About Helmet Head Media
Helmet Head Media is a global youth racing media brand publishing documentary-style video content across YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. We cover the world's greatest karting and junior motorsport circuits — from Karting Genk in Belgium to Sepang in Malaysia, Suzuka in Japan to the SuperNationals in Las Vegas. Our audience is the global youth racing community — young racers, families, coaches and team managers across every continent.
We publish two episodes per week. Each episode covers one iconic circuit in depth. We need a specialist researcher who can deliver the kind of insider circuit knowledge that makes a community feel genuinely seen — not the information available on the circuit's official website, but the stuff that coaches whisper to each other in the paddock.
The Role
You are a pure researcher. You do not write scripts. You find truth, verify it, organise it clearly, and hand it to our script writer in a format they can work with immediately. Your job is to go deeper than anyone else would bother to go and come back with information that is accurate, specific, surprising, and genuinely useful to a young racer and their family.
You will work across 56 circuits on our global roster spanning Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia and Africa. Many of the best insights at these circuits exist only in non-English language sources, local community Facebook groups, WhatsApp communities, regional karting federation publications, and the social media accounts of coaches and teams that have never been contacted by international media before. Finding those sources and extracting that knowledge is the job.
What You Will Deliver
For each circuit you deliver one comprehensive research document covering the following sections.
Circuit Profile — Full history from founding to present. Current ownership and management. Any significant renovations or layout changes. The circuit's reputation within the global karting community — what it is known for, what it is feared for, what makes it different from every other circuit on the roster.
Technical Profile — Current layout with corner by corner description. Number of corners, total length, surface characteristics, grip levels across different weather and temperature conditions, kerb profiles and how aggressive they are. Specifically identified key corners with precise technical descriptions of the correct racing line, braking point, apex, and exit — sourced from coaches, onboard footage analysis, or credible technical sources. Not generic descriptions. Specific actionable information a young racer could use.
The Coaching Insight — At least one genuine insider tip that cannot be found on the circuit's official website or in any mainstream motorsport publication. This requires direct outreach. Contact a coach, a team manager, a series regular, or a karting parent who races there regularly via Instagram, Facebook, or email. Ask them what they know about this circuit that most visiting drivers get wrong. One real insight from one real person who has spent time at this circuit is worth more than ten paragraphs of generic technical description.
People and Teams — Resident teams and academies operating at or regularly racing at the circuit. Notable alumni — junior racers who trained or competed there and went on to professional careers. Current standout young racers from that circuit's community who should be mentioned and tagged. Any famous motorsport figures with a documented connection to this circuit.
Race Calendar and Access — Which championships and series race there and when. How international families access the circuit — nearest airports, accommodation options, track day booking process. Approximate cost of racing there for a visiting family — entry fees, testing costs, local kart hire if available. Visa requirements for the most common visiting nationalities.
Community Contacts — Social media handles for the circuit's official accounts. Key teams operating there with significant social following. Prominent coaches or community figures who are active on social media. Any existing Helmet Head community members or followers who are connected to this circuit and could be directly engaged around the episode release.
The Surprise — At least one fact, story, or connection about this circuit that is genuinely unexpected. Something that makes the script writer say they did not know that. Something that earns the viewer's attention because it is the kind of detail that only someone who really did their research would find. This is the section that separates good research from exceptional research.
The Circuits
Our roster spans 56 circuits across six continents. Examples include Karting Genk in Belgium, South Garda Karting in Lonato Italy, Bira International Circuit in Pattaya Thailand, Sepang International Karting Circuit in Malaysia, the SuperNationals in Las Vegas, Kartódromo Granja Viana in São Paulo Brazil, Suzuka in Japan, Dubai Autodrome Karting in the UAE, Eastern Creek Karting in Sydney Australia, and Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town South Africa.
Each circuit requires the same depth of research regardless of its global profile. The South African circuits deserve the same quality of research document as Karting Genk. The Indonesian circuits deserve the same quality as Suzuka. Our community is global and every circuit's local community will know immediately if the research was lazy.
What We Are Looking For
Essential. Proven research capability demonstrated by examples — you find primary sources, you go beyond the first page of Google results, you contact real people to get real information. Methodical and organised — your research documents are clean, clearly structured, and immediately usable by a script writer without requiring clarification. Reliable and deadline-driven — we operate on a fixed two-week production cycle and the script writer cannot begin until your research is delivered. Communicative — you tell us immediately if a circuit is proving difficult to research deeply and propose a solution rather than delivering a shallow document on deadline.
