dandyhorse magazine is looking for an editor. This is a part-time position of approximately 20 hours
per week working from home for a two-month term, with occasional team meetings.
Deadline for application: April 15, 2014.
About you:
You have some writing/blogging/editing experience, you like bikes and you are
willing to learn. You 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 editor will produce approximately
one or two self-generated stories per month (plus, participate in at least two Bike Spotting
sessions) for the dandyBLOG. The editor will edit and upload materials from
other contributors to the dandyBLOG or to the dandy Dropbox for our
spring/summer issue, as required. The editor will do a lot of copyediting
starting in May and ending in early June. Style guide and training provided. You
will be working with other editors, photographers and contributors who love
bikes.
Leads, story ideas, interview
contacts, writer, photographer and illustrator contacts for self-generated
stories also provided. Pitches ALWAYS welcome!
The stipend is $200.
You will:
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Gain experience
editing copy for a print publication
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Gain experience
and work samples producing digital content for a magazine
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Participate in
marketing campaigns and events (launch party June 29 is also your last official
day for this position)
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Help increase
positive bike culture, especially in Toronto!
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Get a masthead
position/title in our spring/summer 2014 “pedal pride” issue.
Other duties:
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 print circulation of 10,000 (dependent on ad revenue). The
dandyBLOG receives about 10,000 page views each and every month and @dandyhorse
has over 2,500 followers on Twitter.
