Copywriter

StudioBinder is looking for a full-time Content Copywriter! StudioBinder is a software company located in Santa Monica, and is project management solution for producers, filmmakers and video creatives to better plan and execute their productions.

Visit our Careers page to learn about our work culture, benefits, and the typical work day.

Also acquaint yourself with our blog content here: studiobinder.com/blog

This role is for a remote, freelance writer position. In some cases, freelancers may join our team full-time here in our sunny Santa Monica office, but all writers begin as remote contributors.

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• • •  INTERESTED?  • • •

Please reply with a cover telling us WHY you want to work at StudioBinder, and 3-5 article or video essay scene breakdowns you'd be interested in writing.

Re: video essays: Please make sure to consider trending films (and evergreen movies/filmmakers) as a qualifier. Think in terms of specific scene breakdowns to exemplify universal takeaways.

• The Godfather — How to Direct Power
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — How Tarantino Directs Suspense
• Writing a Meet Cute — From Eternal Sunshine to La La Land, Romeo to Scott Pilgrim

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What's the job?

You’d work within StudioBinder's Content and Editorial team and help with:

• writing and editing blog articles
• writing and editing video treatments for our Youtube channel
• drafting newsletter copy
• updating articles in WordPress

Content and culture:

• Explore our articles: studiobinder.com/blog
• Explore our videos: youtube.com/studiobinder
• Sample video essay you'd be writing: https://youtu.be/NFiy-1DxJqs
• Visit our Careers page to learn about our work culture, benefits, and mission

What kind of person is SB looking for?

We’d like you to be the kind of person who:

• has at least 3 years experience as a professional copywriter
• proficient in Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, etc)
• passionate about copywriting and teaching
• if hired full-time, lives in Santa Monica (or very nearby)
• subscribes to filmmaking news, blogs and channels like Every Frame a Painting, Nerdwriter, John August, ScriptNotes podcast, etc.
• comfortable writing content about video production and filmmaking
• might describe themselves as a creative, detail-oriented, screenwriter, a stickler for grammar, etc.

What's the typical workday like (full-time)?

In a typical morning, you might:

Get to the office, get settled, join a morning stand-up to update everyone on progress. You grab a bagel, cream cheese, and some coffee from the snack bar. You sync up with the content editor to get a better idea of the goals of the next post.

Coffee in hand, you head to your desk, open Trello to find today's article is about location scouting. It takes you back to your old film school days. You do some light reading of ranking articles to better understand the subject matter and reader expectations.

Once you're done, you Slack your outline to the editor for approval. He adds a few minor notes, but otherwise, it's a greenlight.

You start writing your content and enter the zone. You fine-tune the intro, add internal links and button up the intro and outro. Once you're done, you add a series of title variants, social copy, and other keywords. You update your Trello card move the task card over to the editor's column for approval.

Next up, you have a video essay about the "Directing Style of Denis Villeneuve." You've been brushing up on his films recently (Blade Runner, The Arrival, etc) and you put together an outline of the segments and send that over to the editor....right in time for lunch.

You and the team stroll to Tender Greens on the Promenade, sharing some friendly banter about why Season 2 of Westworld was just okay.

What does StudioBinder have to offer?

We initially work with writers as remote freelancers. However, if it's a good mutual fit, we could potentially shift to a full-time, in-office position with...

• Competitive salary
• Up to 3-weeks of paid time off (PTO) plus national holidays
• Flexible PTO so you can use vacation and sick days any way you like
• Free healthy snacks, sweet treats, breakfasts twice a week and catered meals
• Team outings like happy hour or bowling to let loose
• Firm 40-hour-work weeks. There’s no foosball or perks designed to keep you at work. We want you to put in 8 quality hours, then go live your life, recharge, and come back fresh every day.

The ideal candidate would be able to start ASAP, but we're flexible for the right person. If all of this sounds up your alley, we'd love to hear from you!