Scriptwriter (Dex)

About this job

Headout is a fast-growing travel marketplace dedicated to making it easy and delightful for people to explore real-life experiences, ranging from immersive tours to live events across hundreds of cities globally. The company operates as a profitable, high-momentum organization focused on bridging the digital and physical worlds. Within this team, the Scriptwriter (Dex) role centers on crafting cinematic, immersive, and narrative-driven audio tours for famous venues and neighborhoods worldwide. This is a structured creative writing position rather than an open-ended blank-page task. In a typical day, a scriptwriter takes a comprehensive research brief, reviews detailed itineraries and exhibits, and translates them into engaging audio-led walking tour scripts. Writers collaborate closely with assigned tour producers, distill complex historical or cultural information, find unique storytelling angles, and refine their drafts through multiple rounds of editorial feedback to meet strict quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Draft narrative audio tour scripts for iconic venues and historic neighborhoods using established frameworks.
• Review and curate in-depth research to extract compelling, verifiable facts with reliable citations.
• Develop unique storytelling angles and distinct narrative voices for audio guides.
• Collaborate directly with tour producers from diverse backgrounds like documentary filmmaking and advertising.
• Revise scripts across multiple feedback rounds while meeting defined turnaround times.
• Write convincingly about global cities and venues through the perspective of a knowledgeable local guide.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of demonstrated narrative or scriptwriting experience in audio, video, podcasting, or long-form storytelling.
• Strong research instincts with the ability to dig past primary sources and maintain sourcing rigor.
• Comfort writing within structured creative frameworks and accepting direct editorial notes.
• Curiosity about unfamiliar locations and places you may not have personally visited.
• Reliable availability for iterative turnaround cycles required for freelance engagements.
• Ability to coordinate with assigned producers and adhere to strict timelines without losing quality.

Good to have

• Experience in documentary filmmaking or short-form video journalism.
• Prior freelance experience working to an external editorial framework rather than an in-house style.
• Keen interest in history, urban geography, and place-based storytelling.

Who should apply

This role suits experienced narrative and scriptwriters who have a strong background in audio, video, podcasting, or long-form storytelling. Candidates must possess sharp research skills, a passion for history and place-based storytelling, and the ability to write within a structured creative framework. Since this position requires strict adherence to editorial guidelines and revision cycles, it is ideal for professionals comfortable with freelance engagement timelines. The posting does not mention freshers, requiring instead 3 to 5 years of relevant writing output.

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