Lockdown K Writer Job Description:

Hello we are looking for a basketball fanatic who also watches a bunch of basketball YouTube channels (Specifically our channel Lockdown K, JimmyHighRoller, Baseball Doesn't Exist), that also has experience or interest writing video essays.

As our Writer/Creative Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the content that basketball fans love. You'll take charge of transforming ideas and using stats to create persuasive & captivating scripts that speak directly to our audience. Your creativity will not only inform but also entertain, incorporating humor, thematic elements, and clear directives for our video editing team to follow. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your passion for basketball with your talent for storytelling, creating content that resonates with viewers worldwide.

 

Responsibilities:
Craft engaging, persuasive, documentary scripts (approximately 7,600 through 10,000 words) 1-2 times a month, ensuring they are accessible and enjoyable to our audience.

Enrich our content with analytics, storytelling, and thematic elements that elevate the storytelling experience.

Provide clear directions for the video editing team, including the selection of specific clips to enhance the narrative.

Ensure all content is accurate and delivered consistently on time.

 

Ideal Candidate:
Is a passionate basketball fan and a regular consumer of basketball and basketball content on YouTube, especially from channels like JimmyHighRoller, DylanDoesBasketball and Baseball Doesn't Exist, 

YOU MUST BE AN EXCEPTIONAL WRITER, and obsessed with understanding virality on Youtube. If you are NOT obsessed with Writing, YouTube & Business, this will not be a good fit.

Has experience or a strong interest in writing video essays and video content creation.

Has strong research skills and can understand and utilize advanced basketball data and stats to create persuasive/entertaining scripts to entertain an audience

Is creative, capable of infusing content with humor and a unique perspective.

Is self-driven, with a strong commitment to accuracy, punctuality, and fluency in English (native proficiency preferred).

Lockdown K Youtube Video Editor Job Description:

We run Lockdown K, a YouTube channel that creates long-form, documentary-style videos about the NBA. Our videos dive deep into storylines, player arcs, draft history, trades, and everything else that makes the league dramatic and unpredictable. Most videos are between 30 and 90 minutes long and mix voiceover, highlights, stats, memes, custom motion graphics, and emotional pacing.

We’re hiring a video editor who can do both:
1. Build full edits in Premiere Pro
2. Create motion graphics in After Effects

If you’re only great at one of those, that’s still fine we want to hear from you.

This is a hybrid creative role. You'll be responsible for cutting scenes, sourcing footage, syncing VO and music, and either building motion graphics yourself or inserting clear placeholders so our graphics team knows what to create. You should understand visual storytelling, how to pace a scene, when to build emotion, and how visuals support the voiceover.

Whether you're doing both editing and motion yourself, or building timelines that pass cleanly to another artist, your job is to help make compelling basketball storytelling that doesn’t feel like a template.

Channels whos edits we like, Lockdown K, JimmyHighRoller, Baseball Doesn't Exist, Rick'sF1Addiction, PointlessHub

 

Ideal Candidate

Is a passionate basketball fan and understands the game and a regular consumer of basketball content on YouTube, especially from channels like JimmyHighRoller, Any Basketball Podcast, and probably some other basketball creators

Has experience or a strong interest in long-form video content creation.

Has strong research skills to find clips related to NBA and Basketball and can create a timeline through creative video editing.

Is creative and proactive.

Can turn in videos on time.

Is self-driven, with a strong commitment to accuracy, punctuality, and fluency in English (native proficiency preferred but not required).


Job Requirements

Craft engaging, persuasive, documentary-style edits (approximately 1+ hour long videos) with engaging cinematic vibes and with modern pop culture vibes, 1-2 times per month.

Can create engaging graphics

Source high quality clips of basketball games, plays and such, design audio, and edit video in Premiere Pro to build a compelling narrative.

Bring a unique video editing style to the channel that stands out from template-driven YouTube edits.

Fast Internet

Constant Daily Communication

Ensure all content is accurate and delivered consistently on time.

