I'm trying an experiment here. Do you need a job? Do you need an employee? Well come in and explain yourselves! What happens if we throw this post open, make it sort of like the corner by a Home Depot in the mornings, and see what results?
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yes, i want to write for something that isn't my blog http://samir.tv
sorry. i didn't make it clear. yes id like a job other than writing for my own blog.
Important question: are you looking for a writing job?
yes. i am.
Exactly. What do you know about? What can you bring? Lay it out!
I know a lot about everything, women kill for my eyebrows and I am pretty good at wheel of fortune.
i am good at observations
http://samir.tv/2010/07/spotted-gonzo-at-shake-shack-in-mid-town/ (this had its own post on midtownlunch.com)
http://samir.tv/category/photos/
also some fake news
http://samir.tv/2010/07/france-votes-to-ban-bureka/
Nice work spotting Gonzo but isn't that Prince Harry standing next to him?
so, did i get the job??
Ah ha. So that explains the guy by our HD on Sundays with the sign that reads, "JESUS SAVES EXPERIENCED CARPENTER."
I didn't know if he was a real carpenter, or just an ironist with a Sharpee.
Senor Saves does good work.
Either way, that shocking lack of craftsmanship is not what I'd want to associate myself with.
You mean, you want me to hire someone smarter and wittier than I am? I may be stupid, but I'm not that stupid.
What the stifled job market actually needs is more liquidity.
Anybody wanna hire me?
I can do administrative stuff and am better at anal than Bookish but not quite as good as STC.
i have a position for you.
@Mount Prion - my company is hiring here in DC for admin type work as well as other stuff. re: anal- top/bottom or flexible?
I am looking for a better job in the DC area. I found out yesterday that my boss has been calling me his secretary to other people which I am NOT. My title is communications specialist.
The secret is a lot of spit ;)
Keep luden's bedside, until your body starts to produce that much saliva naturally.
*******NOT HALLS!
Halls.
Well, at least that explains the burning.
Vicks?
I'm not hiring, but if I were, I think I would find myself not what I'm looking for at this time.
I am looking for a job, if only to make my dad quit nagging me about it. That's kind of proving to be my key motivator in life, actually.
That's what they pay him for.
He's really good at his job!
I would love a different job in the film business, other than being my boss's bitch.
You say that like another type of job exists in the film business.
How about, I would like to be a bitch to someone in addition to being my new boss's bitch.
By the way, I am seriously looking for a new job in LA or NYC in film. PM if you know of something (Choice, can you actually do that?).
what kind of job in film?
I design Wordpress websites if anyone's interested. A free consultation couldn't hurt you. http://485i.com
Foreals: I need a Digital Marketing Coordinator (NYC or San Diego) and a Streaming Media Coordinator (NYC or San Diego).
For real I am putting you in touch with someone! Will email you in a moment to make the introduction.
Holler!
Are you in San Diego??
Can I telecommute? I'll be in NYC in late August to discuss.
@BadUncle: Nope, but we've got an office there where the majority of my staff is.
@56: As much as I hate to say this, both jobs require a good deal of in-office time. How Olde Media, eh?
Just tried a couple friends, who are content where they are. But I'm not. So if you ever need an art director...
I need a job. I'm taking the bar exam in a week, but the legal market isn't exactly stellar. I can write (see my recently-begun blog http://chroniclesofridic.com), and speak Spanish and wait tables. I can make witty comments and I can stand around sexily.
Where are you located?
I'm in Hoboken. If you want you can reach me at phil at chroniclesofridic dot com.
Do blow jobs count, or will you be doing a separate post for people looking for those? Asking for a friend.
I am personally looking for a good rim job. Apply within.
That should be rim jobber for that joke to make sense.
I laughed. But I'm not that smart, so I've been told by the unemployment office
I'm looking for something in digital marketing/sales/social media in (hopefully) either the Kansas City or Chicago areas. I would also be interested in doing account management for the right company, preferably but not necessarily in the aforementioned areas. Inquire within.
