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This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast paced and fun publishing company in the print and Web industry. We are seeking an intern to become a key member of the company’s Web deployment team.
The Web Intern will be exposed to many aspects of the company and work with the production and editorial departments. Responsibilities include upkeep of Web sites for
We are looking for a team player with the intellectual horsepower to keep up with a fast paced start-up. The position requires a “can-do” attitude, flexibility to change and a very hands-on approach.
Responsibilities:
- Posting new magazine content to the magazine Web site as new issues are produced (using our Web-based editor)
- Resizing, processing and posting of images related to content
- Helping to maintain calendar and dining guide listings
- Working with production and editorial departments when required
- Support Web Editor and help the magazine site look great and be rich in content
Requirements:
- Journalist or college student seeking to learn how print publications utilize the internet
- Energetic, creative and self-initiated
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills; outstanding team player
- An attention to detail
Please note: This is a 3-6 month position.
Inside Sales / Customer Service
Oakland Magazine is looking for a full-time inside sales professional to help us grow.
Main responsibilities include:
• Appointment setting for outside sales representatives with both established account base and prospecting new business.
• Account follow-up with media kits and related information to facilitate the selling process.
• Account follow-up on advertising artwork and approvals.
• Lead management.
• Customer service.
About You:
• Strong telephone presence and excellent verbal skills.
• Previous print advertising sales experience with proven excellence is a plus.
• Self starter and exceptional organization skills.
• A strong work ethic.
• Team player.
Instructions for resume submission:
Fax resume to 510/553-1697 or
Reply to hr@oaklandmagazine.com with "Inside Sales" in the subject line. Copy and paste resume into body of email. Please do not send attachments.
Be A Contributor
Alameda Publishing Group, publisher of Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazine, is in the market for great freelance writers and reporters to contribute to our East Bay lifestyle magazines.
Ideal Freelancers
Ideal contributors are based in the East Bay and know the area’s diversions, people, issues and dynamics. It’s also important to be familiar with our magazines. We’re looking for good generalists as well as contributors who want to report on and write about arts and entertainment, society, wine, personalities, home/garden/interior design, trends, food and community do-gooders. There’s room for quirky, snappy shorts and in-depth profiles. Pay is commensurate with complexity of subject matter per assignment.Qualifications
Freelancers must have magazine writing or comparable experience and know AP style. Journalism degree preferred.Process
Send a cover letter, resume, a writing sample and a story idea to judy@alamedamgazine.com or judy@oaklandmagazine.com. Please write “Freelance Writer” in your e-mail subject line. Material may be mailed to 7977 Capwell Drive, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94621, or faxed to (510) 553-1697.How to Pitch
If you’re a PUBLICIST pitching an idea, the editor prefers to receive this information via e-mail, so send pitches and news releases to:
editor@oaklandmagazine.com or editor@alamedamagazine.com
If you’re a WRITER, the editor also wants queries sent by e-mail, so send them to:
editor@oaklandmagazine.com and editor@alamedamagazine.com
BEFORE YOU PITCH any ideas, however, it’s imperative that you familiarize yourself with our magazines, which includes general understanding of what our lifestyle-oriented magazines actually cover and our sections and departments. The editor prefers writers to pitch articles for specific sections of the magazine when possible. All queries should be well thought out and well researched yet short, to the point and information packed. Upon receipt of a query that may interest the editor, clips and writing samples will be requested as evidence of the writer’s ability to complete the proposed assignment. Those should be sent via e-mail as attachments.
Typical front of the book section are less than 200 words (section fronts are closer to 450 words), departments are in the 650-word to 1,000-word range and feature articles hit the 2,500-word-or-plus mark. Our lead-time is about three months, so timely items should factor that component into the proposal. Pay depends on the complexity of the assignment, and Alameda Publishing Group pays upon publication.
WANTED: EDITORIAL INTERNS
Do you have what it takes to be an editorial intern for Alameda Publishing Group, publisher of Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazine?
We’re looking for need bright, outgoing and energetic non-paid editorial interns to lend their developing expertise to our two East Bay lifestyle magazines. Interns primarily write and coordinate the calendar sections but have ample opportunity to pitch, report and write short pieces, departments and features to develop clips.
THE COMMITMENT
We’re looking for interns who can spend a minimum of 16 hours per week on a flexible schedule performing general editorial duties—proofreading, art coordination, reporting, fact checking, copyediting—for four to six months at our Oakland offices. Candidates should understand lifestyle-oriented content, have basic reporting experience, be accurate and be curious about exploring the East Bay, Oakland and Alameda. Our goal is to develop reliable, good freelance journalists for an ongoing professional writing and editing relationship.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates should be experienced in journalism. Upper-level undergraduate J students and graduate students are encouraged to apply. J degree preferred, but enthusiasm for magazine journalism and related editorial experience accepted in lieu of degree.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants should send a one-page cover letter, resume and three writing samples to: judy@oaklandmagazine.com or judy@alamedamagazine.com or mail material to Judith M. Gallman, Editor, 7977 Capwell Drive, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94621.