Lockdown K After Effects/Animation Video Editor Job Description:

Hello! We are looking for a skilled animator and visual effects artist to join our team at Lockdown K. We're seeking someone who can create engaging, customizable visuals for our sports-focused YouTube content, with a primary focus on NBA and potentially NFL. This role is perfect for a creative individual who loves sports and wants to contribute to high-quality animation and effects. You will also lead music curation and sound design across each video, selecting songs that match tone, making frequent music switches to push pacing, layering sound effects, and maintaining a consistent cinematic feel. As the end video editor, you are the final stop before release and will catch and fix small imperfections so the cut ships polished.

Channels whose edits we like: Lockdown K, JxmyHighRoller, Cult Tennis, RickysF1Addiction

 

Responsibilities:

• Create visuals that can be used and or modified by our long-form video editors.
• Develop engaging custom animations and visual effects to enhance the viewing experience.
• Work with After Effects, animation software, or Blender to produce high-quality visuals.
• Design visuals that are adaptable for multiple uses across our content.
• Collaborate with our main video editors to understand their needs and create time-saving visual elements.
• Meet deadlines consistently and provide high-quality work with minimal revisions.
• Be open to feedback and willing to make adjustments to your work as needed.
• Stay up to date with current trends in sports graphics and animation techniques.
• Maintain organized project files for easy handoff to other team members.
• Curate music and sound design that fits tone, make intentional song switches to drive pace, and layer sound effects without clutter.
• Balance overall audio to consistent levels with tools like EQ, compressors, noise gates, and LUFS normalization.
• Act as the end video editor for final polish, fixing minor imperfections such as audio pops, abrupt transitions, caption or lower-third typos, color mismatches, framing tweaks, and render artifacts before export.

 

What You’ll Receive From Me:

• Work with fully edited Premiere Pro files that include all clips, timing, and music, allowing complete focus on visuals and graphics.
  Google Drive folders of pre-selected images, stats, reference images, and supporting visuals.
• Clear, detailed revision notes.
• Creative freedom to implement your vision as long as it fits the style & direction of the channel.
• Direct communication with the main editor and founder.
• Bring creative direction and ideas while implementing our visual concepts throughout videos.
• Take ownership of video graphics and effects from start to finish, including sound effects where needed. You may adjust visuals, music, or other elements to better fit your effects, and ensure the final cut is polished for release.

 

Ideal Candidate:

• MUST BE AN EXCEPTIONAL ANIMATOR VISUAL EFFECTS ARTIST.
  Strong proficiency in After Effects, Blender, or other animation tools.
• Follows the NBA closely and understands current trends, analytics, and advanced stats.
• Comfortable interpreting data from Basketball Reference, Cleaning the Glass, Stathead, and other sources.
• Has a creative mindset with the ability to conceptualize and execute visually compelling work.
• Thinks like a visual storyteller, not just an asset builder.
• Comfortable working from timelines with VO, pacing, and music already established.
• Able to work independently and handle multiple projects at once.
• Detail-oriented and able to revise based on feedback.
• Understands YouTube loudness standards and audio balancing tools,including LUFS normalization, EQ, compressors, and noise gates
• Understands pacing, tone matching, music integration, and how frequent music switches and SFX drive momentum while keeping a cinematic tone.
• Takes ownership of final polish as the end video editor, proactively fixing small issues before delivery.

 

Other:

• Knowledge of NFL or tennis is a plus, but not required
• No flashbangs, over-blurred visuals, or stat clutter. Visuals must be clean, clear, and night-mode friendly since our viewer watch our videos in the evening.

Lockdown K Thumbnail Designer/Ideator Job Description:

Hello I am looking for a thumbnail designer to join my team over here at Lockdown K. I am looking for someone who can create eye-catching thumbnails for my basketball YouTube channel and bring their creative vision to the table.

I want someone who can look at my current thumbnails, understand the style, and make it even better. You should be able to take unfinished ideas and turn them into cool, click-worthy thumbnails that stand out or come up with your own ideas based off the video idea.

Note that I'm looking to establish a recognizable theme for my channel - I really like how creators like Fern, James Jani, Alvini Linguine, and Patrick Cc: have thumbnails that are instantly recognizable as their own, and I want that same kind of originality for Lockdown K.

