Documentary YouTube Scriptwriter - Atrium

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
In-Office
Mid level
Consumer Web • News + Entertainment • Data Privacy
Creating content to build a wiser world. 40+ YouTube channels. Join our team of 100+ to make a difference.
The Role
Write one long-form YouTube script per month focused on documentary-style and historical topics. Conduct thorough research, craft engaging narratives with strong hooks and pacing, collaborate with producers and researchers, revise based on feedback, and follow copyright and brand guidelines.
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About the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities
  • Write approximately 1 high-quality YouTube script per month, typically designed for long-form video content.
  • Develop engaging narratives around documentary subjects, historical events, real-world stories, and significant events or moments.
  • Conduct excellent, thorough research using reliable sources to ensure scripts are accurate, well-supported, and factually sound.
  • Transform complex topics, information, and research into clear, entertaining, and accessible storytelling, particularly around historical events, documentaries, and real-world stories.
  • Structure scripts with strong hooks, pacing, narrative progression, and satisfying conclusions.
  • Collaborate with producers, researchers, and other creative team members to brainstorm and develop video concepts.
  • Incorporate feedback and revise scripts to align with creative direction, audience expectations, and channel goals.
  • Stay up to date with YouTube storytelling formats, trends, audience behavior, and content strategies.
  • Ensure all written content follows copyright, sourcing, and brand guidelines.
Qualifications
  • Proven experience writing scripts for YouTube or other long-form video platforms.
  • Experience writing for documentaries, factual programming, historical content, or other research-driven formats.
  • Excellent storytelling and writing skills, with a strong understanding of narrative structure and pacing.
  • Excellent research skills, including the ability to find, evaluate, cross-reference, and synthesize information from multiple reliable sources.
  • Ability to turn complex topics, historical events, and information-heavy subjects into engaging and easy-to-understand narratives.
  • Strong understanding of YouTube audiences, retention, hooks, pacing, and storytelling conventions.
  • Excellent command of written English.
  • Strong organization and time management skills, with the ability to consistently deliver high-quality scripts on schedule.
  • Comfortable working independently while also thriving in a collaborative, feedback-driven environment.
What Makes This Role Exciting
  • Shape the stories of Atrium: Play a key role in developing compelling narratives around fascinating historical events, real-world stories, and complex subjects.
  • Combine research with storytelling: Go beyond presenting facts by turning deep research into narratives that are entertaining, accessible, and memorable.
  • Reach a global audience: Create long-form YouTube content designed to engage viewers from around the world.
  • Work with a creative team: Collaborate closely with producers, researchers, and other creatives to develop and refine ideas from concept to final script.
  • Build a growing channel: Contribute directly to the development of Atrium's voice, storytelling style, and content library as the channel continues to grow.

Skills Required

  • Proven experience writing scripts for YouTube or other long-form video platforms
  • Experience writing for documentaries, factual programming, or historical content
  • Excellent storytelling and writing skills with strong narrative structure and pacing
  • Excellent research skills, including evaluating, cross-referencing, and synthesizing reliable sources
  • Ability to turn complex topics and historical events into engaging, accessible narratives
  • Strong understanding of YouTube audiences, retention, hooks, pacing, and storytelling conventions
  • Excellent command of written English
  • Strong organization and time management skills to consistently deliver scripts on schedule
  • Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a feedback-driven environment
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The Company
Wyoming
36 Employees
Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

Telos Media is a digital studio on a mission to build a wiser world through impactful entertainment. We create animation channels, documentaries, and other content formats designed to both entertain and enlighten. We believe media can be so much more than distraction—it can inspire curiosity, deliver meaningful education, and leave people better than it found them. With a global team of 100+ creators, researchers, writers, animators, and producers, we create engaging, educational animated content that resonates worldwide. We’re rapidly expanding with ambitions to grow our presence not just on YouTube, but into Hollywood and beyond. Our Impact: 100+ talented team members 40+ YouTube channels spanning diverse topics 15M+ subscribers and growing 11B+ total views across our network 14+ languages, making knowledge accessible globally Our Brands: MrSpherical Solarballs HumanBuddy Atrium Life & The Earth

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