Oh, and if anyone needs pithy-yet-awesome sports and/or automotive commentary I'd be happy to do that, too.
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Pete: http://www.amuniversal.com/amu/Operations_Coordinator.htm
!!! Thanks, that's like...perfectly in line with my work experience.
I have no influence but I will put in a good word.
Thank you. Resume has been sent. I owe you a drink tomorrow.
Need a job in North Carolina. Yesterday I sent a followup email in Comic Sans as a meta-referential gimmick. (Did not work. Yet? Ever.)
I'm going to assume that no one here has any leads in North Carolina. OK. Will stop checking this thread and head back to Craigslist.
Craigslist Raleigh is DEPRESSING.
Craigslist Greensboro is WORSE.
You're killing me.
my family is in south carolina. i feel for you.
I haven't done laundry in a while and would be willing to pay someone to do that for me. I can't pay you money since I'm broke but you can have whatever is in my fridge. Actually there isn't anything in my fridge either. Actually, does anybody need someone to do their laundry 'cause I'm fucking broke.
If there are any lines in Boston to drop, I, err, will
quitcut back drastically on my Awl habit to make ends meet appropriately.Summary of qualifications: I am manic paraprofessional dreamgirl. I have worked every corner of the library beat, but lets acknowledge that library administrators don't headhunt and that admin assisting is where the real bling is to be found.
I have a soothing phone voice that gives an impression of patient efficiency and am compulsively on time. I like business casual attire and my steam cleaner has the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval; no track marks or visible tattoos. I alt-tab like a pro, am comfortable improvising CPR, and have excellent posture.
My background is in fine art, so you can not pay me extra to take care of all of your photo and design needs; I can teach you to lithograph anything.
OK, so I will also be a cocktail waitress at your Beacon Hill private house party, or whatever you need, Boston, because I need the extra work.
This job board is very timely! aka.garge @ gmaildot com.
Thankfully, I do not need a job, but my brother--recently returned from Korea with grad degrees in finance/business--does. Inquire within.
Also, which Paul Ford made you do this?
Great idea! Let's all get cool new jobs, guys! Me, I'm in New York City and I'm looking for something in new media creation - audio is my specialty, but I do video, too. Podcasts, video for web, that sort of thing. That, or something in the social media field. I've experience in that, too.
I'm a capable art director looking for something in the Awl Coffee Boy field, or possibly as a nighcrawler manager for a large fish bait retailer. Just about anything that doesn't involve advertising.
Wanna trade jobs? I think we have similar skill sets but maybe different industries... i don't like my job either. a lot. and i'd love to get into advertising and sell my soul for a better wage for awhile. i don't wanna fight the good fight anymore at tiny companies.
I don't even care about the good fight anymore. It's the good night's sleep that's so elusive.
ha. i hear that. maybe we should have a support group.
will do veterinary work for food (or a subscription to harper's)
(if you send me an email, I will share my pw; my household hasn't been making use of the subscription, so we can pretend we are comment-roomies for our print media karmic justification)
garge, this is the kindest thing i think anyone has ever said to me on the nets. you are a jewel! (i don't really need a job, i run a non-profit that does low-cost spays and neuters for cats and dogs. also,i have subscribed to harper's my entire adult life but that in now way detracts from your complete awesomeness)
Hi everybody! I have two separate and (mostly) distinct professional lives, and I would be interested in being paid to pursue either of them, for you!
1) I write ostensibly funny things for my comics blog, which is well-read and made me pretend Internet famous, and I also blog several times weekly these days for Wonkette, the Awl's spirit brother! Do you need funny things written by a funny person? I could be that person.
2) I also am a tech editor of more than a decade's standing. Most of my focus has been on IT stuff, but I've also done work on academic research papers in the life sciences and social sciences. Basically I am good at taking poorly constructed prose written by non-writers about subjects that make most liberal arts majors flee in terror and turning them into readable English. If you want to look at a more or less up to date resume for this part of my life, click here. There are references!
