Video Script Writer

ConsumerAffairs • Tulsa, OK

12d • Onsite

About The Position

ConsumerAffairs is seeking an energetic, creative, and focused Video Script Writer who is passionate about storytelling and video. This in-office role is based in Tulsa, and only local candidates will be considered. The writer will join the company’s first in-house video pod, working alongside a video lead and a video producer. The role turns research, expert calls, and hands-on product tests into scripts and shot-by-shot storyboards for paid ads, organic social content, and short lifecycle videos. The writer will also create companion articles from the same research, participate in shoots, and may serve as an on-camera host for the category. Most of the work centers on pitching, writing, and refining ideas and scripts.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in writing, content, or video.
• A portfolio of scripts, videos, or writing, including work created independently outside of class or work.
• Ability to explain how the YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram algorithms work and why hooks and retention matter.
• Understanding of the difference between content that earns views and content that drives a click or sign-up.
• Clear, conversational writing skills, including the ability to write for the ear.
• Comfort with research and interviewing experts.
• Ability to sketch storyboards using a suitable tool or medium, such as paper, Canva, Figma, or Frame.io.
• Uses AI tools to research, outline, and draft more efficiently.
• Curious, proactive, and excited to try new formats and strategies.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness and ability to appear on camera as the category’s host.
• Experience writing ad creative or UGC-style ad scripts.
• Background in journalism, communications, broadcast, film, or digital media.
• Basic video editing skills.
• Interest in consumer products, reviews, or personal finance.

Responsibilities

• Pitch new video ideas every week, with a clear hook and format for each.
• Turn research, consumer reviews, expert calls, and hands-on product tests into scripts for organic, paid, and lifecycle videos.
• Write multiple ad variants, including different hooks, lengths, and calls to action, for paid testing.
• Script short lifecycle videos for email, retargeting, and onsite journeys.
• Build shot-by-shot storyboards to help shoots run efficiently and give editors clear direction.
• Write strong hooks for the opening seconds of every video.
• Adapt ideas into multiple lengths and formats across organic, paid, and lifecycle content.
• Write companion articles based on the same research.
• Join shoots to ensure scripts work on camera and adjust them as needed.
• Fact-check claims and ensure scripts follow ConsumerAffairs editorial standards.
• Study performance data, including retention graphs, click-throughs, comments, and shares, and use the findings to improve future scripts.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health care plan.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Basic and voluntary life insurance and AD&D coverage.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and public holidays.
• Family leave, including maternity and paternity leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Training and development.
• Work-life harmony, career development, and a collaborative environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed