Join the AltDaily Team
Words Jesse Scaccia
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
We really want to make this AltDaily thing work.
But we’re going to need help.
This poor girl working in her bathrobe can’t do it all, right?
So far we’ve gotten amazing support from the journalistic/writerly/activist community. We couldn’t be more proud of our content. Will it get better as we grow? Of course. But how good it is now is a testament to local people’s intelligence, passion, and devotion to causes greater than the self.. Thank you now, again, and always, writers.
For this to be a sustainable project, though, we need to take a giant leap on the business side of things. That’s why we’re looking for:
Sales Associates
Smart, fun, presentable self-starters to work as AltDaily sales associates. We want to find a sales associate for each neighborhood of the seven cities. (For example: Ghent, Hilltop, Downtown, Old Towne…). This is a totally part-time, commission-based job, something that we’d envision the person doing for something like 5 to 10 concentrated hours a week.
Why You Want To Do This
- You make a sale, you get a commission every month for the life of the contract.
- Selling is something greater when you believe in it. If you like what AltDaily is doing, by selling ads you’re furthering our cause.
- We love you.
If you’re interested, email your resume and cover letter to hannah@altdaily.com.
We are also looking for…
Editorial/Marketing Interns
There are a million little tasks that go into editing and publishing a website, and we need some help with them. Our ideal intern is someone who is intelligent and active, but more importantly someone who wants to learn. We are looking for someone to work side-by-side with us for three hours a week (probably one morning a week) and a couple hours from home.
Our interns do real and important work. They learn the business. They grow.
If you’re interested, email a paragraph about yourself, a paragraph about your local passions, and a paragraph about what you bring to the table to jesse@altdaily.com.
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ABOUT THE WRITER
Jesse has been published a few times on the editorial page of The New York Times; was the executive producer of a 6-part docu-drama for B.E.T.; was the managing editor of The Montauk Pioneer; reported for a San Diego weekly; has an MA in journalism from N.Y.U. and an MA in education from UConn; once made a documentary about American table tennis; also edits TeacherRevised.org; has appeared on Fox News and 20/20 talking about education. The script he co-wrote, Out of Manenberg, is in preproduction with Zen HQ Productions of Cape Town. He is working on a memoir while in ODU's MFA program. Email him: Jesse@AltDaily.com.
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I’d like to hear more about the sales associate position.