Also, the blogging and tech sides of my life intersect in this blog I write about Java programming, if that's the sort of thing you're after.
Also also there is a rumor that a friend of mine and I wrote a script for comedy movie, and have a couple other treatments in the work! But you didn't hear this from me (unless you are a bigshot movie producer who wants to write us a check).
Oh yes if you don't want to click through to find out how to get ahold of me, I am at jfruh at jfruh dot com!
I fully support the hiring of this man, so long as it does not prevent him from bringing me the latest juicy details on the Apartment 3-G gals' makeover.
But of course not, good sir! Good lord, do you think they're going to try to do something with Tommie's hair? SO EXCITING!
I could not remember where I'd seen your avatar-pic, jfruh! but oh my gosh the Mary Worth stalker posts are some of my favorite internet. Two and two, I put them together now?
Hello,
I am looking for a PA job in NYC
www.underpoodles.com
Thanks!
If anyone in NYC needs someone who knows about music licensing, I sure would like to talk to you.
Blogger, writer, editor, researcher. Based in Washington, DC. I know (almost) everything about Twitter, Tumblr, Wordpress, dabble in website coding, can take decent photos, and know how to swing dance. Also have the full roster of office skills (Excel, email, answering the phone, etc.)
Currently paid to research and write SEO-heavy articles about quack cures and beauty aids (which are increasingly looking the same), with occasional dips into science, sewing, cooking, and engineering. Volunteer photo curator at Genderfork.com, where I find photos celebrating androgyny. Recently started a series on the same site called "Gender Heroes".
Ideal job would be producing content/copy for a small website, or working as an assistant editor/copyeditor. Email at stratton.erica@gmail.com.
Choire, How about making it a separate link at the top of the home page and thread from newest to oldest.
I agree. If you're going to offer this, you either need to separate out the page w/ a standing link, or run it a couple times per week, at least.
And thanks for not being afraid to be civil servicey.
YES! I would like a job. here is a teaser from my resume:
Skills:
Pretend Biligualist. Since my current position has it in the title, it's pretty much fact at this point.
Can write amazing, marketable, catchy pop song about any topic in 5 minutes time, provided that song is about my cat, and the stupid things he does. Great chord changes though!
"Gets" facebook and social networks. Plan to see upcoming facebook movie starring the poor man's Michael Cera.
Weaknesses:
Is a Millenial, so will probably feel entitled to more money within a week of employment, and since I have no loyalty, I will find work elsewhere should my entitlement not be fulfilled.
Is 'perfectionist' a weakness or a strength? I guess it's both. Anyways, let's put that for weakness.
Favourite movie is Predator 2. This could also be considered a strength.
I need a new job.
Asking people in this crowd whether their hedge fund or private equity fund needs junior in house counsel probably makes as much career planning sense as buying a lottery ticket. But...you never know. Also willing to work for the right ibank in alternative asset management.
Alternatively, I'm hiring for a new pool boy. Job requirements include: not asking what happened to the old pool boy, buying groceries (mostly beer, cheese and frozen single-lady dinners), dropping off and picking up dry cleaning, light housework.
Hi, It's your old pool boy. Don't think you'll get away with the horrible thing you did.
Also, can I have my old job back?
Can your pool boy have some girl attributes? Does it include room and board?
Only some girl attributes?
Actually. I'd like to meet you tuna. Hedge Funds seem to have a fair bit of cash and I have my finger on some high alpha resources stocks. We could run our own 20 + 2.
@MP: 2 + 20 is off market. (See? I'm a good lawyer.) I would suggest doing 1.5 + 15 for a two year lock and 1.75 + 17 for a one year lock.
Are you really interested in starting a fund? Do you have seed investors?
Unfortunately seed capital is rather thin out here on the West Coast. I was hoping that since you were closer to Greenwich we could be do a little roadshow and get so investment from there.
1.5 + 15... oh the humanity.
I'm hiring a live-in PA/research assistant for my life and thesis. Applicants must be willing to be accept payment in cupcakes and posess the ability to get me to work on time.
