Senior editor

over 3 years ago
Part time role
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Job Description

  • Working with Azeem Azharf on regular essays to wield the editor's sabre and improve the prose and ensure a transdisciplinary perspective
  • Help us identify an overall editorial agenda across our newsletter output
  • Make us better and help us deliver more to an incredibly engaged community
  • Do what it takes: you should expect to put words down (this isn't just about mark-up!)
  • You might have worked at The Economist, Bloomberg, Technology Review or a similar thoughtful publication or magazine. You might have come out of academia, consulting or equity research.... I don't mind provided....
  • A broad cannon and fearless intellect
  • A good understanding of economics and business, as well as social, cultural and historical perspectives of technology
  • An eye for the beautiful.
  • Hates cliches like a cat hates the bath.
  • Dislikes ponderous, elephant-like turn of phrase, the kind that lumbers at you like a angry, flatulent ogre.
  • Has sense of humour.
  • A focus on the constructive.
  • Ideally, you are familiar with my work and Exponential View
  • Available 20-25 hours a week (flexible)
  • Candidate prefers flexible work due to other projects, child care, or any other reason
  • Ideally based in the UK, but can manage 5 hours time zone either side, if you are prepare to be flexible
  • Has spotted all the things that can be improved in this job description.

The organisation

  • A small team. Azeem and Marija are full-timers.
  • Marija runs the show. Her role, editorially, is what you might consider "managing editor" but she does other things to.
  • Azeem sets direction and generates the output. On a day-to-day basis you'll deal with both of us.

Compensation

  • Somewhere between pretty good and not too shabby
  • It will likely to be competitive with top-tier national or international media

Apply

  • A brief intro to who you are and how you understand my work. (max 400-500 words)
  • Submit this with your CV & some work samples to azeem.azhar@exponentialview.co

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