YouTube Video Script Writer (Contract)

Owner is the all-in-one platform that restaurants use to succeed online. You can think of it as Shopify meets HubSpot, but specifically for restaurants. Thousands of restaurant owners use our tools to build their website, drive online orders, create their own branded app, manage their customer relationships, and set up marketing automations.

Our Vision

We’re starting by helping independent restaurants succeed online.

But it’s not just restaurants that need our help. All local service-based businesses are struggling with this same set of problems. Huge technology corporations are taking their customers, bleeding their profits, and making it difficult for them to survive.

So, once we nail the solution for restaurants – we’ll scale it into every other local business type.

Our vision of the future is making sure that the tens of millions of local business owners get the support and technology they need to succeed in the digital age.

Our team

With less than 80 teammates, we have one of the highest ARR/headcount ratios of all-time in our category. Our team includes alumni from tech companies such as Shopify, Instagram, Robinhood, DoorDash, SpaceX, ServiceTitan and institutions such as Stanford, Berkeley, Brown, Wharton, and Y Combinator.

Our traction

In just over 3 years, we’ve reached $xx,xxx,xxx in annualized revenues and have raised over $43,000,000 in venture capital.

More importantly, we’ve helped thousands of restaurant owners save their businesses - and not only survive, but thrive.

Why we’re looking for you

As a Contract Video Script Writer at Owner you will play a vital role in scaling Owner.com’s organic video audience on YouTube.

You will be responsible for delivering 2+ long form (2000+ words) YouTube scripts per month about topics like the restaurant industry, restaurant marketing, and local business marketing. See example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CLO1jGOm4

You’ll integrate inspiration from the best business content on YouTube and add your own creative spin as our unique brand presence on social platforms develops.

You are obsessive about creating incredible work and are self-starter that will push a project from initial ideas through the final delivery.

You’ll collaborate with the rest of the content team to stay ahead of schedule and also repurpose your scripts into short form scripts to allow for multi-platform presence.

This is a 100% remote position

The impact you will have

Audience Growth and Impact: Creating videos that help reach hundreds of thousands of restaurant owners and help them change their businesses
Expert Craftsmanship: Taking raw creative elements and ideas and making best-in-class scripts
Iterative Excellence: Working with our evolving creative style to experiment with new intro structures, calls to actions, and storytelling tactics
Data Driven Creative Decisions: Receiving feedback via YouTube retention charts and audience comments for feedback to improve your videos each time.

Who you’ll work with

This role will collaborate with other members of the content team, including content strategist, video editors, thumbnail designers, and our on-camera talent.

Who you are

You are an expert at matching a client’s brand voice
You have written for a BUSINESS client before and have a general understanding of sales, marketing, and business
You have written scripts specifically for YouTube videos before
You are results oriented; you want your videos to get hundreds of thousands of views
You stay on top of deadlines, communicate proactively, and don’t need to be given the same feedback multiple times
YouTube specific expertise is a PLUS - You are a YouTube NERD and love watching and dissecting what makes truly great videos

Pay and benefits

Compensation is on a per project basis and budget for each script is $600+
This role is eligible for potential full-time trajectory, as we are looking for long-term partners

Hiring Process

Please click the "Apply Now" button to submit your application to the Google form
After an initial screening, select candidates will be sent a paid trial edit to complete in 48 hours