 

Responsibilities:
Create thumbnails that grab attention and fit my channel's vibe (starting at 1-2 thumbnails a month)

Come up with multiple thumbnail concepts for each video

Deliver high-quality designs that help establish my channel's unique look

Meet deadlines consistently to match my upload schedule

My budget is $100-$250 per thumbnail depending on complexity and quality

If you're good with creating titles too, I can pay extra for that

 

Ideal Candidate:
Is a passionate basketball fan and regularly watches basketball content on YouTube (helpful but not needed if your creative thought works with what I am looking for)

Has experience creating thumbnails that make people want to click

Can see what I'm doing with my thumbnails and take it to the next level

Is creative and can come up with thumbnail ideas on their own

Can turn in work on time

Is self-driven, with a commitment to quality, punctuality, and fluency in English (native proficiency preferred but open to just being fluent)

Knows how to use Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar design tools

Lockdown K Basketball Content Strategist (Ideation + Packaging) Job Description:

About The Job:
Hi! We are looking for a basketball obsessed Content Strategist who can consistently pitch strong video ideas and package them into titles and thumbnail concepts that fit our channel and bring in views.

This role is not just brainstorming. We want someone who understands what makes a basketball video click, what makes it hold attention, how to come up with thumbnail ideas that people click, and how to turn trends into ideas we can actually create.

 

Ideal Candidate:
You must be an absolute basketball fanatic who follows the sport closely and understands NBA history, current events, and the culture around it.

Beyond basketball knowledge, you also need to understand YouTube packaging and why certain ideas, titles, and thumbnails win.

 

We're Looking For Someone Who Is:
Basketball expertise: You know the sport inside and out, and you keep up with what is happening right now

YouTube instincts: You understand why a video gets clicked and why it holds attention

Thumbnail concepts: You can consistently come up with thumbnail concepts that fit our channel and actually work

Strong taste: You can bring us fresh ideas that push the channel forward
Format versatility: You can pitch ideas that make sense for both longform and shortform

Trend awareness: You keep up with social media trends and basketball storylines

Accuracy and reliability: You fact check, you are organized, and you deliver on time

 

Responsibilities:
Pitch video ideas across multiple formats: longform video essays, documentary style deep dives, reported NBA stories, deep dives, investigative style narratives, draft class breakdowns, player career arcs, team rebuild timelines, shorts/ig reel series, and one off short videos

Take ideas we already have and turn them into title and thumbnail concepts that match our channel and can realistically increase views

Create a short brief on each idea with supporting evidence for why it will work (similar videos, search demand, relevance in basketball right now, etc.)

Stay on top of trends across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and the basketball world so we are early on topics that are about to pop

 

Goal:
We are looking for someone we can grow with and will be with the team for a long time!

We are looking for a self-driven individual who ensures 100% accuracy in their information and consistently meets deadlines for idea submissions

 

 

NEXT STEPS 

We're asking you to come up with two to three ideas for our channel. We want to strongly emphasize that we will not use these ideas without proper compensation. This task is purely for us to evaluate your ability to generate compelling content and understand your creative process.

What we're looking for is for you to develop 2-3 video ideas. For each idea, please provide:

1. A detailed explanation of why you think this idea is good
2. Why you believe our audience will enjoy it
3. An outline of what topics we would cover in the video

We're asking for multiple ideas because we need to see that you can consistently generate quality content, not just a one-off good idea. This task will help us understand your creative process, your grasp of our audience's interests, and your ability to structure engaging tennis content.

Remember, the only goal is "know your audience." We're looking for fresh, engaging ideas that showcase your tennis passion and YouTube savvy. Don't hesitate to think outside the box – your unique perspective could be exactly what we need to elevate our channel. We're excited to see what you come up with!

If you're ready to share your ideas, please proceed to the next section. There, you'll find a text box where you can either paste a link to your Google Doc containing your sample ideas or include your ideas directly in the text box. We look forward to reviewing your creative concepts!