Screenwriter — Pre Production (Remote, Part-Time)

Company: Tycer Media Channel: Friend (1.9M subscribers)
Location: Remote UK ONLY
Role type: Part-time
Schedule: 4 days per week 8AM 12:00 PM BST and 3 PM - 4:30PM with opportunity for more hours. Please see below
Pay: 13.45/hr

Start: October 2026

Hours: 20-26 hrs per week

Were the production team behind Friend a Minecraft roleplay channel with over 1.9 million subscribers and 300M long-form views in the past year. Our content is scripted directed and produced in-house with a team of voice actors writers editors developers and artists. Everything starts with the script its the backbone of every video we make.

Were looking for an Video Screenwriter to take approved video outlines and turn them into full production-ready scripts. Youll be handed a beat-by-beat outline and our established characters and your job is to bring it to life: writing the dialogue shaping the pacing and delivering a finished script our voice actors can record from our builders build from and and our editors to edit off

Wed expect a productive writing day to land around words of finished script.
Equalling one finished script per 6-8 hour working day.

This is writing for retention. Our audience skews young (female-leaning) and they decide whether to keep watching in the first ten seconds. You need to hook fast keep the stakes clear and never lose our younger audience in a confusing plot while still writing something with genuine heart and personality.

Youll have the opportunity to build and develop some of the most loved characters in the Minecraft YouTube space!

Also youll be waking up early to check scripts of your American counterparts providing edits while working alongside the production team to fix issues on the fly.

You know this space from the inside. Youve watched Minecraft creators probably since you were young and you understand the rhythms humour and storytelling conventions of Minecraft roleplay and gaming YouTube. They dont need explaining to you; theyre native. On top of that you can actually write: structure a story write dialogue that sounds real and hold an audience all the way through.

You thrive in a fast paced environment; writers typically have 24 hours with a script before moving into the next one.

• Develop approved outlines into full recording-ready scripts
• Write natural in-character dialogue that stays true to our established cast and lore
• Structure every script for retention strong hook clear stakes clean pacing
• Follow our established scene structure and keep objectives simple and easy to follow
• Self-edit for continuity tone and clarity before submitting
• Take revision notes from the senior writer and turn them around quickly
• Deliver finished scripts on schedule
• Keep your files organised and follow our naming conventions

• Demonstrable scriptwriting or narrative writing ability (we will want to see samples)
• Deep authentic familiarity with Minecraft and the Minecraft/roleplay YouTube space
• Strong instinct for story structure hooks and pacing
• Able to write for a young audience (814 female-leaning) without talking down to them
• Fast and consistent comfortable producing words of finished script in a working day
• Excellent written English and a sharp ear for dialogue
• Ability to mould your writing style to our established format
• Reliable internet and the ability to commit to more hours if the role offers
• Professional responsive communication you take direction and feedback well

• An existing body of written work (YouTube scripts animation games fiction)
• Understanding of YouTube retention CTR and average view duration
• Familiarity with the Friend channel specifically and/or our competitors
• Experience writing serialised characters and ongoing lore
• Experience working in a remote production team

All new writers begin with a paid trial typically one or two scripts so we can assess fit on both sides before committing to an ongoing arrangement. This is to make sure that you are able to keep up with the pace of work!

There is the opportunity for more hours to be offered too you including; providing holiday cover for our US writers YT shorts script writing etc.

Apply on our website please include links to writing samples or a portfolio.