No Irish Need Apply.
I would like a job! I (will soon) have an MA in Classics (Greek & Latin, & from an Ivy, no less!), and dabble avidly in several of the Nerdish disciplines (teh wubz, grammar, computers, political & cultural analysis, D&D). I also like learning new stuff & explaining things. I'm also pretty damn good at baking. Also food service experience (coffee/espresso, sandwiches/salads)! I barely maintain a bloggy-blog at http://bkluftmensch.tumblr.com/
Will blog/teach/tutor/talk/make coffee/toss salad for boozemoney!
Toss salad? See pool boy job above.
Thank God, I thought I was the only underemployed Ivy League Classics major out there. Whew!
Shhhh. Classics majors are all anyone ever wants to hire. Most employable major in the world. Tra la la la la.
Nobody actually works in the field. Nobody has a right to be snarky. -- That one about employers dying to get their hands on classicists? Will slay me forever. It's always delivered wide-eyed by some waspy Latinist with two grandfathers who went to Princeton and two stepgrandfathers who went to Yale.
Pick me! Pick me!
I'm still in college a short distance from NYC, and would love a writing/blogging/editing job that can be done remotely or part-time. I would accept almost anything that would provide money or valuable experience during the school year.
I have experience copy editing, tutoring, doing development work/fundraising for KIPP schools and work hard when fueled by Diet Coke.
I have been told that I have "an ability to charm with words that most people don't." If you would like to see examples, email me at athenekore@gmail.com.
My fiancee needs a job in Seattle so we can stop living on separate coasts. She does government work, analyst stuff, but can do nonprofit stuff too. Policy/budget focus preferred.
I hear there might be something opening up at the USDA? Kidding...kidding...Mike's request is touching. Seattle people should listen up.
Any Chicagoans with splendid part-time positions? I'm here.
maybe thestranger.com should do this too...
Thanks for looking for jobs for me! You are a peach!
Also to make this long sad list of people needing jobs a little more hopeful, we are hiring at my super nerdy awesome government analyst office.
NYC non-profit: Boss is looking for an archivist-type to sift through old papers and organize them or maybe find interesting facts in them? No clue, but ideally this person studied history, the arts and/or cultural studies at a brand-name school, is detail-oriented, and a good speller. I imagine the pay's decent (might even get health insurance) & we all have really flexible schedules.
I guess if you're seriously interested, leave a comment & a way I can contact you? How does this thing work??
I am intrigued: christopher@boiledjewels.com
I'm seriously interested. Stephelyn@gmail.com
Goons & Stephanie: Thanks! I'll email you - and anyone else who responds - with details as soon as I get them. I *just* got this request from my boss in the kitchen, right after reading this post. Magical.
I am also very intrigued by this: jillie@gmail.com
This I can do! Yes, please.
liesenstrasse@gmail.com
sraisher(at)gmail.com. Thanks for any information!
Probably coming far too late to be of any luck, but if it's not - I have all those things you mentioned above, and archival/document research experience in NYC to boot. mccurdy.meghan(at)gmail.com, please!
I might be too late for this, but if not, please email me: mariansclarke(at)gmail.com.
I'm very interested.
I do fundraising (grant proposals, planned giving programs, appeal materials, etc.) planning and communications (PR, literature, websites, etc.) for non-profits. My clients are mostly in science, education and conservation, but I've worked for social services and arts organizations too.
I love to write about science.
In the past 18 months I've had a crazy little dalliance with fine art publishers doing color and image correction for manuscripts. I worked on http://radiusbooks.org/books/ed-moses.html and http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Hammersley/dp/0982373600.
I'm studying to be a film editor (know and own Final Cut Pro, starting Avid classes in the fall), perhaps specializing in color.
I own lots of software.
I'm a web & print designer. Most of my work experience is with integrated physical/digital branding and promotions or website design, development, and maintenance. My job has also included publication layout, graphic design, and writing/editing PR. My degree is in journalism with a focus on publication design.
