Creative/Localization Writer

Location: Pasadena, CA, United States

Salary: $55,000–$90,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a global vertical drama platform developing and distributing mobile-first serialized entertainment, including AI-generated content and more than 100 new short dramas each month.

What you will do

• Adapt web novels, Chinese-origin scripts, story outlines, and existing materials into vertical short drama screenplays.
• Create original storylines, season outlines, and episodic scripts for 1–2 minute episodes across 60–120 episode seasons.
• Optimize pacing, emotional beats, conflict escalation, reversals, scene transitions, and cliffhanger endings for mobile viewing.
• Localize scripts for Western and North American audiences by refining dialogue, character motivation, emotional logic, and cultural relevance.
• Revise scripts based on creative feedback, production needs, viewer response, and content performance insights.
• Collaborate with writers, editors, translators, producers, and production teams through script reviews, table reads, and production updates.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience writing, adapting, editing, or polishing vertical short dramas, short-form serialized scripts, mobile-first scripted video, or comparable digital drama content.
• Strong understanding of vertical drama structure, including opening hooks, 1–2 minute pacing, emotional escalation, reversals, and cliffhanger endings.
• Experience writing in romance, billionaire romance, revenge, family drama, werewolf/urban fantasy, YA, or other emotionally driven commercial genres.
• Ability to adapt web novels, Chinese-origin scripts, story outlines, or existing materials into natural English scripts for Western and North American audiences.
• Strong English writing, communication, collaboration, and revision skills, with the ability to work under tight deadlines in a high-volume environment.
• H-1B sponsorship may be considered for eligible full-time roles; H-1B transfer support is reviewed case by case.

Nice to have

• Experience with vertical drama platforms, short drama studios, web novel adaptations, serialized romance, or mobile-first scripted entertainment.
• Experience localizing Asian-origin or Chinese-origin scripts for English-speaking audiences.
• Professional working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.
• Background in writer’s rooms, digital media, film and television production, publishing, online fiction, or serialized content development.
• Ability to mentor junior writers and collaborate across U.S. and Asia time zones.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time and project-based opportunities are open for discussion.
• Eligible full-time employees may receive medical, financial, and other employee benefits.
• Potential performance bonuses may be available based on project needs.
• Work involves collaboration across U.S. and Asia time zones in a fast-paced creative and production environment.