Freelance Video Content Strategist

Octave

Freelance Video Content Strategist creating engaging YouTube videos on mental health topics. Responsible for content strategy, scripting, and channel management with performance reporting.

Posted 5/15/2026contractRemote • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $8,000 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will own the briefs and scripts, and serve as editorial reviewer once our production team delivers cuts.
Own the operational health of our YouTube channel and help us extend content onto Instagram, ensuring uploads, metadata, and performance reporting are tight.
Every concept should have a clear path to Reels cutdowns before we ever shoot.
Review cuts from our external production team and provide clear, actionable feedback on pacing, structure, tone, and fidelity to the original brief.
Flag Reels and TikTok moments in the script at the concept stage — not after the fact — so the production team captures them in the shoot.
Develop titles, thumbnail concepts, and metadata that drive both clicks and search ranking.
Own the upload workflow: titles, descriptions, tags, cards, end screens, and scheduled publish times on YouTube. Coordinate corresponding Instagram Reels posts.
Pull a monthly report from YouTube Studio covering views, watch time, click-through rate, and search traffic sources.
Keep playlists organized, flag content that needs updating, and stay current on algorithm or policy changes that affect our content.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years developing concepts and writing scripts for YouTube content (brand or creator side — please share examples)
Demonstrated SEO/discovery results — show us a video that ranks for its target query
Experience reviewing and giving feedback on video edits — you've been the editorial voice in a production workflow, not just a writer
Working knowledge of short-form repurposing; you've built content that travels from long-form to vertical without a separate shoot
Hands-on experience managing a YouTube channel: upload workflow, metadata, scheduling, and YouTube Studio analytics
Comfort briefing or coaching non-professional on-camera talent (therapists, subject matter experts)
Be able to travel to one of these office locations (NYC, SF, or LA) once per month

Benefits

Comp & perks

All work product is owned by Octave

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Hard Skills & Tools

script writingconcept developmentvideo editing feedbackSEOYouTube channel managementmetadata managementperformance reportingshort-form content repurposingYouTube Studio analytics

Soft Skills

editorial reviewclear communicationactionable feedbackcoachingorganizational skills