnaround: 2–3 business days per assignment.
- Compensation: $200–$400 per completed script, depending on the scope of work and agreed responsibilities.
- Collaboration with an experienced legal and editorial team.
Pay: From $400.00 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Application Question(s):
- Have you professionally written long-form YouTube scripts, documentary scripts, or investigative nonfiction content?
- Can you provide at least two relevant narrative writing samples in English?
- Have you written content about US criminal justice, constitutional rights, or law enforcement?
- Are you comfortable with compensation of $200–$400 per script and an initial workload of 1–2 scripts per week?
Work Location: Remote