Remote Job: YouTube Video Creator for Established Online Education Company
Do you enjoy being in front of the camera to help people learn?
Are you looking for consistent and reliable work in a low-stress environment?
This job might be for you if you:
- Have experience making YouTube videos
- Speak English fluently
- Speak a language other than English fluently (we are especially interested in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Portuguese)
- Have experience teaching and/or learning a language
- Enjoy recording your voice and going on camera
- Like exercising your creativity & working in a forward-thinking environment
- Enjoy working on collaborative projects
- Value being able to set your own hours and work from home
- Are looking for a dependable, reliable stream of work
- Are comfortable with a fast-changing environment (we experiment a lot, so our processes change from time to time)
You should NOT take this job if you:
- Are uncomfortable with the idea of being recorded or going on camera
- Have a strong need/desire for in-person social interaction at work
- Like following instructions and being told what to do
- Are not comfortable in a fast-changing environment
- Have no interest in educational content
Hiring deadline: Ongoing
ABOUT US
Founded in 2011, FluentU is an online education company that has been distributed/remote since day one. We help people learn languages with real-world videos, including movie trailers, music videos, news and inspiring talks. We have a popular website, iOS app, and Android app. We’re a profitable, stable, and growing company with long-term focus, and we’re proudly self-funded.
We get millions of visitors per month on our website and have hundreds of thousands of people on our email list.
This is a unique opportunity to be at the ground floor of our YouTube video strategy, which is still in the early stages.
WHAT THIS JOB IS ABOUT
We’re looking for a video creator for one of FluentU’s YouTube channels.
You would help us make and improve on YouTube videos like the following:
- Everyday French vocabulary
- You might also help us create paid English courses like: Master Communication Skills for Business Video Calls in English
The day to day activities would include:
- Coming up with video ideas
- Writing the learning content and working with a scriptwriter (for some of the more straightforward script styles, we might ask you to write them)
- Performing and filming the script
- Receive feedback on video performance from the team and adapting accordingly.
HOW WE WORK
We’re a 100% distributed/remote team. Here’s a little bit more about how we work:
- Almost all of our communication is text-based (mostly via Asana) and we value clear communication, among other things
- Most things are not urgent. We take pride in having a calm work environment.
- We also have a flat collaborative environment.
- We make decisions based on logic/reason.
- We believe in getting things done, candor, and continuous improvement.
Our ideal candidate:
- enjoys being on camera
- receives candid feedback with humbleness and a beginner’s/growth mindset
- is scrappy and happy to get their hands dirty when necessary
- understands pedagogy and how to make educational videos
- is comfortable with change and loves experimentation
- is looking for a meaningful mission and wants to create something great.
- is able to work a minimum of 25 hours per week (pay is hourly) and is looking for something long-term.