Project Assistant

Posted On: September 15, 2010

Journalism Internship

Media Organization:Hearst Corporation

Company Description

Job Description

We are hiring someone to do various tasks on the editorial side of creating iPhone apps, to begin as soon as possible. Candidate must be media savvy, good at Internet research, and responsible.

LMK ("Let Me Know") is a new division of Hearst Corporation that specializes in a new way of receiving news about specific topics via iPhone apps on those topics. A user buys a topic-specific application that works on their mobile phone and receives up-to-the-minute news and information about the topic, from multiple authoritative sources. We need your help finding those sources, in the form of RSS feeds. We will give you very specific directions on how to do so.

20-40 hours per week in our offices at $13.50 per hour, with the possibility of turning it into a full-time position for at least the next three months.

To Apply

Interested? Please e-mail Shea at ks.orourke@gmail.com with a cover letter and resume. We will send further details and an online test (about 30 minutes) to those interested.