Documentary YouTube Scriptwriter
This role offers an exciting chance for a talented scriptwriter to contribute to a growing YouTube channel focused on creating engaging documentary-style and historical content. You will be responsible for researching, developing, and writing long-form scripts that bring fascinating stories and complex topics to a broad online audience. This is a flexible, remote contract position suited for someone with a passion for storytelling and history.
Employer: Atrium
Location: London, GB - Remote (Any Location)
Type: Contract / Creative
Description
Join the creative team behind Atrium, a YouTube channel focused on creating engaging, informative, and entertaining long-form content, including documentary-style stories and historical events, for a global audience. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the narrative of a growing YouTube channel and creating high-quality content that makes interesting and meaningful stories accessible to a broad audience.
Benefits:
· Play a key role in developing compelling narratives around fascinating historical events, real-world stories, and complex subjects.
· Combine research with storytelling by turning deep research into narratives that are entertaining, accessible, and memorable.
· Reach a global audience through long-form YouTube content.
· Collaborate closely with producers, researchers, and other creatives to develop and refine ideas from concept to final script.
· Contribute directly to the development of Atrium's voice, storytelling style, and content library as the channel continues to grow.
Responsibilities:
1. Write approximately 1 high-quality YouTube script per month, typically designed for long-form video content.
2. Develop engaging narratives around documentary subjects, historical events, real-world stories, and significant events or moments.
3. Conduct excellent, thorough research using reliable sources to ensure scripts are accurate, well-supported, and factually sound.
4. Transform complex topics, information, and research into clear, entertaining, and accessible storytelling, particularly around historical events, documentaries, and real-world stories.
5. Structure scripts with strong hooks, pacing, narrative progression, and satisfying conclusions.
6. Collaborate with producers, researchers, and other creative team members to brainstorm and develop video concepts.
7. Incorporate feedback and revise scripts to align with creative direction, audience expectations, and channel goals.
8. Stay up to date with YouTube storytelling formats, trends, audience behavior, and content strategies.
9. Ensure all written content follows copyright, sourcing, and brand guidelines.
Requirements:
1. Proven experience writing scripts for YouTube or other long-form video platforms.
2. Experience writing for documentaries, factual programming, historical content, or other research-driven formats.
3. Excellent storytelling and writing skills, with a strong understanding of narrative structure and pacing.
4. Excellent research skills, including the ability to find, evaluate, cross-reference, and synthesize information from multiple reliable sources.
5. Ability to turn complex topics, historical events, and information-heavy subjects into engaging and easy-to-understand narratives.
6. Strong understanding of YouTube audiences, retention, hooks, pacing, and storytelling conventions.
7. Excellent command of written English.
8. Strong organization and time management skills, with the ability to consistently deliver high-quality scripts on schedule.
9. Comfortable working independently while also thriving in a collaborative, feedback-driven environment.
Required skills
· YouTube scriptwriting
· Documentary / factual writing
· Narrative structure and pacing
· Research and source evaluation
· Turning complex topics into accessible stories
· Audience retention and hook creation
· Excellent written English
· Time management and organization
· Collaboration and feedback incorporation
Why Apply
This opportunity allows you to shape compelling narratives on a variety of interesting subjects, reaching a global audience through YouTube. If you enjoy transforming detailed research into accessible, entertaining stories, this role offers a creative outlet with significant impact. Working closely with a collaborative team, you can help define the channel’s voice and style as it grows. It’s ideal for writers experienced in factual or documentary content, looking for a flexible, remote project that combines storytelling with research.
Before You Apply
Ensure your portfolio clearly demonstrates your experience in writing scripts for long-form video content, especially documentaries, history, or research-driven projects. Highlight your ability to structure engaging narratives, conduct thorough research, and adapt complex topics into accessible stories. When submitting your application, prepare examples that showcase your storytelling skills, pacing, and audience engagement strategies. Also, emphasize your organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines consistently, as this role requires delivering high-quality scripts on schedule while working independently in a collaborative environment.
