Wanted: Supervising Editor at Geekosystem

Writing/Editing - Posted on October 25, 2012
This employer is willing to relocate.

Job Description:

Job Description:

Do you spend your days in a zombie-like state, consuming the entirety of geek culture, but without any sort of outlet through which to alleviate that well of bubbling geek knowledge? Well, bubble no more! For we here at Geekosystem are looking for a Supervising Editor!

The ideal candidate has experience managing an editorial team, a background in writing, an obsessive knowledge of geek culture, and can work regular office hours in our New York City Office.

This job has two parts, and therefore the candidate should have two basic qualifications:

• The first is experience managing an editorial team. The position will entail supervising three editors (overseeing post scheduling, editing, work schedules, site social media, among other tasks, all while ensuring a cohesive site.)
• The second is writing: put your encyclopedic knowledge of and obsessive enthusiasm for multiple aspects of geek culture to use. Your knowledge about weird, cutting-edge tech phenomena, gadget and consumer electronics news, video games, science fiction, anime, comics, and/or Internet culture will come in handy. Further you must be able to write quickly and clearly, without weird (or normal!) grammatical or spelling issues, on topics that you think up or discover on the interwebs.

Bonus achievements unlocked if you have the following qualifications:

• Knowledge of blogging software.
• Knowledge of the major personalities and figures in geekdom and the tech world.
• Experience with photo-editing software.

The logistics:

• The Supervising Editor would work a regular schedule but would also have to be responsible for the site on weekends as well.
• The Supervising Editor would need to be able to physically work in our office in SoHo, New York City.
• Compensation will likely be lower than for other supervising editor positions but will be discussed through the interview process.

How to apply:

If interested, please attach ALL of the following documents to your application email, which should be sent to jobs@geekosystem.com:

• A resume/CV, including references (please include any weird skills you might have, like knowledge of MUD coding languages or a Wizards of the Coast tournament ranking).
• Any two samples of your academic or journalistic writing, each preferably in a different style (long-form vs. short-form, magazine vs. blog, etc.) (Although we are a blog! So keep that in mind when deciding what to submit)
• A brief (1 page) cover letter explaining why your experience, knowledge, and personality make you the ideal editor for a geek culture blog. Please also discuss your favorite somewhat obscure Internet meme in your cover letter; if you don’t, we’ll know you didn’t read the entire posting! We’re sneaky like that.

Good luck, and get those applications in soon, or someone else may take your destined position, and all that bubbling geek knowledge might fester inside you and cause some sort of weird disease.

 

 

About Geekosystem:
Geekosystem is a news blog at the cutting edge of technology and Internet culture with the mission of uniting all the tribes of geekdom under one common banner. There’s a lot of overlap between the different families of geekery: The geeks who are into gadgets and computers are often one and the same as the geeks who are into comics and sci-fi, who are often the same as the geeks who are fueling the culture of the Web — one forum or imageboard at a time.

Geekosystem is a property of Abrams Media, whose group of websites include: Mediaite, a media news website; Geekosystem, a site devoted to tech and geek culture; Styleite, which covers beauty and fashion; Sportsgrid, which follows sports and sports-related media; Gossip Cop, a site devoted to policing the celebrity gossip industry; The Mary Sue, a site for female geeks; and The Jane Dough, a site that examines the business and political worlds through the female prism. Our CEO, Dan Abrams, is the on-air Legal Analyst for ABC News and the former General Manager of MSNBC.

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