Script Consultant

At The Merry Beggars, we aspire to entertain the world with thrilling, adventurous, and uplifting family-based entertainment. As the entertainment division of Relevant Radio - the largest Catholic radio network in the United States, with a listener reach of 270 million - our Catholic identity is at the heart of everything we make and do. We create exceptional family entertainment, including the award-winning series, The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage. Our shows have received millions of downloads, reached #1 in the Apple Fiction Podcast charts, and are beloved by families around the world. And we’re just getting started.

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Stories are at the heart of everything we do. As a TMB Script Consultant you will learn the style and heart of The Merry Beggars storytelling and bring that lens and aesthetic to the scripts, making them stronger and more engaging for our audience.

As a TMB Script Consultant, you’ll work with TMB’s Creative Director and Script Producer to give feedback on first and second drafts of our audio drama scripts, with particular attention to story structure, intelligibility, and dialogue. You will make notes on the scripts using Arc Studio Pro, and will collaborate with the Creative Producer and Script Development Team on the script’s strengths, its weaknesses, and how to improve it.

This role is for an extremely well-organized, detail-oriented, and mission aligned individual with a proven track record of team collaboration, clear thinking and communication, and experience working with dramatic scripts for television, film or audio.

The people who consistently succeed at The Merry Beggars live and breathe our core values, listed below. If these values resonate with you and you answer ‘yes’ to the questions, you may be a fit for The Merry Beggars.

Culture Changing Catholic: We follow Jesus Christ and are on a mission to glorify God. We don’t accept the cultural status quo. We draw upon thousands of years of painting, sculpture, storytelling, and experience to inspire us and give us direction.

• Do you wholeheartedly agree with the Catholic Church’s moral teachings and deposit of faith? Do you seek God’s guidance in your life? 
• ** Note: Contractors need not be Catholic or Christian, but will generally not succeed if they are anti-Catholic or anti-Christian.**

Professional Excellence: We delight in excellence, exceeding expectations in every area. We tend to the details no one will see. From developing scripts to welcoming actors to designing sound, we strive for perfection in all areas of our craft.

• Do you demand high standards of yourself? Are you driven by a desire for achievement and excellence? Are you dissatisfied until all the details in a project are exceptional?

Total Ownership: Our job isn’t done until the job is done. We hold ourselves responsible for all results, no matter the circumstances. We find a path or invent one. We never take an excuse.

• Do you follow up on projects until you achieve the results? Do you do whatever it takes to get the job done instead of blaming others and making excuses? Do you own failures in order to maximize your own growth?

Continual Growth: We are driven to realize potential, professionally and personally. Opportunities are responsibilities entrusted to us for the good of others. We strive to have the greatest impact possible. We constantly seek growth. We are never done.

• Do you consistently seek out self-development, instead of waiting to be trained by others? Do you consistently challenge yourself and seek growth in your personal life?

Hungry: We work hard. We are passionate about our mission, care deeply about our people, and settle for nothing less than excellence. We are humble, entitled to nothing. We embrace challenge, leaving everything on the field.‍

• Are you self-motivated to accomplish ambitious projects? Have you overcome massive obstacles to achieve your goals? Do you make your own luck?

Open & Honest: We share openly and challenge directly, always seeking the greater good of the other person and our company. Truth builds trust, which builds teamwork, which builds passion and excitement, which fuels growth and excellence.‍

• Do you seek out constructive feedback - and offer it to others - to solve issues and build trust with coworkers?

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• Ensuring scripts adhere to the series Show Bible in theme, tone, style, and content
• Reading scripts thoroughly
• Delivering review according to deadline
• Reviewing scripts for the following: story structure, grammar, tone, style, dialogue, character development, formatting, placement of SFX and action, and above all: listenability and audience engagement. 
• Identifying elements of the script that are not working or making sense
• Asking questions when the script isn’t working
• Leaving notes in Arc Studio Pro with specific recommendations/fixes
• Understanding what the writer/script is trying to achieve
• Attending meetings with Script Development team to workshop and develop scripts
• Meeting with Creative Producer to discuss scripts and consultant’s recommendations

• Strong desire to work in faith-based, family entertainment media space
• Clear and organized thinker; able to efficiently handle multiple projects at once, while maintaining prioritization and clarity
• Shares Core Values and creative vision of The Merry Beggars
• Familiar with audio storytelling, writing development, and creative collaboration
• Experience working in scriptwriting, editing, and production environments for film, TV or audio; familiarity with entertainment production pipelines

• Excellent communication skills; able to clearly and concisely communicate ideas and recommendations
• Detail-oriented; able to notice script deficiencies in story structure, grammar, tone, style, dialogue, character development, formatting, placement of SFX and action
• Able to work with a variety of writers and voices. Can suggest edits “in the writer’s voice” or in the voice of the script; can understand what a writer/script is trying to accomplish
• Able to meet non-negotiable deadlines
• Able to learn various software platforms: Arc Studio Pro, ClickUp, Google Drive, etc.
• Sensitive to creative dynamics in a team environment; able to create environment of trust and creative engagement while being candid; uses questions and comments to spark discovery and drive script development
• Self-driven, without need for supervision or close management

TMB is seeking to fill this position with the right candidate(s) as soon as possible. 

Because TMB works with writers from around the country, this is a remote position. The person(s) hired will collaborate with the TMB team via Zoom, or phone. 

This is a contractor position starting at $50/hour

After submitting your application below, your application will be reviewed.

If our team thinks that you might be a good fit, you will be emailed a job audition.