Senior Social Media Scriptwriter

About the role

Requirements

• - Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Media, or a related field
• - Minimum 5 years of experience in leading media organizations or newsrooms
• - At least 2 years of professional experience working in Dubai
• - Exceptional Arabic writing and storytelling skills
• - Strong portfolio demonstrating scriptwriting for serious, knowledge-based content
• - Excellent analytical and editorial judgment
• - Broad cultural and intellectual background
• Preferred Background
• - Prior experience at major regional or international news organizations
• - Demonstrated ability to write for social-first, short-form formats without compromising editorial depth

Responsibilities

• - Write, edit, and refine scripts for social media content across multiple formats and platforms
• - Translate complex, knowledge-based topics into engaging, accessible narratives for a broad audience
• - Apply strong editorial judgment to ensure accuracy, tone, and cultural relevance of all scripted content
• - Collaborate with the content and production teams to align scriptwriting with broader editorial and brand strategy
• - Maintain high standards of Arabic writing quality, grammar, and storytelling craft
• - Draw on a broad cultural and intellectual background to bring depth and credibility to content

Skills

• Arabic writing
• Scriptwriting for social media
• Editing and refining scripts
• Editorial judgment
• Knowledge-based storytelling
• Journalism
• Broadcast/content production collaboration
• Narrative translation of complex topics
• Portfolio of scriptwriting for serious content
• Analytical skills