CLNR Studios | Creative Scriptwriter — Short-Form Stories & Branded Content

About CLNR Studios

CLNR Studios is a US-based content production and growth agency creating short-form video for brands, founders, and businesses.
We want to make content that feels imaginative, playful, cinematic, and memorable—not like another scripted advertisement. We’re looking for a creative storyteller who can transform simple ideas into entertaining short-form stories people genuinely want to watch.
The Role

We’re looking for a Creative Scriptwriter who can develop whimsical, emotionally engaging stories for short-form video.

You’ll receive a client brief, message, product, or rough idea and turn it into an original story with characters, personality, visual moments, and a satisfying payoff.

The brand should feel naturally woven into the story rather than forced into a traditional advertisement.

This is not a blog-writing, caption-writing, or generic marketing-copy role. We want someone who thinks in scenes, characters, actions, and images—and understands how written ideas will come to life on camera.

What You’ll Do

• Develop imaginative concepts from client briefs and rough ideas.
• Find playful, unexpected ways to communicate a brand’s message.
• Write short narrative scripts with personality, emotion, humor, or wonder.
• Create memorable characters, scenarios, and visual worlds.
• Write natural dialogue, voiceover, action, and performance direction.
• Build stories with a strong opening, clear progression, and rewarding ending.
• Use visual storytelling instead of relying entirely on spoken explanations.
• Create treatments, loglines, character descriptions, and story outlines.
• Write clear scene descriptions that can be passed to a storyboard artist.
• Adapt your voice to different brands while preserving originality.
• Develop alternate concepts, openings, and endings when requested.
• Collaborate with our creative producer, storyboard artist, and production team.
• Revise scripts based on creative direction and client feedback.
• Keep concepts achievable within the project’s budget, locations, talent, and production schedule.

The Kind of Stories We Want
Our scripts may be:

• Whimsical and imaginative
• Funny or slightly absurd
• Heartfelt and human
• Character-driven
• Visually surprising
• Cinematic but concise
• Inspired by everyday moments
• Built around metaphors or visual transformations
• Playful without feeling childish
• Branded without feeling like traditional advertising

Projects may include short narrative films, sketches, product stories, founder stories, visual comedy, emotional brand pieces, and episodic short-form concepts.
What We’re Looking For

• Experience writing scripts, short films, sketches, branded stories, animation, or narrative video.
• A strong understanding of character, story structure, pacing, dialogue, and payoff.
• The ability to create an engaging story within 15 seconds to three minutes.
• A vivid imagination and a distinctive creative perspective.
• Strong visual thinking—you can imagine what the audience will see, not only what they will hear.
• The ability to make ordinary products or ideas feel interesting and emotionally meaningful.
• Excellent written English.
• The ability to write dialogue that feels natural when performed.
• Comfort receiving feedback and revising creative work.
• Reliable communication and deadline management.
• The ability to balance originality with real production limitations.

Helpful Experience

• Short films
• Comedy sketches
• Children’s or family entertainment
• Animation
• Branded entertainment
• Music videos
• Theater or playwriting
• Visual storytelling
• Character development
• Magical realism
• Commercial or agency production

Marketing experience is helpful but not required. Strong storytelling instincts are more important.

Typical Deliverables

Depending on the project, you may provide:

• Two or three concept options
• Logline and synopsis
• Creative treatment
• Character descriptions
• Story outline
• Complete short-form script
• Dialogue or voiceover
• Visual action and scene direction
• Performance and tone notes
• Alternate openings or endings
• Revisions following feedback