**This position has been filled.**
MinnPost.com is growing, and we need a person with content production skills. We hope you have a passion for news and are excited about helping forge the future of online journalism. This is an entry-level position with significant opportunity for growth in the future.
Assistant Web Editor skills
• You’ve loaded content in content management systems (CMS) before, and understand the fundamental components — from headlines and bylines, to tagging, asset management, embedding video, and laying out tables with data
• You can crop, edit and resize images in Photoshop with your eyes closed
• You enjoy working with writers and editors to help conceptualize and enhance content with available images, video, etc.
• You have composed daily/weekly e-mail newsletters (MinnPost uses MailChimp)
• Understanding and implementing basic HTML would be a plus
Additional requirements
• Experience working for a journalistic organization a plus
• Strong writing, copy editing and communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Interest in journalism and new media
• Demonstrated interest and savvy with social networking
This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. Please send an e-mail as your cover letter and attach your resume and any links to your online portfolio to: jobs@minnpost.com, attention Kaeti Hinck. (No phone calls.)
UPDATE: Position has been filled.
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MinnPost is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, online news site providing public affairs news and analysis for people who care about Minnesota. It is a leader among the new breed of nonprofit online news enterprises in establishing a business model for sustainability, with a budget of more than $1.3 million, about 50,000 regular readers and more than 2,400 donors. Read more about MinnPost here.
