Job Opportunities & Resources
- OptionsXpress, an online brokerage based in Chicago, is looking to hire a PR copywriter. This job involves writing and editing marketing communications and website content, and applicants should have some experience with both print and digital media.
- Kettle is looking for a front-end developer. The NYC interactive agency needs someone with 1-2 years of experience hand coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- If you’re interested in “rewriting the rules of digital marketing”, check out the several positions at Oneupweb in Traverse City, MI. Positions include interactive web developer and SEO strategist.
- Elizabeth Spiers, media launch consultant, entrepreneur, and writer extraordinaire, needs new interns. Learn more about Spiers and the work she does to see if you’re a good fit.
Recommended Reading
- Lazy Hammer: What do dinosaurs have to do with design collaboration? Frank Chimero explains in a call for designers to use their skills to work with others to create new things.
Publishing
- Audio pioneer buys Newsweek: After two and a half months since the announcement that Newsweek was on the market, the Washington Post Company has found a buyer: Sidney Harman. The entrepreneur and founder of Harman International Industries says he is eager to take on the challenge of keeping the newsweekly running.
- Barnes & Noble Considers Possible Sale: Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest book retailer with 720 stores across the US, is exploring its options as share prices continue to drop. The company has formed a committee to determine its next step, and aren’t ruling out the possibility of a sale.
- Mass Paperback Publisher Goes All Digital: Publishers continue to adapt to the changing landscape of the industry, and the latest news is of Dorchester Publishing Inc., one of the country’s oldest mass paperback publishers, abandoning its traditional print books and making its titles available in digital format and print-on-demand only.
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