Posts by: Ex Libris

Chicago Nonprofit Seeks Creative Writing Teachers Writers and/or teachers: Do you love kids? Are you excited by the idea of helping children learn to write short stories and plays with beginnings, middles, and (drum roll) endings? Writopia Lab, an award-winning 501(c)3 non-profit that runs the country’s best creative writing workshops for kids ages 6 to 18, is looking for instructors and assistant instructors for our Chicago workshops. In the short term, we’re looking for instructors and assistants to help with some in-school workshops in February, one in Lincoln Park, the other in Wilmette. But we’re… Read Article →

Social Media Giant Seeks Everything From Content Curators to Editorial Assistants Upworthy’s hiring! We’re looking for 10 full-time, kick ass curators, some biz dev people, and soon to be posted, copy editors and editorial assistants. So if you have the research and story-sleuthing skills of a journo but live and breathe Internet, memes and funny colloquialisms, this is a great job for you. Also, Upworthy is a fantastic place to work for. You can work from anywhere and we have amazing benefits. You’ll also have very smart and clever co-workers who will make you laugh… Read Article →

Atlantic Media Fellowship Atlantic Media is a nationally-recognized, award-winning, and digital-first media enterprise whose flagship publications — The Atlantic, National Journal, and Government Executive — are among the most influential media outlets in America.  Drawing upon its expertise and best practices, Atlantic Media has also recently launched three new businesses: Atlantic Media Strategies, an in-house marketing services agency, Quartz, an all-digital global news publication, and Defense One, a site dedicated to covering the people and forces shaping the future of U.S. defense and national security. Atlantic Media is growing, evolving, and causing major disruption in… Read Article →

Local Author Seeking Intern Gioia Diliberto is the author of five books – two novels and three non-fiction – and a play, and she is seeking a detail oriented intern to help her prepare a manuscript for publication. The book is a biography of the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, which will be published by HarperCollins at the end of 2014. Duties include archive research, fact-checking and footnote assembly. An interest in history and the arts, though not necessarily fashion, would be helpful. To Apply If you’re interested in applying to this internship please send… Read Article →

Industrial Supply Company Looks for a Multitasking Copywriter McMaster-Carr, an industrial supply company that’s been around for more than 100 years, is looking to add smart, talented individuals to our catalog publishing team. As a Print Developer for our 3700 page catalog, you’ll write about a variety of products, ranging from hand tools, pipes and pumps to electrical supplies and precision linear motion components. You’ll have the task of taking difficult, inconsistent, and often technically intimidating information and turning it into clear, benefit-oriented copy that is useful to a wide range of customers. To be… Read Article →

Modern Luxury Publication Seeks an Experienced and Dynamic Editor-in-Chief Chicago Social Magazine, a Modern Luxury publication, seeks an experienced and dynamic Editor-in-Chief/Group Editor. The multi-faceted position will develop and oversee the magazine’s luxe content focusing on trends, fashion, home, real estate, art, design, society, events, profiles, dining, wine/spirits, etc. The position will also oversee the special interest magazines under the CS umbrella as group editor. The role includes managing an editorial budget, story ideation, crafting editorial lineups, building and maintaining community relations, managing a large freelance team and editorial staff, as well as editorial work… Read Article →

Biweekly Business Insurance Magazine and Website Seek Copy Editor Business Insurance, a biweekly news magazine and website covering risk management, commercial insurance and employee benefits, seeks a Copy Editor to edit stories for magazine edition and daily news items for the website. Candidate will work closely with copy desk chief, reporters and other editors to edit breaking news, analytical news stories and feature content. In addition, successful candidate will proof pages, write headlines and photo captions and carry out other production work for the website and magazine. Requirements: Candidate should have firm understanding of AP… Read Article →