The Awl Is Seeking A Managing Editor
The Awl is seeking a managing editor. The position is daily and half-time. Duties include editing, keeping a feature schedule, working with awesome writers and being an organizational maniac. We will accept applications through end of day, December 17.
Duties:
● Answering all incoming queries and submissions; conducting correspondence with authors.
● Consulting with the editors on story publication and editing, as well as copy-editing and fact-checking.
● Coding stories for presentation.
● Maintaining a feature schedule that runs about eight weeks in advance.
● Executing author contracts, tracking author invoices and coordinating with the publisher.
● Recruiting for and running internship programs.
● Assigning, writing, reporting as able and desired.
● Hatching fun schemes.
Requirements:
● Flawless usage of written English.
● News sense, and experience with nonfiction and reporting and how and why it works.
● Some experience with HTML and basic coding.
● Ability to represent the publication in the best possible manner.
● Incredible organizational skills.
The position is half-time, flexible to the degree possible, although we'd most like someone to work each day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. The pay is not extraordinary.
People of all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply. A college degree is not required. New York City residence preferred but not necessary. Ability to work in the United States is mandatory.
Submit:
A resume or c.v. that displays your experience and a note that explains your interest and skills, sent to resumes@theawl.com. Considered applicants will undergo an edit test.
Choire wants Americans mathie. Not Americants.
(I failed the Edit Comment test.)
Let's just keep commenting and block everyone else out for consideration. That's a strategy that could work.
So did Gawker.
(Too soon???)
I'll do it, Choire. My first order of business?
Selling all your passwords on the Russian black market.
Second order of business? Making kneetoe bow to me.
I'm bowing now (see how efficient he is?!?).
Can you just send me the edit test? How fun!
Hmmmmmm, playing games,eh? Perhaps you DO HAVE the right stuff….
I would also like to take the edit test for fun, seriously, please can I?
this is an interesting but passable definition of "fun"
"invoices"?
He means the voices that Abe and Dave hear in their heads.
Can we nominate others, even thought they're clearly a better for an endeavor like Gothamist?
How not extraordinary?
Paid entirely in oversized gummy worms.
Those gummy worms don't grow on trees, you know!
I love fun schemes
I love fun schemes too, but my punctuation is way better than yours, buddy.
DO NOT HIRE SORRY YOUR HEINOUS.
I thought you hated fun schemes. And fun.
Gah! Backstabbed with only 15 minutes left in the workday!
@hman yeah but he can outwormface-image-macro you any day of the week.
What a coincidence! DeepOmega Enterprises is looking for a Managing Comment Editor.
Duties:
- Editing all comments produced by staff at DeepOmega Enterprises for clarity and cleverness.
- Alerting staff to any responses, thumbs ups, tweets and tumblrs about comments DOE have produced.
- Liaising with/pummeling recalcitrant staff writers
Requirements
- Mastery of pop culture references, particularly focusing on 90s movies and 2000s television
- Understanding of the fact that you can't just hit enter to log in to TheAwl, you have to click on the post comment button like a putz
- Ten working fingers
- 24/7 availability by email, tumblr, and TheAwl comments
Persons of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to apply, except:
- Botswanans
- Straight men who sincerely enjoy UFC fights
- People who live with more animals than people in their apartment
- The Jews
Pay will be provided in commenter icons and animated gifs.
I don't know why this makes me a little sad, but it does. I always read your name as 'deepo mega.'
I'll show myself out.
You're not the only one!
Man, where's bookish been lately?
Author contracts. Invoices. Well well well.
Mmm hmm. :)
"Our little baby's all growns up…"
Swimming pools. Movie stars.
Man, you put this up right after I get a job that pays actual money! I could have been working for peanuts and hating myself all this time!
+1
When will Balk get his secretarial pool?
Oh you think just because the duties not listed include …?
Ooh! A job I'm under-qualified for. I'll take it! All the one's I'm over-qualified for are considering other applicants.
Welcome!
Dear Mr. Choire Cho,
This is so going into my work search requirements for this week.
In conclusion, thanking you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Barea, PhD
Oh please hire this one. After today, the internet owes me.
hole chit
I'm better at wacky hi-jinks than fun schemes.
I specialize in shenanigans, myself.
I'm a master of tomfoolery.
I know what this is.
You "interview" a bunch of people, give them your little "test", then just go ahead and hire Tina Brown.
CHOIRE'S TEST IS NOT LITTLE.
Foster Kamer has accepted this position.
Foster Kamer has announced his departure for Maximum Rocknroll.
Thanks for making me guffaw and seem like a total weirdo to the other folks sitting in this quiet office.
Hunter's comment: Seconded.
Just checking to see if my login still works here.
agreed.
This is not very punk rock.
The Awl has always been many things, but "punk rock"? Balk cries too much for that.
Yeah, I know! I actually struggled with how un-punk this was, to be honest. But? I wanted to play it straight.
I'll be playing it gay later! FOR DOLLARS.
You forgot the job duty of sending "what a world" replies to emailed links.
You'd better clone Balk's e-mail address because if I stop receiving these from him, then you can just forget about the pulse of Pittsburgh.
I know. We're very predictable.
(Also, Abe is on fire today!)
Choire, it might have something to do with ladies athletic clothing catalogs.
Cat the Cat is, of course, the hiring manager. Tuna-scented resumes are preferred.
(Also, "Ability to represent the publication in the best possible manner" and "author invoices." ?!!!?)
"Mmmm hnmmmm."
Can you make "use the relevant segments of the code you downloaded from gawker in fixing / making new commenter archives" to the duties? I'll buy that person a few glasses of Pappy Van Winkle if they make it happen.
Man, the only requirement for the job that I am able to fill is the ability to work in half-time, common-time and occaisionally double-time.
How about Hammer time?
I would like to take the editing test as well. Pretty please?
Just curious:
Why start now?
That is NOT a half-time job.
That's what I was thinking.