Strongly preferred. Multilingual capability or demonstrated experience researching in non-English language sources. Experience in sports research, investigative journalism, or documentary research. Existing knowledge of karting, motorsport, or youth sport ecosystems. Experience engaging directly with online communities to extract primary source information — Facebook groups, Reddit communities, WhatsApp networks, Discord servers.
Working Structure
You receive the circuit brief on Monday. Brief includes circuit name, location, any existing contacts or footage we hold, and any specific angles already identified. Research document delivered by Thursday of the same week. Four working days per circuit. The script writer receives your document on Friday and begins work immediately. No late deliveries. One circuit every two weeks to begin, scaling to two circuits per week as the production schedule grows.
Communication via Slack. Document delivery via Google Drive in our standard research template. Payment on delivery via Upwork.
To Apply
Tell us about a time you found information that nobody else had found. Show us two examples of research work — these do not need to be motorsport specific, strong research methodology transfers across subjects. Tell us honestly what languages you research in beyond English. Tell us your preferred rate — hourly or fixed price per document.
No generic proposals. Read this brief and respond to it specifically.
UPWORK JOB POSTING — ROLE 2
Title: Broadcast Script Writer — Global Youth Motorsport Media Brand (Ongoing Contract)
Job Type: Ongoing Contract
Hours: Part Time
Experience Level: Expert
Rate: $30–$55 USD per hour / Fixed price per script negotiable
About Helmet Head Media
Helmet Head Media is a global youth racing media brand publishing documentary-style video content across YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. We cover the world's greatest karting and junior motorsport circuits — from Karting Genk in Belgium to Sepang in Malaysia, Suzuka in Japan to the SuperNationals in Las Vegas. Our audience is the global youth racing community — young racers, families, coaches and team managers across every continent.
We publish two episodes per week. Each episode is a five minute documentary covering one iconic karting circuit. We need a broadcast script writer who can take a comprehensive research document and transform it into a script that a nine year old racing talent can own completely on camera — and that an international audience of passionate motorsport families will watch from the first second to the last.
The Role
You are a pure script writer. You do not research. A specialist researcher delivers you a comprehensive circuit research document every two weeks. Your job is to take that document and write a broadcast-quality script of approximately 700 to 800 words that feels like it was written from inside the paddock by someone who has spent their life in motorsport — delivered in the natural, energetic, authoritative voice of a nine year old who actually races karts.
This is one of the most specific and demanding writing briefs we have ever written. If it excites you rather than intimidates you, keep reading.
The Voice
The host of Helmet Head Media is Kal El. He is nine years old. He is a real kart racer competing across Southeast Asia. He is charismatic, confident, naturally energetic, and deeply knowledgeable about racing for his age. He is not a child presenter reading grown-up words. He is a young racer who speaks with genuine authority about the sport he lives inside every day.
Every script you write goes into his voice. That means the language must be natural for a highly articulate, sporty, globally aware nine year old. It must never sound like an adult pretending to be a child. It must never be dumbed down — Kal El's audience includes karting coaches, racing parents, and serious young competitors who will immediately disengage if the content feels patronising. It must never be stiff, formal, or corporate. It must sound like someone who loves this sport talking to other people who love this sport.
You will receive sample narration audio of Kal El speaking naturally before your first script. You will listen to it until you hear his rhythm, his pace, his natural sentence length, his energy. Then you will write to that rhythm every single time.
The Format
Every Helmet Head episode follows a specific structural format. You write within this format. You do not reinvent it. You make it sing.
The Hook — First 10 seconds of narration. The single most important piece of writing in the entire script. It must earn the viewer's continued attention immediately. It does not open with the circuit name and location. It opens with a feeling, a fact, a contradiction, a question, or a story that makes the viewer need to know what comes next. Study the best documentary openings. Understand what makes someone stay. Apply that understanding every single time.
The Circuit Introduction — 60 to 90 seconds. Circuit name, location, layout overview. Technical profile delivered with precision and energy. This section must be accurate — the research document gives you everything you need — and it must be delivered in language that feels alive not like a Wikipedia entry.
The Champion Connection — 30 to 45 seconds. The famous racer, the historic moment, the legacy connection that gives this circuit its place in motorsport history. Every circuit has one. Some have several. Pick the most powerful and tell it in a way that makes the viewer feel the weight of that history.
