Consumerist is looking for a freelance Assistant Editor 5-10 hours/week to process our tipline, time of day is flexible, responding to readers and notifying the writing team of post-worthy stories. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with the discipline to work remotely, possessing excellent writing skills, a thorough understanding of Consumerist’s style, ethos, and editorial direction, and a passion for consumer blogging. This six-month position, which can translate into posting opportunities, offers a very small stipend. Email your resume and a 500+ word essay to jobline@consumerist.com on the following: Are consumers winning or losing the battle for better customer service? Support your thesis with stories and techniques from The Consumerist archive. Deadline: Feb 25.
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Oo, oo, can you hire a copyeditor too?
any deadline?… think i’ll try for this…
@taking_this_easy:
hmm… I would actually do this… but I suck at writing essays.
@NikkiSweet: Me too! I’d love to do this but I hate to write essays. I also suck at spelling, and have to rely on spell check.
@SegamanXero: I really want to be an astronaut but I suck at being an astronaut.
@techstar25: Awesome.
I’m wondering what address you would like the Editorial sent to especially if it is separate from your Quick Answer of “Yes, I’m interested, I’m terrific, I can do it, Hire me” address. Thanks…Sweetnote
Does owning and regularly wearing almost the exact hat pictured get you any bonus points? I can include pictures of me with said hat, if verification is necessary.
What time of day are the hours required? Is this something that can be done at night or in the early morning?
@OwenKlient:
I’d be interested also, depending on what time of day the work must be done.
You have definitely piqued my interest.
@deadspork: You should be hired just for properly spelling “piqued”.
I will do it and will offer to be compensated only with dates with Meghann.
@Pizza_Club: “Our” fiancee might be upset.
Any information on the hat? I really like the hat.
@SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: Fedora with a leather strap?
@downwithmonstercable: It’s very Indiana Jones-ish, and that appeals to me.
@SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: It is an attractive hat. I don’t think I could pull it off though.
@downwithmonstercable: You know, in looking at it closer, I think IT IS the Indiana Jones Fedora. The white mark on the band is a Indiana Jones logo pin. I still want though.
@SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave:
Boy, that was a valuable contribution.
@CoarseLive: At least I found out more about the hat.
@TheStig’sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave:
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This isnt a news story! How dare you! Wheres your journalistic integrity! (queue mandatory “CONSUMERIST ISNT NEWS DUMBASS!!!” reply)
A sample article would probably be better than a 500 word essay.
“offers a very small stipend”
How small is small?
@Corporate-Shill:
In this job market, I’ll take small.
@Corporate-Shill: $2.75/week?
@Corporate-Shill: Considering that similar help-wanted postings usually just say “small stipend” instead of “very small stipend”, I’m guessing that it’s somewhere in the region of a bag of sawdust, minus bag deposit.
@Corporate-Shill: My guess is that they paypal you $25/week. Or, perhaps at the end of the gig they send you a $100 Red Lobster gift card.
Can you pay me in drawings of spiders?
@Aeroracere: OK, you’re my new hero.
@Aeroracere: all of Consumerist’s spiders are missing a leg, which means they’re basically worthless
@SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave:
Hows this one? [www.thinkgeek.com]
@Nick1693:
They were selling the SAME hat at Blockbuster Video for $29 when the new movie came out. LOL, I have one, it’s great quality!
Anyone who wears the hat must preface every story with 16 point National Enquirer style headlines rplete with exclamation points, be able to disguise lame gossip as breaking news, talk in a nasally whine and change his or her name to Matt Drudge.
@Nick1693: Very $$. I’d have to take the job at Consumerist just to afford it!
@SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: So true, but you could always steal underpants for profit. Somehow.
How about you pay me to proofread/copy-edit instead?
“Email your resume and AN A 500+ word essay to jobline@consumerist.com“
@nickexperience: (gulp)
“and AN A 500+…”?!
Is Consumerist giving out the golden turd this year, or did Consumer Report put the kabosh on that?
Shame on you Consumerist! You posted this with a picture of a fancy hat and the job does not mention the fancy hat as part of the remuneration. That hat was just designed to lure in applicants, talk about false advertising!
@oneliketadow: BAIT AND SWITCH, EVERYBODY!
I’ll apply if it pays me in sweet hats…
I don’t post that often but I read consumerist.com all the time. I’d like to take a stab at it. All of you that follow me from gawker.com don’t go complaining and throwing tomatoes at me now. I am qualified as I will have a degree in English Lit. in May of ’09.
@TorrentFreak: No pickles on my burger, thanks.
@oneliketadow: COTD!
Love the hat, but fearful of whose hands wield the bullwhip.
Does the new Assistant Editor also get to meet Tax Cat? Because that would be awesome.
@angrychicken: Tax Cat needs to have a chat with our ferrets…one of them stole the shiny TurboTax CD!
oh why oh why… dang i wonder if i can do this since im living like a timezone of UTC+8
If you apply, should the resume and essay be attachments, or should they be in the body of the e-mail?
My guess would be attachments, but you never know.
I would like to nominate Eyebrows McGee for this job. It’s something she could do from home after the baby arrives.
should the 500-word essay be grammatically correct? or I could funk it up with blogosphere and intertube slands and shortcuts?
@the_gank: IDK my BFF Rose
slangs**
Pick me, pick me!