io9: jobs

Gawker Media Seeks Community Management Interns

Kaila Hale-Stern — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:15:08 PST

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to work in comments and serve our beloved communities. The interns will work on behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight. Applicants should have several days per week to devote to these duties. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker Media blogs and commenting communities, and excellent decision-making abilities a must. New York City-based is preferred, but remote applicants will be considered. College internship credit available to those who qualify. Send email with bio, resume, commenter username and subject line 'Community Internship' to communityintern (at) gawker dot com.

Last Chance to Apply for io9 Fall Internship

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:37:37 PDT

Tonight at midnight PST is the deadline to apply for a fall internship with io9. Want to get some experience blogging? Here are the details.

io9 is looking for interns who are obsessed with science fiction and/or science. An intern works 5 - 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. Some writing may be involved too, depending on experience. You must be detail-oriented, very familiar with science and/or science fiction, and able to work quickly. Photoshop and graphic design skills are a plus.

Day-to-day, the job involves seeking out story ideas and helping editors gather more data for stories they're working on. This is an unpaid internship. Send us your resume, and URLs for three samples of your writing by September 15.

Sorry, you must be 18 or over to apply.

Send materials to fallintern09@io9.com.

Gawker Media Tech Team Is Looking For Some Good QA

Annalee Newitz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:55:00 PDT

Got a list of things you think need fixin' on our sites? Well so do we, actually! And we're looking for a little help with it. Gawker Media is currently seeking a QA Analyst to join our Tech team. Job responsibilities include monitoring site performance, managing bug reporting and resolution, and conducting both manual and automated site testing.

Do those activities sound oddly satisfying to you? If so, please email techjobs@gawker.com with a brief description of yourself and your relevant work experience. This job is located in New York City.

Reminder: io9 Seeking Summer Interns For Cyber-Conversion

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:17:00 PDT

School's almost out, and io9 is looking for three interns who want to fill in those lazy summer months with frenzied research into science fiction and mad science. An intern works 5 - 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. You must be detail-oriented, obsessed with science and/or science fiction, and able to work very quickly.

Day-to-day, the job involves seeking out story ideas and helping editors gather more data for stories they're working on. Send us your resume and URLs for three samples of your writing by May 10. Sorry, you must be 18 or over to apply. Send materials to summerintern@io9.com.

Become a Summer Intern for io9!

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:37:22 PDT

io9 Seeks Two Fall Interns

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:00:00 PDT

As we announced last week, io9 is seeking two interns for fall. An intern works 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. You must be detail-oriented, obsessed with science fiction/science, and able to work very quickly. Most interns have a chance to write for the site. See below for more details.Day-to-day, the job involves seeking out story ideas and helping editors gather more data for stories they're working on. You must be available via IM to do work at least 10 hours/week. We would like at least one intern to be local to the NYC area, so nearness to NYC is a plus. Send us your resume and URLs for three samples of your writing by Sept. 1. These are paid internships. Sorry, you must be 18 or over to apply. Send materials to fallintern@io9.com.

Comments Intern Wanted

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:49:39 PDT

Gawker Media seeks a comments intern. The intern will work on behind-the-scenes administrative tasks, providing oversight and customer service to commenters and report directly to Gawker's comments czarina. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker blogs and commenting communities, and excellent decision-making abilities a must. Applicants should have several hours per day to devote to these duties. Send email with a link to your commenter profile, bio, resume, and subject line 'Comments Intern' to Kaila Hale-Stern. All Gawker Media internships are paid.

Want to Be a Summer Intern for io9?

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PDT

School's almost out, and io9 is looking for a summer intern who wants to fill in those lazy summer months with frenzied research into science fiction and mad science. An intern works 5 - 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. You must be detail-oriented, obsessed with science and/or science fiction, and able to work very quickly.

Day-to-day, the job involves seeking out story ideas and helping editors gather more data for stories they're working on. Send us your resume and URLs for three samples of your writing by May 1. Sorry, you must be 18 or over to apply. Send materials to summerintern@io9.com.

io9 Is Looking for a Few Good Writers

Annalee Newitz — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:13:09 PST

io9 is continuing its quest for domination of the timeline, and to do that we are hiring for two positions: entertainment reporter and science writer. These are full-time positions, and will involve no alien implantations. If you are interested in learning more, see our previous post about the details on what these jobs involve. Apply ASAP!

Write for io9!

Annalee Newitz — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:15:18 PST

At last, we're ready to bring in some new writers at io9. We're looking for people to fill two roles: entertainment writer and science writer. For the entertainment writer, we want somebody who can cover the entertainment side of science fiction, who has contacts in the scifi film, TV, and/or game industries, and can break news for us. The ideal candidate is a reporter, pounding the pavement and digging up stuff nobody else has — somebody who will go on sets, go to parties and junkets and screenings. We prefer someone who lives in the Los Angeles or New York areas. Must eat, breathe, and live science fiction, and a background in real science would be a bonus. Read on for more details.

For the science writer, we're looking for a reporter who will find the latest cool stories about technologies and scientific experiments that will change the future. Ideally, this person will have a strong science background and some experience reporting as well. Must be able to explain science to a lay audience, but must also be comfortable speculating about where today's research will lead tomorrow.

Here's what you need to be an io9-er:

At least two years of relevant experience with entertainment blogging or journalism.
Ability to write 8-10 items per day, ranging from short one-offs to features and photo galleries.
Experience with video editing, blogging software, RSS readers and graphics software is a big plus.
Salary is competitive with online and print reporting jobs.
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and links to three recent writing samples.

For the entertainment job, mail to entertainmentjob@io9.com. For the science job, mail to sciencejob@io9.com. Send ASAP!