By Alan

Remote Job: YouTube Video Content Creator for Established Online Education Company

Do you have experience teaching English or learning foreign languages?

Are you looking for a company where remote is built into the company DNA, and not coronavirus-induced?

Do you want to reach and impact millions of people?

Note 1: this post was last updated on July 26, 2020.

Note 2: we’re also hiring for other positions (https://www.fluentu.com/blog/jobs-at-fluentu/).

This job might be for you if you:

aren’t shy about recording your voice or going on camera
have experience vlogging on social media
like exercising your creativity and trying new things
like working collaboratively
like being able to set your own hours and work from home
like having a dependable, reliable stream of work
don’t want to do live calls with students or parents
are comfortable with a fast-changing environment.

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
don’t like needing to come up with ideas
are not comfortable in a fast-changing environment
don’t have a real interest or experience in language education.

ABOUT US

FluentU is an online education company that helps people learn languages with real-world videos, including movie trailers, music videos, news and inspiring talks. We have a website, iOS app (usually in the top 20-50 grossing iOS education apps), and Android app. Founded in 2011, we’re a profitable, stable company with long-term focus, and we’re proudly self-funded.

We get 5 million visitors per month on our blogs, and we’re leveraging that to extend our reach on YouTube.

This is a unique opportunity to have a big impact on our YouTube strategy, which is in the early stages.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You would help us make YouTube videos like the following:
Learn English with Will Smith: The Pursuit of Happyness (https://youtu.be/YF7E1oN_cks)
Learn English with Movies: Office Space (https://youtu.be/bCfhjizghhM)

You would also help us create paid English courses like:

How to Communicate Effectively In English Phone and Video Interviews (https://upenglish.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-communicate-effectively-in-english-phone-and-video-interviews)

As a video creator and educator, you would be responsible for:

Coming up with great video and curriculum ideas
Writing high-quality video scripts
Recording voiceovers
Being on camera to host videos
Coordinating with our video editors to bring your videos to life

(If you are a video editor, then please also apply to this position instead: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/job-opportunity-reach-a-big-audience-and-make-a-positive-impact-as-a-video-editor/)

We’re doing a broad range of videos that include:

series videos, where we go through popular scripts
teaching vocabulary and grammar with whiteboard animation
lessons taught by an on-camera teacher.
and of course we’re open to new formats/ideas.

You would work closely with the founder of FluentU.

If you do a great job and our video content is successful, this has the potential to become a full-time/long-term collaboration.

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.
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 and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

Our ideal candidate:

has experience with being on video, or recording your voice.
has a home setup for audio/video recording.
is a fast learner who is willing to put in the work to figure it out.
is comfortable recording your voice and/or going on camera.
writes and speaks English like a native speaker
is terrific at written communication.
has experience teaching or learning English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Italian
is able to work a minimum of 15 hours per week (pay is hourly: https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/why-we-have-hourly-pay-and-how-it-works-in-practice). Full-time is even better.