dandyhorse
magazine is looking
for a new web editor. This is a part-time,
volunteer position of approximately 8-10 hours per week working from home for a
four-month term, with occasional team meetings. Deadline for application: Jan. 1, 2014, at midnight.
About you:
You have some writing/blogging/editing experience, you like bikes and you are
willing to learn and have the ability to focus your attention on details. The
ideal candidate would also have another job, and have experience working two
part-time jobs at the same time.
The web editor will produce approximately
one or two self-generated stories per month (including in total at least two Bike Spotting sessions over four
months). PLUS you will copyedit and upload one or two stories per week from
other contributors. (Materials provided.) We work in WordPress and use Dropbox
and Gmail to liaise and coordinate with photographers and writers. Training and
style guide are provided.
Leads, story ideas, interview
contacts, writer, photographer and illustrator contacts for self-generated
stories also provided. Pitches ALWAYS welcome!
Break it down: Approximately
3-4 hours a day @ 2-3 days a week for 4 months. You will work with a variety of contributors; from highly-skilled,
established, regularly-published writers and photographers to students and guest
bloggers who work for bike advocacy groups or like-minded environmental
organizations who are looking to promote their good works and events. The
stipend is $200.
You will:
- Gain experience editing and
producing stories for a magazine, online,
- Participate in marketing
campaigns and events for the magazine,
- Get copy- and web editing
experience, and;
- Help increase positive bike
culture, especially in Toronto!
Other duties:
NEWSLETTER – one editor
will be responsible for this simple monthly aggregate or ‘round up’ of
dandy stories from the web and promotions (includes at least one
partner/external story). Done in
MailChimp.
SOCIAL MEDIA: The web editors execute social media regularly, according
to dandy guidelines. Every story we produce must be posted to Facebook and must
be Tweeted twice and is the responsibility of the editor who uploaded that
story.
Interested candidates should contact Tammy Thorne at tammy@dandyhorsemagazine.com to
arrange an interview.
dandyhorse
magazine is Canada’s premier arts and advocacy cycling lifestyle magazine with
a bi-annual hard copy circulation of 7,000-15,000 (dependent on ad revenue). dandyhorse
magazine dot com received about 10,000 page views each and every month.