The Technical Deep Dive — 60 to 90 seconds. The key corner or sector that defines this circuit. The coaching insight from the research document delivered as storytelling not instruction. The viewer should feel like they are receiving genuine insider knowledge that would cost them money to get from a professional coach.
The Community Moment — 30 to 45 seconds. The paddock culture, the local racing community, the human texture of this circuit. This section sets up the funny community clip that the editor will drop in. Write a natural lead-in and lead-out for a clip you have not seen — the researcher will have described its general character in the research document.
The Access Information — 30 to 45 seconds. How to race here, when to come, what it costs, what to know before you arrive. Practical and useful. The parent watching this episode should finish this section knowing whether this circuit belongs on their family's racing calendar.
The Kal El Direct Address — Final 30 seconds. Kal El speaks directly to camera. This section is slightly different in character to the narration — it is more conversational, more personal, more of a peer-to-peer moment between Kal El and the community. He invites footage submissions, community knowledge, comments. He makes clear that Helmet Head belongs to the community not just to him. This section must never feel like a generic call to action. It must feel like a genuine invitation from someone who means it.
What Makes A Great Helmet Head Script
It is precise without being dry. Every technical fact is accurate — the researcher has verified it — and delivered with the energy of someone who finds it genuinely fascinating rather than the flatness of someone reporting it.
It makes the viewer feel something at least once. Every circuit has a human story buried in its history. A champion who trained there in poverty. A family that sold everything to race there. A nine year old who turned a lap that changed their life. Find that story in the research document. Make it land.
It respects the community's intelligence. The Helmet Head audience knows karting. They have spent weekends in paddocks. They can tell immediately if the script was written by someone who did not understand what they were writing about. Your job is to make them feel understood not educated.
It sounds like Kal El. Every time. Without exception.
What We Are Looking For
Essential. Proven broadcast script writing experience — television documentary, sports content, YouTube long form, or equivalent. Portfolio demonstrating the ability to write in a specific voice that is not your own. Understanding of documentary structure and pacing. Ability to make technical subject matter engaging to a broad audience without sacrificing accuracy. Reliable and deadline-driven — the editor cannot begin until the script is delivered.
Strongly preferred. Experience writing for a specific on-camera talent — you have subordinated your own voice to serve someone else's before and you understand why that is a skill not a compromise. Sports documentary background. Existing knowledge of motorsport or youth sport culture. Experience writing for international audiences — you understand that cultural references that work in one market may not land in another.
Experience writing for child or youth presenters is a significant advantage. If you have done this before — written words that a young person can own completely and authentically — tell us immediately and show us the work.
Working Structure
You receive the research document from our specialist researcher on Friday. You have from Friday to the following Wednesday to deliver the finished script. Five working days per script. One round of notes from us delivered within 24 hours of script receipt. Final script due within 48 hours of receiving notes. That cycle runs every two weeks to begin, scaling to weekly as the production schedule grows.
You will have a 30-minute briefing call before your first script to listen to Kal El's natural speaking voice, understand the brand tone, and ask any questions about the format. After that the process runs on documents and Slack messages. We do not micromanage. We brief clearly, we give consolidated notes, and we trust professionals to deliver professional work.
Communication via Slack. Script delivery via Google Drive in our standard script template. Payment on delivery via Upwork.
To Apply
Show us two scripts you have written for a specific on-camera talent — not your own voice, someone else's. Tell us about a time you made a technically complex subject emotionally engaging for a broad audience. Tell us honestly whether you have written for young presenters or hosts before. Tell us your preferred rate.
If you have read this entire brief and you are genuinely excited by the challenge of writing in the voice of a nine year old karting racer for a global motorsport audience — that excitement will be obvious in your proposal. We are looking for that person. Generic applications will not be considered.
One brief note to close. The scripts you write will be heard by hundreds of thousands of people across the world who are passionate about youth racing. Coaches in Belgium, families in Brazil, young racers in Japan, karting parents in South Africa. Every one of them will know immediately if the script respected their world or just described it from the outside. The job is to make them feel like Helmet Head was made for them specifically. That is the standard. If you can meet it we want to work with you.
Contract duration of 3 to 6 months.
Optional skills: Online Research, AI Fact-Checking, Secondary Research, Topic Research, Company Research, Rankings Research