We’re looking for someone to join the staff of the Daily Sceptic as an Associate Editor. This is a part-time job – two-and-a-half days a week – but might eventually become full time. It is properly paid – well, properly paid for a journalism job – and comes with a pension.
Job Description
Deputise for the Editor when he’s not working, which means weekends + the Editor’s 20 holiday days/year + two bank holidays, i.e., you’ll be expected to work on two bank holidays (although not Christmas Day or Boxing Day). On the days when you’re deputising, this means:
• Writing or editing at least five posts/day (not including the News Round-Up), making sure they’re in the house style.
• Publishing the News Round-Up
• Sending the daily email newsletter to subscribers so it arrives in their inboxes at 3am. This needs to be done after midnight.
• Posting a summary of the previous day’s contents, a link to the daily newsletter and a topical cartoon on our socials, e.g. our Twitter account, the two Daily Sceptic Facebook accounts and the Editor-in-Chief’s two Facebook accounts. Also, sending that summary, link and the cartoon to the Editor-in-Chief by 1am so he can post them on his Twitter and Gettr accounts.
• Manage thedailysceptic@gmail.com inbox.
Other Duties:
• Explore and manage advertising and other income streams.
• Open and manage accounts on Locals, Patreon and SubscribeStar.
• Help organise ticketed live recordings of the Weekly Sceptic.
• Attract advertising to the podcast and manage advertisers, e.g. invoice them on time.
• Serve as a customer support person to our readers, donors and subscribers who have queries about logging in, donating, etc. (No phone calls, just emails.)
Skills and qualifications:
• Some journalistic experience, so an ability to summarise complex information and ideas, create click-bait headlines and pithy summaries for our socials (which are posted automatically by Buffer) and work quickly to deadline.
• An understanding of libel law.
• Excellent spelling, syntax and grammar.
• Mastery of English language, i.e., can write well.
• Familiarity with WordPress.
• Willingness to work long and unusual hours.
If you’re interested, please email a CV and a couple of paragraphs about why you think you’re the right person for the job to thedailysceptic@gmail.com putting “Associate Editor” in the subject line.
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