Basically, if you need someone to look after your web presence and make the most of the Adobe Creative Suite, I'm your man.
Also, Crantastical or anyone else, there's no need to ask: I'm versatile.
I'm a graphic designer, and I'm looking for a position as a senior designer or art director. Most of my experience is in the gift and home furnishings industry. I'm in New England, but I've been thinking about a big move.
I also do freelance branding work on the side, if any of you unemployed folks decide to start up a company and need a logo.
shell4944 at hotmail
WILL WORK FOR FOOD.
How about Grey Goose?
define "work" please
I do illustration, animation, and design. Right now I'm trying to do wedding animations. An example is on my site: http://ytorf.com (Or direct link here: http://vimeo.com/12233266 )
Poppy!
ytorf also comes highly recommended by yours truly, his work is fantastic and he is a joy.
Job board idea is brilliant.
Bundle is looking for freelance writers and editors. A money storytelling sort of thing. Drop me a note for more info -- mark [at] thedomainnamerightdownthere
http://www.bundle.com/
I am applying for all jobs on this thread and interviewing all people looking for a job in this comment.
The first half of the job offers will fulfill this weeks claim & the second half will fulfill next weeks claim.
The interviews (they're already over) will now be expensed on my schedule C.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way.
Jeff please let the government know I am only looking for experienced rim jobbers. No trainees need apply.
@mar; this made me love you.
I am wondering if anyone knows of any non-time-consuming way to get into science tutoring and/or editing in the NYC area. Basically, have postdoc position, want booze money.
My dad used to do part-time chem-lab teaching through CUNY. This is like years ago, so things might have changed.
Looking for a VP of sales. Are such people allowed to read The Awl without bursting into flames? If so, then: obviously, VP-appropriate-level client and agency contacts, experience in enterprise-level partnerships for media/technology. Mobile a big plus. Job's in NYC. Real serious motherfuckers only may inquire at cmohney@blackbookmag.com.
DOES THE BLOBFISH PERHAPS NEED TENDING TO? I CAN DO THIS!
People who do web design, I want to intern for you. I am cheap (don't really care about pay) and I live in Toronto.
@KC, does this mean you do Web Design? I may be looking to revamp my website. Experience?
While I'm at it I might as well figured start a thread Toronto-related. I'm looking to hire a T.O based music publicist, in the Indie (the word still makes me shudder, and yet is appropriate!) genre. For album, release in Fall. djfreshie at hotmail if interested.
Experience: not enough. Maybe next summer.
I can do quick transcription and research - legal, legislative & hey, even literary! Also will edit, format and proof legal documents & appendices.
Hello, I looking for a job. All of my experience has been interning at literary agencies, and a brief stint as a rights assistant at a publishing house. I've also been a shelving monkey (I mean bookseller) at a major bookstore chain. If anyone knows someone who needs a kickass literary assistant, please let me know!
I also have mad research skillz.
first day at a chain bookstore job i was being trained to shelve books properly. the manager told me to arrange them "alphabeautifully". i handed her my apron and walked out never to return. true story.
I do all the design and web stuff that's been mentioned several times, but who hires designers for that these days?
What I do that most others don't is high-end PowerPoint -- full range of consumer/B2B/professional services/fin services experience. One-offs for high profile meetings (Investor Day, Seminars, etc.), First Call templates or custom sales presentations, templates for general use, recruiting decks, and a really deep bench of samples for intricate information design.
When somebody in a meeting asks: why does our PowerPoint suck? I'm the person you are supposed to call. My credentials are so strong I'm can't tell you my client list over the phone (NDAs -- the bane of bragging).
Everyone wants three things: fast, good, cheap. Pick the right two, since I don't do the third.
I don't expect much lean gen from this crowd. I love y'all, but the writer/editor/media crowd doesn't throw off a lot of opportunity for this kind of thing, unless you do sales/media kits.
nic.musolino at gmail
WTF is your last graf supposed to mean? Don't shit in the pool, 66.
