Social Copywriter (Contract)
You will own the words that make a brand stop the scroll. This role is for a writer who can turn product stories, creator voices, and cultural moments into hooks, captions, and scripts that perform across social channels. You will shape a recognizable voice, test variations, and work fast without losing personality or accuracy. It is high output, collaborative, and built for someone who reads comments as closely as they read briefs.
Social Copywriter (Contract)
Employer: Linktree
Pay: Competitive
Location: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; or remote
Deadline: Apply early
Type: Contract
Compensations
1. Contract-based payment, with the rate to be confirmed during the hiring process.
2. Fully remote option if you are not based near the listed office locations.
3. No other compensation details were provided in the advert.
Benefits
1. Remote-friendly working arrangement.
2. Cross-functional exposure to channel, creator, product marketing, and growth teams.
3. The chance to shape a brand's social voice rather than follow an existing one.
4. A portfolio-building role with measurable creative output across major platforms.
5. No additional benefits were stated in the advert.
About
Linktree is the company behind the link-in-bio tool that helps creators, brands, and businesses connect their audiences to everything they do online. It is a platform built for the creator economy, with a strong focus on helping people present a unified digital identity. The company also publishes creator research and operates a marketplace. It is hiring a contract writer to strengthen how the brand shows up on social.
Responsibilities & Requirements
- You will define and evolve a social voice, covering tone, vocabulary, humor, and recurring language.
- You will write hooks and openings that stop the scroll and give people a reason to keep watching or reading.
- You will own captions, titles, on-screen copy, cover lines, descriptions, and calls to action.
- You will turn briefs, product stories, creator insights, and cultural observations into scripts, outlines, and repeatable formats.
- You will adapt ideas across platforms so the voice stays consistent while the execution feels native.
- You will track memes, comment language, formats, and audience behavior to find angles the brand can credibly use.
- You will develop hook, caption, and script variants and use performance data to improve future copy.
- You will manage a high-volume pipeline across calendars, briefs, reviews, approvals, and deadlines.
- You will partner with channel managers, community, creator, product marketing, and growth teams.
- 10. You need three to five years of social copywriting experience for a brand, agency, publisher, creator, or your own audience.
- You need a portfolio that shows both voice and performance, with an explanation of what worked and why.
- You need concise writing skills that create clarity, tension, humor, and momentum in very little space.
- You need fluency in how copy works differently across TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube, and other formats.
- You need speed, editorial judgment, and a test-and-learn mindset, including comfort with AI-enabled workflows.
How to Apply
Submit your application through the form on the job page below . If the form does not load, open it in a new tab. Make sure your portfolio is easy to find and clearly shows your role in each piece. Do not just list links. Explain the brief, the hook you wrote, and the result. Tailor your application to social copy specifically, not general marketing work.
Why Apply
You will get to shape a voice instead of maintaining someone else's. The role puts you close to creators, culture, and performance data, which is where social writing gets sharp. If you want a portfolio full of work that actually ran and actually performed, this is that kind of opportunity. You will also work with teams that care about the craft of copy.
Before You Apply
Before You Apply
Check that you can handle a high-volume pipeline without dropping quality. Be honest about your platform fluency, because this role needs range across short-form video and other social formats. Prepare examples where you tested variants and learned from the data. Also confirm your availability for a contract role and your location eligibility. If you need the salary upfront, ask before investing time.
Required Skills
- Concise social copywriting
- Hook and caption writing
- Scriptwriting for short-form video
- Platform-native adaptation
- Audience and trend research
- A/B testing and iteration
- Editorial operations and deadline management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Portfolio storytelling
- AI-assisted workflow literacy
Tips to Get Hired
Lead with your best hook, not your resume. Show three to five posts and explain the strategy behind each. Include performance numbers where you have them. Write your application copy the way you would write a caption, tight and specific. Prove you understand Linktree's audience before you ask for the role.
