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leahbobetYou may know that for the past four years, I've been the Support Staffer at the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, as was my father ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ccfinlay before me.
That is, unfortunately, coming to an end. I'm getting busier and busier, and there is no real end in sight, and something had to give, and it was this. So I've given in my resignation to the workshop.
What does that mean for you, though? It means they're hiring.
Our current OWW support go-to person and mailing list moderator, Leah Bobet, is moving on from OWW (darn, everyone we hire goes and sells their novels!). So the Online Writing Workshop for SF, Fantasy, and Horror is seeking a new point person. This is a paid position that varies from 5-10 hours per month, with occasional special projects possible in addition. Qualities we require:
--friendly, supportive, helpful attitude
--clear & polite e-mail style, since most interaction is by e-mail (also see above)
--ability to direct and support beginning members & reviewers using OWW site tools
--mature and careful mailing-list moderation
--ability to follow the OWW discussion lists and provide enrichment and encouragement to ongoing discussions
--recognizing when an issue needs to come to the attention of OWW HQ for further action or action approval
--minimum of one year's experience as an active OWW member contributing both submissions and reviews
Skills & competencies we would also like to see:
--Familiarity with Yahoo! Groups and its moderation tools
--Basic HTML
--Some experience with promotional writing, advertising, SF/F promotion
Dream-on wish list:
--Ability to program in Rails
--Goes to lots of SF/F conventions
--Familiar with many of the workshop members already
--Enjoys making spreadsheets to figure things out
Access/time requirements: daily monitoring of OWW discussion mailing lists; checking and replying to OWW support e-mail address at least 4x/week; monitoring workshop reviews and associated followup at least 1x/week.
Start date: immediately upon hiring
Paid training period: 3 weeks working under tutelage of Leah Bobet
Pay rate: $20 US per hour to start, $25 US per hour after 6-month trial period
If interested, submit resume and letter of application to ekh (AT) onlinewritingworkshop (DOT) com by May 15.
Spread the word, yo.
ccfinlay before me.That is, unfortunately, coming to an end. I'm getting busier and busier, and there is no real end in sight, and something had to give, and it was this. So I've given in my resignation to the workshop.
What does that mean for you, though? It means they're hiring.
Our current OWW support go-to person and mailing list moderator, Leah Bobet, is moving on from OWW (darn, everyone we hire goes and sells their novels!). So the Online Writing Workshop for SF, Fantasy, and Horror is seeking a new point person. This is a paid position that varies from 5-10 hours per month, with occasional special projects possible in addition. Qualities we require:
--friendly, supportive, helpful attitude
--clear & polite e-mail style, since most interaction is by e-mail (also see above)
--ability to direct and support beginning members & reviewers using OWW site tools
--mature and careful mailing-list moderation
--ability to follow the OWW discussion lists and provide enrichment and encouragement to ongoing discussions
--recognizing when an issue needs to come to the attention of OWW HQ for further action or action approval
--minimum of one year's experience as an active OWW member contributing both submissions and reviews
Skills & competencies we would also like to see:
--Familiarity with Yahoo! Groups and its moderation tools
--Basic HTML
--Some experience with promotional writing, advertising, SF/F promotion
Dream-on wish list:
--Ability to program in Rails
--Goes to lots of SF/F conventions
--Familiar with many of the workshop members already
--Enjoys making spreadsheets to figure things out
Access/time requirements: daily monitoring of OWW discussion mailing lists; checking and replying to OWW support e-mail address at least 4x/week; monitoring workshop reviews and associated followup at least 1x/week.
Start date: immediately upon hiring
Paid training period: 3 weeks working under tutelage of Leah Bobet
Pay rate: $20 US per hour to start, $25 US per hour after 6-month trial period
If interested, submit resume and letter of application to ekh (AT) onlinewritingworkshop (DOT) com by May 15.
Spread the word, yo.
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Date: 2011-05-10 02:25 am (UTC)Anyway, I hope someone good lands the job. I spent too many years on the shop not to wish them the best person they can find.
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Date: 2011-05-10 11:24 am (UTC)