Just what it says. I'd hazard 70% of the active Awl readership (people who run deep into comments) are loosely aligned with media/publishing (active or aspiring writers), or other realms of content production. Even at the high end of that segment, there is next to no budget for what I do. But something like Gawker's media kit, which is abysmal (and available online -- check it out), doesn't necessarily require my services (value is value, but if you are on an 80/20 model, ehh, I'm probably only going to add incrementally at the thin end of the wedge for someone like GM). If a brand is strong and the sales force competent, a mediocre deck won't kill a deal. I argue that quality adds value regardless, but not everyone operates at the highest possible level along the sales continuum. So if you feel like everything is hitting on all cylinders but the visuals, and you have good cash flow, hiring me makes sense. I don't do sales for sales sake. Not my style and not my market. In any boutique space, it's always important to attract the appropriate prospects and also to clearly dissuade bad matches quickly.
You're not making any sense. And I assume you meant "lead generation."
Nebulous jibjab like this probably goes over great with the clueless middle managers you somehow persuade you can help for a price.
My boyfriend needs a job. He is a jack-of-all-trades with a law degree. Skilled in electronics, sound, computers, websites, bikes, carpentry. He's been a union organizer and worked on local and national election campaigns. He's especially good at buying/selling/negotiating and wants eventually to represent and advise small indie businesses. He is taking the bar right now and afterwards would like to work with a solo practitioner or small firm to get the hang of transactional + small business law. Anyone like that read the Awl - or just need an inexpensive, down-to-earth lawyer for your store/start-up/music festival/artistic endeavor?
Hi.
I have an M.Phil in Mesolithic Archaeology but I spend most of my days doing exploring western North America (and some of eastern) for Gold, Copper, Uranium, Palladium and Platinum deposits.
I also run the inhouse corporate finance division, of a couple junior mining companies and in my spare time I help my friend analyze he excavation data, and regional landscape implications from http://tiny.cc/gz3tz .
Oh. Anterracon ot gmail dot com.
(Vancouver, Canada REPRESENTING)
I think I maybe posted this. But my work is hiring. It's in Detroit, in the arts (hell maybe just froze over). An entry level development position. see www.detroitchamberwinds.org for details. Perfect for the crazy kid who got a degree in nonprofit arts management.
Hire me in NYC. Based on actual experience, I can; write excellent criticism of culture, especially music, manage an IT infrastructure, design and build information architecture, write readable and informative technical documents, analyze fixed income securities (including CDOs), develop audio and media tools and produce music via DAWs. I can do more, too. Would like a job with a baby on the way.
I'm making sure to leave a comment on the inaugural of Choire's List. History is in the making!
You made it before it became prostitutes only!
I may be hiring in Minneapolis.
Television production.
PAs who are supremely organized and can handle media management (P2, tape, time lapse cams, hard drives, crap deliverable stuff).
Also, interior designers who aren't divas, are flexible and won't cause me to want to kill them.
Also, contractors. Drywall, tile, electricians, plumbers. The pay is essentially network exposure, but you would only be working for a couple of days, so it might be worth it. Also, free food and generally booze. Though, the booze is usually after the power tools are put away. Plus, the gigs are really fun.
I know someone who recently graduated with an Architectural Studies degree focusing on interior design. Would you like more information from or about them? Please email me at clairapluie(at)gmail.com.
My company is hiring experienced cabinet makers and wood finishers for our Brooklyn workshop. We also need a janitor/handyman. SUCK IT NEW MEDIA.
Do you make axes by chance?
I might know someone who is good for this. He has an industrial design degree and has a wide variety of skills with different materials (including woodworking). Basically he can fix or build nearly anything and it will be bulletproof. I can give him your info if you tell me what it is?
Technical writer; in Ottawa but can telecommute.
Experience: documentation specialist (private-label, credit union and financial services)
academic editor (undergraduate to doctoral level)
jack-of-all-hands involvement in community journalism
Software: anything you can imagine. I am a quick study. Basics: Adobe CS 4 (InDesign/PhotoShop), MS Office (97-2007 inclusive; includes Publisher/Access) Lotus Suite, Corel, Framemaker, Dreamweaver, WebCT, Blackboard, et al.
