CC How to Think Freelance Writer

Freelance Writer

How do we make decisions? argue? persuade? research? evaluate? Basically, how do we think? This course will pull together insights across disciplines to explore all the ways we can think about thinking and apply it in our lives. If you’re an experienced writer, researcher, and thinker who can explain complex topics in clear and creative ways, we’d love to hear from you!

Crash Course, owned by Complexly, is an award-winning YouTube channel that invites students, teachers, and lifelong learners to tackle subjects they might have had trouble with or are curious to learn more about. Our videos take traditional classroom concepts and combine them with engaging and insightful narratives to help people learn and understand.

More details on the position:

Job Title: Writer

Status: Freelance

Reports to: Script Editor

Location: Remote, US-Based

Term: Beginning January 2027

Pay: $800 per script

What you'll do: 

Write approximately 10 scripts, each ~1800-2000 words for our Crash Course How to Think series. These scripts will be based on episode outlines created by the Complexly editorial team, but writers are expected to provide additional research, insights, and ideas to create accurate and engaging scripts. 

We’re looking for a deep thinker who can take an interdisciplinary approach, pulling from the sciences and humanities to help us guide viewers to reflect and deepen their understanding of how to ask questions, build knowledge, evaluate and share information, and make decisions. We’re particularly interested in candidates with experience “thinking about thinking.” Fields that come to mind include philosophy, education, psychology, or communication.

About Complexly: 

Complexly is a media company that produces shows like Crash Course, SciShow, Eons, Ask Hank Anything, Bizarre Beasts, Study Hall, and more. We were founded by John and Hank Green with a mission of creating trustworthy stuff and lowering barriers to knowledge building. The world is not simple. And that can seem like a burden sometimes. The reality is, the human species will never fully understand itself or its universe, let alone any individual. But instead of seeing that as a failing, we'd like to suggest that the process is as powerful as the outcome.

Complexly was a company privately owned by Hank and John Green. As of 2026, they have donated the company to the public as a new nonprofit 501c3 organization, which will help Complexly fulfill its mission for decades to come. Becoming a nonprofit means we will be able to lean into public support, supercharging our mission to make content the world needs, not what is optimized for advertisers. 

To learn more about Complexly, visit our website: 

https://complexly.org 

Complexly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in, and are dedicated to, the principles of equal opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender including gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, military/veteran status, citizenship, arrest and court record, genetic information, credit history, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

If you're interested, apply by Sunday, November 8!