Freelance Script Writer Jobs in Valley Stream, NY

About Merciv
Merciv is a consumer intelligence platform. We help the world's biggest consumer brands understand their consumers. We connect their internal knowledge, third-party data, and the entire open web into a unified source of truth they can act on.
We raised $14M in seed funding, spent two years in stealth building and directly serving enterprise customers, and we're growing fast. We're a lean, high-ownership team. If you want to see your work make an immediate impact, this is the place for you.
The Role
You'll help shape the way Merciv shows up in the world: consistently, at volume, and at a quality bar we can be proud of. You'll own the translation of the brand and marketing strategy into content, collateral, and campaigns. You'll experiment, iterate, test, and improve.
Early on, you'll focus on laying the foundations for a content flywheel across channels. You'll identify the themes, messaging, content types, and strategies that resonate, then double down on what's working to supercharge organic cross-platform growth. You'll run paid tests across LinkedIn, Meta, Google, and more.
You'll make a lot of it yourself: writing posts and scripts, shooting and cutting short-form video, putting together light graphics, and showing up on camera. You don't have to be a pro editor or designer - you need taste, range, and the judgment to know when to bring in a specialist. You'll also run our paid social as live experiments, setting up and managing campaigns on LinkedIn, Meta, and Google within approved strategy and budgets, testing creative and audiences, and turning organic winners into paid tests.
For the right person, the opportunity is clear. You'll not just have the freedom, budget, and support to express yourself and our brand creatively, but also the ability to cultivate a trusted, valuable perspective on some of the biggest moments, trends, and cultural phenomena shaping retail and commerce. That's all, while using the best available data and technology, around some of the brightest minds in the industry, and connecting with some of the largest brands in the world. You'll make things that people actually want to watch and read - that they get excited to - not slop or click bait.
What You'll Do

• Write posts and scripts, shoot and edit short-form video, put together simple graphics, and get on camera. Or, in some cases, collaborate with the people who do.
• Publish consistently across our core channels (LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram, and X) and build recurring formats people come back for.
• Run paid social and ad experiments. Set up and manage LinkedIn, Meta, and Google campaigns, create ad variations, and test creative and audiences.
• Track the KPIs that your content actually drives - clicks, conversions, qualified leads, etc. - and recommend adjustments as follows.
• Keep a finger on the pulse of industry trends, launches, campaigns, or cultural phenomena and identify interesting narratives. Apply a data-led editorial voice to translate these insights into compelling content.
• Effectively coordinate and collaborate with freelancers, partners, talent, and team members as needed.

You May Be a Good Fit If

• You're chronically online but know when to touch grass. You have sharp, refined taste and instincts built by participating in the conversation, not just tracking it. You know ball, but you've got a grounded, thoughtful perspective.
• Your social-fluent and video-native. You're comfortable and regularly posting on platforms like LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, or X, and you're comfortable putting yourself and your ideas out there. You're not afraid of failure.
• You have strong written and verbal skills. You know how to synthesize and communicate complex ideas simply and in a way that makes people want to listen.
• You're comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty. You're a self-starter who runs towards a challenge and learn by doing.
• You're organized. You can manage multiple projects, timelines, and work streams at once in a fast paced environment.
• You're drawn to brands, retail, CPG, consumer behavior, commerce, and culture.
• You have 3+ years of experience in marketing with a focus on social media and/or paid media.

Bonus Points For

• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn, Meta, or Google Ads
• A personal audience or following, even a modest one, or experience scaling an online community
• Experience recording, editing, and producing video for social
• Interest and ability in organizing, coordinating, and marketing IRL events and activations
• Experience supporting sponsorships or creator campaigns
• Experience with landing pages and conversion paths

How We're Different
Most companies treat brand and marketing as a means to an end. You're a cog in the wheel, serving some other function. At Merciv, building a thoughtful brand, voice, and true thought leadership isn't an afterthought - it's at the core of what we're trying to accomplish. Of course, content marketing serves business outcomes. But it's also an outcome in itself.
We're a group of passionate, high-agency, high-ownership individuals who care deeply about something, each other, and our mission. We operate in a high-growth, fast-paced environment where we're encouraged to test, fail, iterate, improve, and own the outcome. And because our product exists to help brands understand consumers, we have the benefit of having unlimited interesting things to talk about - many of which you're probably already keeping tabs on.
Why Merciv

• A chance to build Merciv's content and performance engine from the ground up, with a high volume of real work going live.
• A rare setup where you own both the making and the distribution, so you actually learn what works across organic and paid.
• Rich raw material to work from: retail, CPG, commerce, AI, and real consumer behavior.
• Budget and support to do the job well, and room to grow into broader ownership as you prove it out.
• Close access to the Head of Brand, Product, and leadership - direct access to decision makers and ownership to move fast.
• Competitive salary, meaningful equity, benefits, flexible PTO.
• A culture built on craft, care, and empowerment.

We Encourage You to Apply
If your background doesn't look like a standard marketing résumé but you're exceptional at even some of this, apply anyway. The most interesting people rarely take the obvious path, and we care about the work and the drive more than the line items. We're building a diverse team on purpose, because different perspectives make the work better.
Logistics

• On-site in NYC, 4-5 days a week
• Visa sponsorship available
• We review applications as they come in

Merciv is building the future of autonomous commerce. We're committed to assembling a diverse team of builders who want to change how the world does business.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.