Short-Form Scriptwriter
Write sharp, founder-led short-form scripts that sound like Steve, stop the scroll, and hold attention to the final line.
Full-timeRemote10 AM · 7 PM2+ years
Heads upThis is not a generic social-media writing role. Candidates must link published short-form videos they personally scripted, identify the platform and account, explain their contribution, and provide available performance data.
Apply now →What you'll do
- Write short-form scripts for Steve's AI, business, entrepreneurship, media, and founder-led content across Instagram.
- Turn Steve's ideas, voice notes, interviews, internal knowledge, long-form content, and strategic direction into concise, original, platform-native videos.
- Research topics, examples, claims, trends, audience questions, and competitive content using credible sources and AI-assisted workflows.
- Develop premises, opening hooks, pattern interrupts, curiosity gaps, concise explanations, transitions, visual moments, and final payoffs.
- Use AI for trend discovery, transcript mining, research synthesis, hook exploration, script variants, fact-check support, repurposing, platform adaptation, and editing.
- Protect Steve's tone of voice and point of view so every script feels founder-led rather than generic or AI-generated.
- Write scripts with clear pacing, emphasis, visual beats, on-screen text opportunities, platform-specific notes, and supporting references.
- Use platform analytics and audience feedback to improve hooks, pacing, clarity, completion, rewatch value, engagement, and calls to action.
- Maintain hook banks, idea banks, proof sources, voice references, winning formats, and repeatable writing systems.
What we're looking for
- 2+ years of short-form scriptwriting, creator writing, social-video writing, or editorial experience.
- A proven record scripting published short-form videos for founders, creators, brands, education, business, AI, or media accounts.
- Strong hook writing, compression, pacing, clarity, storytelling, research, and English writing ability.
- Ability to write in a specific founder's voice while preserving a clear and original point of view.
- Strong understanding of watch time, retention, completion, replays, shares, saves, engagement, and follower conversion.
- A demonstrated AI-assisted research and writing workflow with verification, iteration, and human judgement.
- Reliable ownership, source discipline, communication, speed, consistency, and willingness to test and improve.
Core skills and tools
- Short-form scriptwriting, hook and premise development, founder tone of voice, pacing, retention, research, concise storytelling, visual beats, and editor notes.
- Short-form social performance analysis and AI-assisted research, platform adaptation, repurposing, and writing workflows.
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, NotebookLM, Google Docs, Notion, Instagram Insights, company knowledge bases, and social-listening tools.
What you'll get
- A high-ownership role inside Steve Tan's AI-first founder-led media and business operation.
- Direct exposure to fast-moving AI, short-form content, platform growth, media, and audience-development workflows.
- The opportunity to build repeatable hook systems, platform-native formats, voice standards, and proof-backed scripts at meaningful scale.
- Compensation based on experience, writing quality, measurable results, ownership, reliability, and AI capability.
- Growth potential as the content and creative operation expands.