[Remote] Lead Producer & Writer (Financial Crime YouTube Channel)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Roster is managing the hiring process for Business Explains The World, an emerging animated YouTube channel focused on financial crime storytelling. They are seeking a Lead Producer & Writer to create compelling narratives about fraud, scams, and billion-dollar schemes, while ensuring high audience retention and cinematic quality in their content. Responsibilities • Research and discover compelling financial crime stories that sound fake but aren't • Write tight, cinematic scripts that turn complex money flows into engaging narratives • Shape stories end-to-end from initial concept to final script • Ensure all content maintains high audience retention through strategic pacing and hooks • Transform complicated financial schemes into clean, accessible storytelling • Collaborate on visual storytelling concepts for animation • Maintain the channel's tone of clarity, confidence, and cinematic quality • Build content strategies that are designed for scale and viral potential Skills • You have exceptional writing skills with proven experience in scriptwriting for YouTube or similar platforms • You're an expert at audience retention strategies and understand what keeps viewers watching • You have a deep interest in financial crime, fraud, scams, and corporate deception stories • You can transform complex financial concepts into clear, gripping narratives • You're skilled at research and can uncover astonishing true crime cases • You have experience with dark, dramatic, and suspenseful storytelling styles • You're familiar with successful animated YouTube channels like Fern • You can work independently and own projects from conception to completion Company Overview • Roster provides creators with vetted video editors, strategists, designers, and writers through AI-powered talent matching. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job