The marketing and writing contributor will support the marketing team on day-to-day tasks. The contributor will get experience working in a startup environment and have the opportunity to contribute to a new consumer-facing company.

In support of the marketing team, duties may include:
• Research, write and edit original content for the Manilla blog and other partner outlets
• Curate and post original and syndicated content to the Manilla blog using content management tool
• Analyze market trends and needs and conduct a competitive assessment to identify new revenue opportunities for Manilla
• Create and execute marketing campaigns and conduct outreach to establish marketing partnerships to reach target market segments, including college students and special interest groups
• Support the sales and business team with industry research and identifying prospects
• Participate in ongoing marketing efforts, including events, video production, social media, public relations, mobile and more
• Assist with tracking and creating metrics for marketing programs

And in case you want to include qualifications and requirements:

Requirements
Excellent communications skills, both written and oral
Strong editing and proofreading skills
Proficient in AP style
Strong interest in startups and digital businesses or marketing
Strong work ethic and self-starter
Innovative and creative
Extreme attention to detail
Ability to multitask
Organized and prompt

The Public Affairs Manager will work with the Communications Division to provide strategic public affairs, media relations, and general communications assistance to help advance comprehensive, ongoing, organization-wide communications initiatives, including publications, media relations, and digital efforts. The Public Affairs Manager works with a small team and will report to the Communications Division Director. This position offers a significant level of responsibility and opportunity for growth to an individual seeking to advance a career in communications and criminal justice policy.

Based in the Office of the Director, the science writer develops and edits original content for the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) website. He/she works with scientific investigators, Office of the Director staff, communications personnel, business analysts, and others to create, edit, and update content that documents activities, events, and news related to research at VARI.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of a team that conveys the mission, research expertise, and scientific advances of the Institute to scientific, business, and lay audiences. He/she will maintain relationships with faculty, research leadership, and business development to determine when newsworthy research will be presented or published.

Web responsibilities include planning site design by clarifying goals, designing functionality, and optimizing navigation to funnel traffic through content; maintaining site appearance by developing and enforcing content and display standards; and identifying and evaluating improvement options to optimize communication to the VARI audience.

The Schedule and Content Coordinator manages and maintains content calendars for Advocacy and Campaign-related communications. Other duties include scheduling and developing advocacy alerts. This position will provide writing, editing and proofreading support for the Content Manager and assist with long-term planning of Advocacy and Campaign communications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with Advocacy and Campaign teams to maintain communication schedules
• Liaise with Advocacy, Campaign and Member Communications teams to integrate programmatic messages into Marketing team calendar
• Create advocacy alert forms and emails utilizing pre-set templates in advocacy content management system
• Build email list segments utilizing query interface in advocacy constituent relationship management system
• Adhere to best practices for web usability and conversion optimization of online forms
• Collaborate with Web Development team to ensure email list health through segmentation techniques and deliverability best practices
• Run email content through spam word checker when building email messages
• Draft and edit outgoing alerts, working with lobbyists to develop content
• Assist with testing and finalization process for alerts
• Prepare reports upon request by Manager
• Provide writing and editorial support on variety of projects
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of content production by applying house style guidelines to all written materials
• Projects and areas of responsibility may be added or changed at supervisor’s discretion

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years’ editing/writing experience at an online or print publication, preferably in an office or professional environment

Knowledge Requirements:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Working knowledge of Internet resources
• Knowledge of standard proofreaders’ marks
• Knowledge of Chicago Manual of Style required
• Ability to follow and keep abreast of animal welfare events and developments around the country
• Familiarity in the legislative process
• Knowledgeable of website usability best practices
• Knowledgeable of email marketing best practices

Skills Requirements:

• Excellent writing, proofreading and editing skills
• Outstanding time management and organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Ability to work rapidly and meet deadlines under pressure
• Familiar with HTML
• Ability to learn basic content management system (CMS) functionality
• Strong inter-personal skills, with the ability to cooperate with various departments and personalities

Additional Information:

• Position requires flexibility in schedule such as overtime and/or occasional evenings, early mornings, and/or weekends

Physics, a web-magazine run by the American Physical Society, seeks an Assistant Editor to join its editorial team for an initial period of six months with the possibility of extension.

The Assistant Editor will be responsible for identifying top papers in the APS journals, commissioning and editing commentaries (Viewpoints), and writing and editing short summaries (Synopses.) He/she will also be expected to contribute to editorials, press releases and the promotion of Physics content via social media, lab visits and conferences.

A PhD in physics or the physical sciences is required. Candidates must also demonstrate an excellent command of written and spoken English. Some post-doctoral work or professional science writing and editing experience are strongly preferred.

