dandyhorse magazine is looking for a new web editor. This is a part-time position of approximately 10 hours
per week working from home for a four-month term, with occasional team meetings.
Deadline for application: September 20, 2014, 5 p.m.
About you:
You have some writing/blogging/editing experience, you like bikes, 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.
Details: The
web editor will produce approximately two or three self-generated stories per
month (including in total at least two Bike Spotting
sessions over four months) – leads, contacts and ideas provide (pitches always
welcome). PLUS you will copy edit and upload one or two stories per week from
other contributors. All stories are posted to social media.
We work in WordPress. Training
and style guide are provided.
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, along with two or three other part-time editors.
This is a volunteer position
with a small stipend.
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!
- Build up by-lined stories
for your portfolio.
Other duties:
NEWSLETTER –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. We also post information from like(bike)-minded organizations
and promote bike events.
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 4,000-10,000 (dependent on ad revenue). dandyhorse
magazine dot com receives about 10,000 page views each and every month and we
have almost 3,000 followers on Twitter.
