Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
Little Dot Studios is launching a new YouTube channel focused on the history of business and money. The Researcher will provide essential story information, background facts, and thoroughly researched, fact-checked briefs to the presenter and producers. This role offers opportunities for video idea generation and scriptwriting, with a pathway for career development.
Responsibilities
- Pitching, researching, and sometimes writing scripts for presenter-led, studio-based YouTube videos about the history of business and money.
- Providing research briefs to the channel’s presenter and producers.
- Responding to requests for information from our presenter and producers, sometimes at short notice.
- Fact-checking other team-members’ scripts.
- Identifying, sourcing, and clearing relevant third-party archive materials.
- Briefing any required graphics and data visualisations to our editors.
- Ensuring all scripts and used materials adhere to YouTube’s Community Guidelines and Advertiser-Friendly content policies to prevent demonetisation.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of original YouTube content.
- Strong research and fact-checking skills, with a keen eye for detail.
- Experienced in confidently devising and pitching ideas for future videos.
- Ability to process and action feedback on scripts efficiently.
- Demonstrable experience in digital-first production for YouTube or equivalent platforms.
- Demonstrable ability to work collaboratively with on-screen talent.
- Strong time-management skills, usually working on multiple videos at once.
- Effective communication with producers, production manager, editors, and presenters.
- Proficiency using G-Suite inc. Sheets.
- Asana or equivalent project management software experience is extremely desirable.
- Experience of studio production is very desirable.
- Working understanding of the history of business, economics and money.
- Occasional weekend and evening working.
- High in-office attendance.
Skills
- Research
- Fact-checking
- Scriptwriting
- Visual archive sourcing
- Graphics briefing
- Communication
- Time-management
- G-Suite
- Asana (desirable)
- Studio production (desirable)
Location
- Shoreditch
Work Type
- Part time
- Hybrid
- Flexi-time
- Occasional weekend and evening working
Experience Level
- Researcher
Education Level
- Formal education in the history of business and money is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid and flexi-time working
- Mental health and wellbeing programmes
- Enhanced family leave
- Interest free financial support
- Digital nomad policy (two one week blocks a year)
- Pension contributions
- Annual leave
- Free lunches
- Socials
- Health treatments
About the Company
- Little Dot Studios is a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network.
- They are an award-winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace.
- They have been a leader in the digital content space since 2013.
- They work with major TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations, and brands.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in.
- We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives.
- We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.