The job demands a highly organized and motivated individual who is able to balance many assignments at once and meet strict deadlines. A knack for distilling technical results to an accessible message is a must. This position is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in a career in science writing or online publishing.
Physics is a weekly, online only publication that provides news and commentary about papers appearing in the APS journals. Our aim is to make physics research accessible to physicists in all fields, students and science communicators. Visit our website http://physics.aps.org.

This full-time position is officially located at the editorial offices in Ridge, New York, close to Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University and 60 miles from Manhattan. Partial telecommuting could, however, be negotiated. APS offers a competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package to a qualified individual ready to start a nontraditional career in physics. For general information about the American Physical
Society and its journals, see http://www.aps.org.

Oversee development of new and revised test prep titles from manuscript to bound book. Directly supervise and coordinate authors, evaluators, copyeditors and editorial assistant for approximately forty titles assigned per year. Assist in the development of budgets, cover and catalog copy, and sales information sheets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Develops projects with newly signed authors and arranges for revision of existing titles
•Evaluates manuscripts
•Hire Copyeditor
•Propose new title concepts
•Acts as author's advocate and contact for the rest of the publishing house
•Arranges for review of manuscripts
•Guides projects through specialized departments for all phases of production, including editing, design and formatting
•Ensures products are on time and within budget
•Works with marketing department on catalog copy and covers
•Hire indexers and translators as needed and supervise their work
•Review and approve electronic products for functionality and content
•Write many key design elements for our test preps such as sidebars, test-taking tips, chapter summaries etc.

Internal Working Relationships:
Interact with Editorial, Production, Art/Mac and Marketing departments.

Knowledge/Skills Requirements:
Bachelor's degree (BA) from four-year college or university. Three to five years book publishing experience and solid editorial skills with text, trade and non-fiction projects. Ability to pay attention to detail; multi-task, and meet deadlines. Computer literate with knowledge of Windows-Microsoft Word in DOS or MAC environment preferred. Excellent decision-making ability and the capacity to work with minimal supervision.

We are seeking a highly creative, collaborative, articulate, digital-savvy, strategic, culturally engaged, and versatile professional to join the Base New York team.

In close collaboration with the creative team, the Digital Communication Strategist & Editor’s mission at Base is to bring brand’s identity and personality to life in the digital media landscape, and to engage with brand’s audiences in a meaningful way through smart communication programming (social media strategy, campaign development, and content creation and edition).

The role we are seeking to fill entails allocating ½ of the time for Base’s top clients, and ½ of the time for Base itself.

Responsibilities include:

• Communications strategy – Work to develop and implement smart communication strategies and tactics.
• Campaign conception – Create top line, creatively-driven content programs with the Base team for deployment across all social channels.
• Content creation – Create material as means to apply these strategies and work with clients to implement their campaigns.
• Social media marketing – Create, manage and grow the company’s presence online.
• Customer interaction – Monitor discussions within the community pertaining to the aforementioned programs, identify trends, and advise on potential opportunities.
• Analytics – Monitor and measure the success of community engagement and provide reports for Base and our clients.
Business development – (Base only) Use social media strategy to generate new business.

Applicant should be:
• “Strategically creative.”
• Enamored with working on a wide range of projects including art, culture, hospitality, education, fashion and more.
• Analytical / able to “connect the dots.”
• Possess very high attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Proficient in all applicable computer programs.
• A nice person.

Looking for savvy social media assistant to help generate enthusiasm and expand the audience of three significant California homeless non-profits. The groups are part of a project aimed at putting 100,000 homeless Americans into homes of their own under the "Housing First" policy.

The position is currently slated to expire on December 9, but if the client is pleased the contract will be renewed and additional work provided. The job does not have set hours and can be done any time of day from any location. Up to $750 a month available for the right individual.

The public affairs fellowship at Mother Jones is a great opportunity for upstart changemakers looking to learn the tools of the media trade. How and when does great reporting parlay into sound policy? What are strategies for reaching influencers, legislators, and opinion-makers? How can innovative reporting be translated from the page to live and interactive events?

Join Mother Jones and learn how an award-winning news shop amplifies its voice. Fellows assist in all aspects of promotion and outreach for Mother Jones reporting including tracking impact, researching new opportunities, and generally tending to all of the department’s little-but-vital things.

This opportunity includes ongoing skills-building in media relations and communications and broader trainings in all aspects of nonprofit publishing. This fellowship is full-time and is based in San Francisco. Fellows receive a stipend of $1,000/month supported by grants from the Irving Harris and Lannan Foundations (and by the generosity of our nearly 39,000 contributors). The fellowship lasts six months, with the opportunity to apply for an additional six months as a senior fellow (at an elevated monthly stipend rate).

We are looking for a writer to fill a role developing content for various platforms. Our client base currently lies between Africa and the Middle East so we are looking for those students or recent graduates with stellar writing skills and a focus on international development, emerging markets, entrepreneurialism and international business.