We
at INTHEFRAY rely solely on committed volunteers to run this magazine. On the business side, volunteers help with nonprofit administration, grant writing, donations management, publicity, and advertising. On the editorial side, volunteers help with editing, art direction, coding, and design, and also serve as bloggers and columnists.
As a member of our team, you will have the
opportunity to work with a young and passionate staff on issues that
are easy to care about. You will also learn useful skills and gain
marketable experience under the supervision of managers who emphasize
mentoring and encourage creativity and initiative.
Please note that all positions are volunteer, with modest stipends for key staff able to commit to at least six months on our team.
The time commitment ranges from a few minutes every month
to several hours every week (please read the job descriptions below).
We prefer candidates with experience, but enthusiasm, reliability, a willingness to learn quickly, and
a sense of humor are the most important qualifications. If you'd like to receive announcements about open positions or calls for submission, please subscribe to our low-volume contributors listserv.
BUSINESS POSITIONS
The following two business positions with stipends are open:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The following business position without a stipend is open:
EVENTS COORDINATOR. Coordinates planning for sponsored and co-sponsored events, as needed.
- Determine a timeline for the event.
- Delegate responsibilities among the staff.
- Decide upon the venue.
- Make logistical arrangements for the event (e.g., food, entertainment).
- Decide upon publicity for the event, such as advertising, guerrilla marketing, press releases, etc.
- Keep in contact with other organizations and seek out co-sponsors for the event.
- Work with editorial staff to promote the event on the site and create event-related features online.
To apply,
please send a cover letter, a current resume or CV, a writing
sample, and three references to INTHEFRAY Executive Director at
bizrecruit-at-inthefray-dot-org, or use this form.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
The editorial positions require anywhere from two hours a month to a
few hours each week. Senior editorial positions include a small
honorarium, ranging from $50-$100/year, paid in two installments at the
end of each six-month term.
To
apply for the following positions, please send a cover letter, current resume or CV,
writing samples, and three references to Aaron Richner, INTHEFRAY
Editor, at recruiting-at-inthefray-dot-org, or use this form.
VISUAL EDITOR. Helps oversee INTHEFRAY's visual storytelling channel, IMAGE.
- Works with photographers, artists and designers to edit pictures and art into cohesive and compelling visual essays
- Has knowledge of HTML, Dreamweaver and/or Flash
- Responsible for recruiting contributors
- Has experience designing visual stories for the web
- Reports to: Art Director
- Time commitment: About three hours per week for a minimum of six months.
NEWS EDITOR. Oversees our IDENTIFY section, which features original long-form narrative reporting.
- Seek out contributors and submissions that meet ITF's high quality standards
- Meticulously edit one to two stories each month, working with the writer and our contributing editors
- Correspond with
potential contributors and other staff via email and phone.
- Reports to: Editor.
- Time commitment: About three hours per week for a minimum of six months.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR. Helps edit stories for one of five channels.
- Performs line and content edits on stories for IMAGINE (culture),
INTERACT (commentary/personal essay), IDENTIFY (news/reportage), OFF
THE SHELF (book reviews), or THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (travel).
- Reports to: Appropriate channel editor.
- Time commitment: at least two hours per week for at least six months.
WIRE EDITOR. Helps develop FOOD FOR THOUGHT (ITF's links gallery) and helps dictate content in ITF's pages.
- Researches websites relevant to ITF content and compiles lists of these links for each article.
- Helps regularly update a newswire of interesting articles from other sites.
- Adds relevant links to the magazine's own database of sites and
articles, which is intended for the use of readers, writers, students,
educators, and other researchers.
- Organizes the links stored within the database.
- Adds links from archived ITF articles to the database.
- Necessary Web skills can be taught.
- Reports to the Assistant Managing Editor.
- Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week for at least six months.
ESSAY DESIGNER. Designs visual essays and advertisements for the magazine.
- Puts
together images and text provided by artists into alluring, easily
navigated essays for the magazine’s visual arts channel.
- Works with artists and editors to develop and revise these essays as need be.
- Designs banner ads that can be used to promote the magazine.
- Has HTML and Flash skills, great attention to detail, and the ability to
commit to designing at least one visual essay every other month (we
would prefer once every month if possible).
- Reports to the magazine’s Visual Editor.
- Time commitment: several hours per month.
CONTRIBUTING ARTIST/PHOTOGRAPHER. Contributes art and/or photographs to use in one of our four channels.
- Time commitment: variable.
Writing opportunities
BLOGGER. Writes 500-word stories for our PULSE blog.
- Write
tidbits and brief columns concerning the news, culture, film,
literature, your life, or anything else as long as it relates to ITF's
mission.
- Pieces need not be more than 500 words, and can certainly be far less.
- Reports to: Blog Editor.
- Time commitment: Write anywhere from once a month to twice a week. Requires a commitment of at least four months.
- Apply by filling out this online application.
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This programme has really brought some salient global problems like poverty, global warming/green-house affect, HIV/AIDS, gender equality e.t.c. to my knowledge. Before now, they have never occurred to me as serious problems.
Thank you so much but I sincerely hope to hear from your organization.