Education: Master's degree from major Cdn university. Highlights include music industry/technology courses, critical media studies.
Contact: canadian.alcyone at gmail.com
My best friend needs a job, in Seattle. He's a project manager for corporate media stuff, like those websites and magazines dedicated to just one kind of fancy car. He is brilliant, kind, patient, competent. A grown-up, also. If you can maybe use such a person, please contact me at dorkismo at gmail . com.
I am a recent college dropout who (formerly!!) majored in the "Nonmajor" discipline. I have previously worked at Fazoli's and my father's basement doing miscellaneous handy-work for his business.
I have extreme experience in the Microsoft Office Suite Bundle Pack and can do anything that involves stapling.
I can also rake your leaves.
I'm available any time to work, but prefer to work from 10-3 Monday through Friday. My old frat brothers sometimes call me for a Highday Friday still though, so depending on when Shark Week is, I can't work Fridays.
If I have one strength it's my strength. I'm really strong.
If I have one weakness it's I'm easily confused by street signs and simple directions.
If you'd like to contact me, just beep me on my Motorolla.
lol
I know someone who was recently offered a position as a general reporter in a Midwest college town, but he writes excellent critical commentary on music, specifically how classical and pop are intertwined. That is a terrible description for a I know he'd be down for any freelancing or contributor work.
http://www.laxpoetic.com.
A snippet, from his writeup about Christmas Music:
"John Lennon - "Happy Xmas (The War is Over)"
When the group was still together, The Beatles had a holiday tradition of sending out complete Christmas albums to members of their fan club. Clearly not fans of this obligation, the other part of that tradition was to record them while piss drunk. After the group split Lennon wrote "Happy Xmas," Paul McCartney on the other hand wrote "A Wonderful Christmas Time," not to advocate assassination, but I think we shot the wrong one."
Large NYC Nonprofit: hiring for two contract positions: Web Engagement Specialist & Program Manager (PMP certified). Both gigs are 12+ month assignments.
I also realize that while this is (legitimately!) servicey, congratulations on all of the ad impressions this generated. I'll even click on one as thanks.
For the web designer that needs back end help I do database design and server side coding in any language.
www.coderbench.com
ooh, i will so keep you in mind for my future projects!
This isn't exactly a job posting, but is there someone out there in publishing who can help get the following books into our eager hands?!
1. Dave Bry: Public Apologies
2. Amy Jean Porter: Drawings in a Hurry
Okay Thanks!
...i might know someone who can make this happen... i'll report back!
I am looking for a job in Los Angeles. I do seasonal contract work as a screener and programmer for film festivals. But year-round programming work is scarce.
I'm also a writer. My Facebook page has a cult following, except for my mom, who is blocked.
http://www.facebook.com/matt.cornell
Does the Awl need a West Coast writer?
Oh, and finally, I do politically-oriented pranks and culturejamming stuff. I'm always looking for new projects to consult for. Check out my site.
http://mattcornell.org/
Oh yeah, and I can do filing and Excel spreadsheets and make coffee. But no blowjob before jacuzzi.
I want to make a living through writing or musicking or at least do something maker-y as my bread and butter, but I can't get out of my head the idea that I need a "day job" before I can focus on honing my maker skills to commodity standards.
Adulthood!
Upon closer inspection of the comments here (I'm still getting use to the idea that there are comments "worth reading" on places like The Awl), I suppose I ought to throw up some stuff I've done. Made. Written. Whatever.
Fearing I may make a fool of myself by attempting unsupported HTML, y'all're gettin' raw links.
