The Motley Fool is hiring a
Freelance Video Content Creator

Summary

The job description is for a freelance content creator with expertise in stock analysis who will create video articles for The Motley Fool's website. The position is remote and requires the candidate to reside in the United States, have an existing audience on other platforms, preferably YouTube, and a minimum of 5,000 followers.

Requirements

• You share our driving passion for teaching the world about the stock market
• You’re a skilled content creator AND analyst, and you’re ready to send us samples of your work
• You have a strong understanding of The Motley Fool’s investment philosophy
• You have experience producing videos about financial topics and have done so on your own platform in the past
• You have the ability to create content in our Foolish tone! We’re informative but never patronizing. Our goal is to demystify the world of finance in a fun and thoughtful way
• You are awesome (but you already knew that)
• Candidates without an existing social media audience of 5,000 or more will not be considered

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with editors to produce video content that can be embedded into video articles you create for our site (videos will be at a minimum of 8 minutes and video articles will contain 100 words or less)
• Cover companies across various sectors (including tech, electric vehicles, offshore drillers, healthcare, and regional banks)
• Produce a minimum of 4 video articles per month
• Use your videos to spread the word about The Motley Fool and our product offerings
• Use the video article-level data your editors provide to pursue the most profitable topics and angles
• Use proven SEO strategies to boost video article performance

Benefits

• To start, we will pay you $110 per video article
• Once you’re offered a contract after a trial period, you’ll also receive variable performance bonuses monthly