Video Script Writer
Datadog
- Work setting
- Hybrid
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Salary
- Base $106K–$132K
- Posted
- 1 wk ago
Pay: Base $106K–$132K + commission (check the posting)
Where you can work: Must live near New York, New York, USA (check the posting)
From the job posting
The Technical Content team is looking for a Technical Video Writer to create practitioner-focused videos that make complex technical concepts clear, engaging, and useful. You’ll develop scripts and narratives that show customers how to get more from our products across formats, including technical explainers, feature roundups, podcast-style conversations, and new video concepts. You’ll bring a strong sense of visual storytelling and hands-on knowledge of video production to the scripting process, thinking beyond the words on the page to how a story will come together on screen. Working closely with our video team, motion graphics animators, and technical experts, you’ll develop new topics and formats, translate technical details into compelling stories, and ensure every piece is clear, accurate, and relevant to practitioners. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace, in the office three days per week, to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders—including video producers, product managers, product marketing managers, technical advocacy, and engineers—to create project briefs, outlines, storyboards, and scripts for original videos. …
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Why this is a Good fit, not Strong
Teaching skills are relevant to this kind of role, though you may need to learn the industry. Skills that often transfer to marketing & content: writing for a specific audience, newsletters and communication, community building, creativity on a deadline.