We're Hiring!
Added 2021-09-26 19:00:32 +0000 UTC(Update, 10/18/2021 -- FInalists have been notified. Even this was a very tough choice and we appreciate all the effort everyone put into their applications.)
(Update, 10/6/2021 -- Applications are closed! We'll add an update here once we've reached out to the finalists.)
Blocked and Reported is looking for a part-time editorial assistant to help us with… well, everything. The role is $25/hour for 40 hours per month (so $1,000 per month) and the contract is for one year. We are very office-less, so the position is remote. International applicants welcome as long as you are confident you can make the time-zone difference work.
This role will be a mix of administrative and research work.
Admin: This person will help answer emails, write episode guides, organize AMAs, post episodes and other content, etc. Basically the non-podcasting stuff we do on a day-to-day basis. We need someone who is a very clean writer, adept at snappily summing up information, and who won’t need much supervision or hand-holding.
Research: This person will pitch story ideas and conduct research for us. Sometimes it’ll be “Hey, we heard [NOTE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES THAT THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE:] Lena Dunham has a sock-puppet account on Reddit slinging vicious mens-rights activism memes. Can you look into this and write us a summary of what we know and don’t know about the situation?” Sometimes it’ll be, “We’re light on story ideas this week. Can you poke around for a couple hours to find us some stuff?” So for this aspect of the gig, you simply need to be a pathetic internet obsessive who can dig into disgusting controversies very quickly and then efficiently communicate what you have found.
TO APPLY:
Email your resume (please keep it to a single page and send it as an attachment) and 500 words or less on why you want to work for us and why you’d be a good fit (paste that part in the body of the email) to blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com. Put “JOB APPLICATION” and nothing else in the subject line to ensure your application finds its way into the right folder. All applications must be received by 5 PM ET on Wednesday, October 6th.
We will not be able to respond to inquiries about specific applications, but we will note here when we’ve reached out to the finalists.
Good luck!
-Jesse and Katie
Comments
I'm constantly online and have experience working on a podcast for a controversial journalist. Expect my resume.
synthicyde
2021-09-28 20:48:59 +0000 UTCOne thing. If you have gmail's conversation view enabled, you may find all the applications lumped into a single conversation. Maybe they fixed this, but that's how it was a few years ago.
www.TheRantingQueen.com
2021-09-28 02:30:37 +0000 UTCI'll have to condense my resume, but I'll be applying today. I'm also very good with excel and bookkeeping.
www.TheRantingQueen.com
2021-09-28 00:28:52 +0000 UTCCan you front that alter for the interview?
2021-09-27 22:42:59 +0000 UTCGive me 50 an hour, and I'll do it.
2021-09-27 16:50:28 +0000 UTCYou're going to need to offer hazard pay and mental health benefits for what this job could do to a person...
2021-09-27 15:17:17 +0000 UTC$25 an hour to research lolcows… what a dream job
2021-09-27 02:28:26 +0000 UTCThis is a bit like Joan Crawford hiring her fans to run her fan club! Well done!
2021-09-27 01:02:32 +0000 UTCI’d apply, and definitely meet the requirements, but I’ve not composed a resume in over two decades and am not about to start ;)
Sugaree
2021-09-26 23:19:19 +0000 UTCIs this open only to US citizens?
2021-09-26 22:44:16 +0000 UTCHopefully you accept people with dissociative identity disorder, I think one of my alters would be a good fit for this job.
2021-09-26 21:39:48 +0000 UTCInteresting. Would it be mandatory to work under your real name for this position, or would pseudonymity be an option?
TracingWoodgrains
2021-09-26 20:54:49 +0000 UTC
