Work at ARC
ARCCareers · Islamabad

We're building the team behind the stories.

ARC makes story-first content for service businesses and personal brands, mostly in the US. We're hiring people in Islamabad who want to do the best work of their careers, and grow into leading the teams that come after them.

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00:06Open roles

The roles

Every role below is full-time in Islamabad. We're becoming an in-house team, and every role starts hybrid until we finalise our space and key team members. Pay depends on what your test and paid trial show, inside the range we list.

Video · Full-time

Video Editor, Short-Form

PKR 130,000–170,000per month

Most editors are asked to make videos look good. We need someone who makes people stay.

What you'll own in 90 days

  • 4 to 5 finished short-form videos a day across our client accounts, on schedule
  • Less than one round of revisions per video, on average
  • Each client's style, templates and captions followed without reminders, then improved

Your test

Cut our own raw footage into a 30–45 second vertical video, with captions in our style. Up to 2 hours.

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Strategy · Full-time · Leads the creative team

Head of Content Strategy

PKR 170,000–230,000per month · potential path to profit share after 12 months

Every client has a story worth telling. We need the person who decides which one, how we tell it, and whether it worked.

What you'll own in 90 days

  • A written strategy and design language for every active client within your first 30 days
  • Weekly briefs to the scriptwriter and editors, ready by Monday
  • A monthly results report per client: what we made, what worked, what changes next
  • A content plan for ARC's own channels

Your test

Audit a real US service brand's content on one page, then walk us through it in a 5-minute recording. About 90 minutes.

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Writing · Full-time

Scriptwriter, Short-Form Video

PKR 110,000–150,000per month · review at 6 months

Anyone can get a script out of AI. We need someone who can tell when it sounds like nobody, and fix it.

What you'll own in 90 days

  • About 20 short scripts a week, on time
  • A voice guide for each client, so every script sounds like the person saying it
  • Most first drafts approved with light edits
  • A shared hook library the whole team uses

Your test

Three scripts and ten hooks for a sample brand, then rewrite a generic AI script and tell us why each change matters. About 90 minutes.

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Design · Full-time

Brand & Motion Designer

PKR 90,000–130,000per month

The best design at ARC is the kind an editor uses fifty times a week without thinking about it.

What you'll own in 90 days

  • A brand kit for each client: type, colour, logo use, caption styles
  • A motion template pack the editors use every day
  • ARC's own brand assets, ready for the agency's marketing
  • Carousels, thumbnails and graphics on request, on time

Your test

A 3-slide carousel and one animated caption template for a sample brand. About 90 minutes.

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00:18How we hire

Up to three weeks, five steps

Everyone applying for a role gets the same test and the same questions. We'd rather see how you work than read about it.

  1. 5 minutes

    Apply

    A short form: your work, your setup, why ARC.

  2. 60–120 minutes

    Skills test

    A real piece of the job, plus a 2-minute video of you.

  3. 45 minutes

    Conversation

    With Omeed, our founder. About your work and what you want next.

  4. 2–3 days, paid

    Paid trial

    Real briefs with the team, paid at a day rate.

  5. Within 48 hours

    Offer

    With a clear plan for your first 30, 60 and 90 days.

  • Every applicant hears back within 7 days, whatever the answer.
  • Every test gets a decision within 5 working days.
  • If you do the test and don't move on, you get one line of real feedback.
  • Strong candidates join our shortlist and hear about openings first.
00:27What you get

Built for people who plan to stay

We're small and growing on purpose. Every person we hire now is someone we expect to lead a team as ARC grows.

Pay you can see

Every role has a band and the range is in the post. You'll know where you sit and what moves you up.

Raises you can earn

An annual raise based on your scorecard.

A share of the growth

A quarterly team bonus pool, funded only by the agency growing. When we win, you see it.

A real ladder

Written levels for every track, with reviews every 6 months. Growth creates the promotions: every new team needs a lead, and we'd prefer you take that spot.

Day hours

Pakistan day hours, hybrid for now while we set up our in-house space. No night shifts to match US time zones. Later shifts only if a project is very urgent.

Room to get better

Planned team calls, and one-to-one calls with your team lead for feedback and learning.

TrackWhere it goes
EditingEditor→Senior Editor→Lead Editor→Head of Post-Production
Writing & strategyScriptwriter→Senior Scriptwriter→Content Strategist→Head of Content
DesignDesigner→Senior Brand & Motion Designer→Creative Director
00:35How we work

Five rules we hire for

The same five show up in our interviews, our reviews and our promotions.

  • Results over ease

    Choose what gets the client the better result, even when it's slower.

  • Own it end to end

    If it's yours, it ships right and on time, or you raise the flag 24 hours early.

  • Write it down

    Anything fixed twice becomes a template or a process, so nobody fixes it a third time.

  • Bring a recommendation

    Not just a problem. Tell us what you'd do about it.

  • Leave it better than the brief

    One improvement idea per client, every month.

00:41Questions

Before you apply

Is this remote?
No. We're going to be an in-house team in the near future. Every role starts hybrid (in person in Islamabad on set days, remote the rest) until we finalise our space and key team members. You'll need to live in Islamabad or Rawalpindi, or move here before you start.
Do I need a degree?
No. We look at your work and your test. A strong reel or portfolio matters far more than where you studied.
Can I use AI?
Yes, as a tool. Tell us where you used it in your test. What we hire for is the judgement to know when the output is generic, and the skill to fix it.
Is the test paid?
The skills test is short (60–120 minutes) and unpaid, and it uses our own footage or a made-up brand, never real client work. The 2–3 day trial later on is paid at a day rate.
Who are the clients?
Service businesses and personal brands, most of them in the United States. You'll see the details once you join; we keep client names private.
What if I'm not ready for the role listed?
Apply and choose "Future roles". We always hire new talent as the agency grows, and our shortlist hears about openings first.