99.9% of online courses suck because they aren’t carefully crafted by creative, compelling writers. We’re approaching online courses a little bit differently -- we believe that writers like you are a crucial ingredient to changing how effective online education can be.
Jumpcut is a Y Combinator company, and went through the startup accelerator in summer 2016. We create cinematic online courses with some of the world’s biggest influencers. Our founding team has years of experience creating binge-worthy content -- and now we are on a mission to interrupt the online education industry by creating courses for the modern world that are as addictive as your favorite TV show.
What the job entails:
We are looking for a creative senior writer, specializing in creating informational content for visual mediums, to write informative and entertaining online courses for our platform. This is a unique position: you'd be one of our first, full time staff writers on our team, responsible for researching, outlining, and writing the creative scripts for our upcoming courses. Each course will incorporate elements of storytelling, excerpts from interviews that we conduct, and research in order to teach our students in the most entertaining and thorough way possible.
The below videos serve as inspiration for our courses. They are shorter versions of what we strive to accomplish: detailed information delivered in an incredibly entertaining, cinematic way:
• Rapping, deconstructed by Vox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWveXdj6oZU)
• The Alibi by Serial (you can watch ~15 minutes to get the gist of the style) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlJsW4Eb6o&t)
• Childish Gambino - Storytelling Through Hip-Hop by KaptainKristian (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ3Hpj-CBU)
• Rihanna’s ‘Work’ Is Not Tropical House by Nerdwriter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbohB2_WnU)
Each of these videos is different, but their similarities are why we continuously turn back to them and those who created them for inspiration:
• Incredibly inspiring, useful, and unique information
• Exceptionally well thought out visuals that incorporate a huge variety of different mediums (interviews, sound bites, b-roll, news clips, footage shot by their team, motion graphics, kinetic typography)
• A feeling of premium quality
• Conversational language that anybody can understand and follow along with
Who you'll be working with:
As one of our first writers, you'll be working closely with Kel, our Head of Content. The writing team is responsible for all our course writing; so they work closely with the stakeholders, including the creative and marketing teams, to gather requirements, insights, revise, and edit.
Responsibilities:
- Be a senior course writer for our upcoming courses
- Deeply research and outline each course through articles, books, and expert interviews
- Design the curriculum, and create engaging assignments that help students internalize the lessons
Role Requirements:
- 3+ years of relevant experience writing for video or creating informational content for visual mediums
- Strong research skills; you should be able to find and organize compelling information on any topic
- A proven ability to take a complex topic and break it down into easy-to-understand, entertaining lessons
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders
Additionally, you may be a good fit if…
- You have an open and agile mindset when it comes to other people's ideas and processes
- You are solution oriented and approach deadlines with enthusiasm and optimistic aggression
- You deeply love learning, and have a genuine enthusiasm for finding new ways of engaging your audience
Benefits, Perks, and Compensation:
We’ve got some pretty sweet digs, catered meals, unlimited PTO, and a full suite of benefits. Check out jumpcut.com/about for more information and to meet the team!
Compensation is competitive and dependent on experience: $75k – $95k annually.