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Dexerto.com offers compelling esports editorial, video and live broadcasting content that attracts a large, fast-growing and specific demographic. To date, the Dexerto network generates over 12M unique users and 30M page views per month across Dexerto.com/fr/de/es, CharlieINTEL.com and FortniteINTEL.com, with a social following of 4.5M fans across owned channels.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The role as a Dexerto scriptwriter involves creating, writing and helping produce concise and factual videos on popular and interesting subjects in the esports, gaming and streaming world, in an attempt to provide clarity and understanding of viral topics that relate to our unique audience.

As well as news stories, you need to be able to deliver features for Dexerto, so we are looking for a creative person, who has a deep knowledge of existing esports and streaming culture, can quickly jump on viral trends, and has the ideas that will help shape Dexerto's content output globally.

Working self-sufficiently, the scriptwriter will be required to find and research topics, curate and help our video editor source appropriate clips. The ability to edit or voice over would be a plus.

Dexerto is a fast-paced and growing company and the successful candidate will be able to take constant feedback, be flexible with working hours, including working weekends, and write to the highest standard.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Over 18 years of age
  • Work directly from our London, Camden office
  • Extremely high standard of written English
  • Excellent understanding and knowledge of esports and its current trends
  • Excellent organisational skills; intuitive and highly solution-oriented
  • Good writing style that is accurate, engaging and adaptable, with impeccable use of grammar
  • Comfortable collaborating with the creative team and other technical departments
  • Able to analyze the gaming industry to understand its growth drivers and current trends
  • Able to act independently on writing tasks
  • Ability to work well under daily targets and deadlines
  • Confident delivering multi-faceted digital communications activities
  • Be committed to good time management and have a keen attention to detail
  • Experience with content management systems
  • Able to work full-time hours (40+) without other education or job commitments

BENEFITS

  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Benefits from Dexerto partners
  • Future opportunities within a fast growing business
  • Direct ability to help shape Dexerto

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Submit your resume with a cover letter explaining how your skills and experience relate to the role, and three items of your work (linked via Google Docs or similar) in the style of Dexerto content.

NEXT STEPS

Applicants who make it to the next stage will be required to take part in a Skype video/audio interview, before being tasked with writing a number of articles on a chosen subject in a short amount of time to test writing ability under pressure.

If you are not contacted within two weeks, your application has been unsuccessful this time. Due to the large volume of applications, we will be unable to advise you directly on the status of your submission. Unless specified, please feel free to apply for a future role.