Shameless is growing!
Shameless magazine, Canada's independent, feminist voice for young women and trans youth, is expanding its editorial team. Are you devoted to grassroots publishing? Do you have a commitment to anti-oppression and inclusive feminist politics? Do you have some time to volunteer and a vision for Shameless? Then we need you.
We are looking for smart, sassy, shameless people to fill the following roles:
MANAGING EDITOR
Job Description:
- Oversees the magazine's day-to-day editorial operations, including setting schedules, coordinating editorial departments and assigning stories, working with writers and associate editors, substantive editing
- Coordinates copy-editing, fact-checking and proofreading
- Occasionally represents the website and/or the magazine at events such as Canzine and Word on the Street
The ideal candidate will:
- Have an understanding of and commitment to Shameless's mandate
- Have excellent writing and editing skills
- Be super organized and an excellent communicator
- Have lots of story ideas (contacts with writers is a plus)
- Be available for regular editorial meetings
- Work well with a team
WEB EDITOR (5-10 hours per week)
Job Description:
- Works with magazine staff to develop the site, including content
- Manages a community of bloggers, including recruiting new bloggers, delegating breaking news and story ideas to bloggers
- Oversees the magazine's social networking
- Proofreads and copy edits web content, maintains links
- Develops links to the magazine content and ensures magazine is archived and website documents are up-to-date
- Occasionally represents the website and/or the magazine at events such as Canzine and Word on the Street
The ideal candidate will:
- Have an understanding of and commitment to Shameless's mandate
- Have good writing and editing skills (a background in blogging and online publishing an asset)
- Have a vision for the website and ideas to expand it
- Have some interest in and knowledge of the range of topics we cover on the blog, including politics, pop culture, independent arts, reproductive rights, gender and sexuality, violence against women, media criticism, size acceptance, and the intersectionality of feminism with race, class, sexuality and ability.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Job Description:
- Works with the managing editor to plan and assign stories for sections of the magazine
- Assigns stories to writers and works directly with writers to shape stories
- Edits stories
- Occasionally represents the website and/or the magazine at events such as Canzine and Word on the Street
The ideal candidate will:
- Have an understanding of and commitment to Shameless's mandate
- Have excellent writing and editing skills
- Be super organized and an excellent communicator
- Have lots of story ideas (contacts with writers is a plus)
- Be available for regular editorial meetings
- Work well with a team
We are looking for people who work well collaboratively, who have a good sense of Shameless's editorial vision, who are committed to anti-racist feminist politics, who have some editorial or publishing skills, and who are excellent communicators and work well over email (Shameless has no office).
All positions are part-time, requiring 5-10 hours per week, depending on the production cycle of the magazine. Most people who work on the magazine do so outside of regular business hours, and meetings will likely be held during evenings and weekends.
Like all roles on this volunteer-run magazine, these positions are unpaid. (If you have ideas for how we can change that, then please get in touch!)
We strongly encourage applications from women of colour and First Nations women and those with experience with anti-racist feminist politics and/or anti-racist feminist organizations. Preference will be given to residents of the Greater Toronto Area to facilitate face-to-face meetings with magazine staff.
Please email a resume, a cover letter containing your ideas for the magazine/website, and three writing samples (published or unpublished) to volunteer@shamelessmag.com. The deadline for applications is Monday, March 22, 2010. We'll contact you if we'd like to set up an interview.