Casual longform piece where I explore my and others' experiences as a synesthete:
http://winandtonic.tumblr.com/post/590922184/i-see-sounds
My dissection of schadenfreude as a recreational activity for an entire generation:
http://winandtonic.tumblr.com/post/607258802/american-idol-syndrome
Quantum mechanics is for lovers!
http://winandtonic.tumblr.com/post/518778509/when-you-arent-observing-a-photon-or-something
Lamenting my ennui of classical music:
http://winandtonic.tumblr.com/post/485700570/my-mother-moved-again-this-means-she-needs
And finally, some sci-fi pulp with ROBOTS
http://winandtonic.tumblr.com/post/633394096/pedant
So uh hey I will write for you, and though I am aware that I'm just a child with a tumblr, even an 'internship' could be the kick in the ass I need to make more words come out of me. Sorry I missed the boat on that "hiring everyone who applies, lol!" internship rollcall earlier, Choire - I was busy being unemployed while ignoring some of the internet for a while.
Also I've been an accountant for five years now, I guess.
Last time I hired a journalist, I put an ad on Gawker (in the Balk-Choire era) but nobody answered it. We finally hired a real smart kid and he hasn't quit yet but I think he applied through Mediabistro.
Noted.
In other words, Job Board is better.
I sit at my house and listen to music, all day every day, and then write about it. Oddly enough, some people actually pay me to do this -- the checks clear, fer serious! I would like more people to pay me more money to keep this up, as I've really gotten used to the idea of working without pants. Also, my cat would miss me and I might lose the "barely hanging onto my sanity" edge that has really fueled my career, so, ya, I'd prefer not to end up in an office. And -- most importantly -- I live in Nashville so I can actually live on shitty freelance rates! No seriously, I listened to the entire Ryan Adams catalog for forty bucks -- I'm desperate AND I'm cheap...
I am experienced with newspaper production and other graphic arts (Quark Xpress) in Boston.
Also good at Flash.
enelsoninprint@gmail.com
I forgot to say-- I am in Boston.
Moving to New York in September, need a job. Have 2+ years of project management experience at a market research firm. Degree in Philosophy and Business, so really I can do anything.
Or is this too late to get read?
It's not too late. Too bad I'm a stockboy living in suburban Philadelphia.
I'm a writer, editor, copy editor who could really use a steady gig. NYC preferred.
This thread is very long, so maybe this won't get noticed, but ...
I need advice on short-term jobs. I'm working on my own and shooting a documentary over the next 30 days. When I come back I need some short term temp stuff in TV/Film production or writing in DC, but I also need time off here and there for post-production on my own project (hence the need for short 1-2 week projects). Any thoughts?
oops. Posted on the wrong post! It's this type of attention to detail that would be the pillar of any organization. Inquire now!
Freelance writer and web monkey. Currently writing news for an alt-weekly, have also done web stuff for some left wing causes. After a year and a half as a staff IT guy at a DC non-profit, I left and went back to the midwest. I want less part-time jobs and more writing. i.am.yaldabaoth@gmail.com for clips, resume, etc.
Hi, I just started a writing services partnership with two other young people. Basically, we're collaborative contractors and we're looking for clients. Here's our website: http://www.fresh-copy.net.
We offer all sorts of writing services (ad writing, taglines, website copy, articles, grant application) and work by telecommute. Our 'Creative Associate' is a student at Miami Ad School, and I've written for nationally syndicated TV, NPR, and lots of start-ups. I'm currently blogging for Thought Catalog--you can find my articles here: http://thoughtcatalog.com/author/brandon-scott-gorrell/.
I'm interested in any writing positions that are 100% telecommute. As Fresh Copy's contractors collaborate, we're able to handle a fairly wide range of writing. I'm also interested in any client referrals or leads that anyone could give me. Please, anyone, email me at brandon@fresh-copy.net.
Not to sound desperate. But you know.
2010 law school graduate, recent taker of the NY Bar Exam. I live in Brooklyn. I went to New York Law School and primarily focused on copyright and trademark law, and my internships were music and media law related. I also really enjoy writing contracts. I also worked as a prospect researcher in fundraising for about five years prior to law school.
If anyone might have any leads on legal positions in the NYC area, I can be reached at bilancini [dot] john [at] gmail [dot com]