ANN Is About To Grow -- Again -- And Is Seeking EXCEPTIONAL New
Staffers
2010 has been both a challenging as well as rewarding year
for ANN. Without tipping our hands (yet), ANN
continues to about to embark on serious expansion. In
other words, we're about to grow again -- and in some very
intriguing directions. No kidding, the projects we are undertaking
right now should literally double (and eventually triple) our
programming and staffing in the next few years.
We're about as excited about our future, as we've ever been, but
we're concerned about finding good people -- the RIGHT people --
for a number of jobs we need to fill now and in the near
future.
We have major staff positions to
fill. So... we're looking for a few (actually, not so few) good
aviation professionals. Might one of them be YOU?
Searching For ANN's Next Associate Editor
We've added some new folks to the
roster lately, but we will need a fair amount of additional
editorial staff. These are pretty
flexible gigs... needing several hours each day, on assigned
duty days, on an adaptable schedule. You can work from
anywhere so long as you have a good high-speed net connection and
the appropriate tools to pursue the day's stories.
The qualified respondent needs the following… SOLID
aviation/aerospace writing and journalism credentials/abilities,
SOLID photographic/graphic web smarts, proper working disciplines,
Good basic web skills (light HTML know-how and some grasp of
photo-editing) and E-Mail skills, a strong work/journalism ethic,
and an ability to meet and adhere to tight deadlines;as well as
RELIABLE full-time access to a fairly speedy Internet
connection (DSL, ADSL, T1, T3, Pipeline to the Almighty,
etc...), a computer with the ability to keep up with a number
of graphic chores and editorial efforts, and the ability to work
with a very strange crew of ANN weirdos. Since this job is computer
based, it does not matter where you live and we are, of course,
unconcerned about your workspace so long as the job gets done (and
the less info we have about someone working in pink shorts and
fuzzy bunny slippers, the better).
We Need Web-Geeks!
We’re also looking for the following… an
experienced Web Designer/Programmer to help us with a great number
of new projects. We're going to be dumping a huge amount of
work on our normal web-geeks over the next few months, and it's
high-time that we developed a solid gig for someone else with the
skills to help us with a number of projects that are getting
left by the wayside for lack of the staffing necessary to
pursue them. We need someone with
EXTENSIVE ColdFusion/SQL/Win2K/IMail/CMS experience and the
ability to do a little bit of everything when the electrons hit the
fan. Strong experience in NewMedia and Multi-Media applications is
absolutely a must. Solid graphic design skills would also be a BIG
plus. Work may be offered on a contract/fee basis OR term
contract, depending on the qualifications and availability of the
appropriate applicant. To the right person, this is an
on-going gig as we have a LOT of projects in the offing and there
is enough to provide a competent web-geek a
long-term scenario.
We’re also looking for the following… an
experienced web/print-conversant graphic artist to help us with a
number of small projects ranging from print ads and marketing
documents, to book layout and cover designs. Experience with
motion-graphics, animated GIFs and Flash formats are particularly
valuable. Work will be offered on a contract/fee basis and requires
no on-site work (which, of course, means you have to have all the
requisite computer assets at your disposal).
Video-Journalists
We're looking for several bright, hard-working,
disciplined and technically adept persons to help produce Aero-TV
(and affiliated programming for our content
partners) newscasts and features, webcast over a variety of
broadband networks and outlets, under the ANN or Aero-TV banner (or
that of our syndication partners).
Applicant should be able to bring extensive expertise in Apple's
Final Cut Studio 2, Adobe After Effects and related CS3 software to
the mix. Strong knowledge of web production techniques (online
compression technologies as well as Flash/QT/WMV conversions), and
chromakey techniques, studio operations, and field operations, are
a huge benefit to this position as is some experience as a camera
operator (Canon XH-A1 HDV) for either studio or occasional field
assignments.
Of particular interest is another staffer willing to relocate to
Northern Florida to augment the "Home-Team" here in Green Cove
Springs, FL, but we will also be looking for personnel who prefer
to stay where they are currently located. We're looking
for someone with solid reporting or journalistic credentials --
while a strong technical aptitude, especially in aerospace or
aviation is preferred. Some on-location travel, will be
necessary on a regular basis. Reply with resume, clips, pix,
etc...
ANN/Aero-TV Marketing Department
Since ANN started, we have enjoyed
the amazing support of a group of sponsors who have, by and large,
been generous and visionary. As a matter of fact, most of the
sponsors you see on ANN called us first -- leaving us little to do
but to finish some paperwork, and get them started. You have no
idea how wonderful that has been for us... leaving us (mostly) to
work on the editorial end of ANN and build it into what is
generally recognized as the Aviation World's Most Widely
Read Daily News Service.
Thanks to them, we have served the aviation world aggressively
and comprehensively for a decade... and our second decade is
already well under way.
We're looking for someone to take on the job of
guiding and managing the marketing and promotional growth of ANN
and Aero-TV. We're looking for a Marketing
Professional... an aggressive, detail-oriented,
ethical, honest,
well-spoken, smart, web-savvy, marketing and promotions-oriented
person who can help ANN introduce a whole new generation of
aviation businesses as our partners in growing the
Aviation World's Daily News Service, as well as to brainstorm and
manage a number of promotional and industry programs.
This is going to be a busy job and it requires a marketing
professional who will do the job without shortcuts or any
hint of less than proper conduct. It's going to require excellent
sales skills, solid marketing smarts, a consistent work ethic,
tremendous ingenuity, a keen insight into the aviation world, a
great imagination and a TRUE communicator... someone who also GETS
just how important ANN is becoming to the aviation world, and can
be counted on to help us grow our services and abilities so that we
can do EVEN MORE than we do already.
But most of all, we need a TEAM player... ANN
has never been about one person... it's been about an
amazing team of people with great goals and (truly) amazing skills
doing extraordinary things for the aviation world. If you think you
have what it takes, get in touch with us...
Got Audio Skills?
Our Aero-Casting operations have gone over VERY well. So well,
in fact, that we're looking for some additional staffers for new
projects. If you have skills in the podcasting/radio genre, have
the appropriate announcing/scripting skills, the ability to edit
and produce audio files and work without a whole lot of
supervision, we need to talk. Part-time opportunities are
available now and full-time slots may become
available very quickly.
Interested?
Please send your resume, an intro letter, and contact
information to ANN right away... as these positions are ready and
waiting for the right person, right now.
And that's all you have to do! We'll be in touch!