Dear Superstar Editor – you are organized and possess better grammar skills than I do.

You are going to get me to my goal – I am writing a non-fiction work and I will be finishing it in 90 days. The baseline content will be from my blog.

Your assignment will be to first scrape the ~200 posts (generally between 200-800 words each) I have authored in the last 4 years and evaluate the categories these posts have been labeled. Then, to organize them into a proposed “Table of Contents” and identify what chapters they would fall into and how much writing would be needed to transition the pieces. I am totally aware that the blog was written toward a broader audience than the print book is geared to. Your assignment also includes determining which ones you do not feel should be part of the final publication, ie, better suited for a separate book.

I want a flat fee bid from you on the scraping and organizing and a date you think you can deliver it to me by.

If you are the superstar copyeditor who works with me on this, I will pay you hourly for the work that comes after, ie, the editing part.

When responding to this post, please do the following:
1) put “I’m a Superstar Editor” in your subject header
2) answer the question, “Why I would be perfect for this gig.” in your text email
3) provide 3 samples of your original writing or the pieces you have wordsmithed for other authors
4) your short bio
5) the hourly rate you expect to be paid for the editing/proofing/wordsmithing

When I respond to YOUR email, I will give you the blog URL and ask you for a flat fee bid and time estimate.

THANK YOU and I look forward to working with YOU — principals only.

How To Apply

Send your application to the reply e-mail address provided at: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/wrg/1802074147.html

McCann is one of the oldest and biggest advertising businesses in the world. In Sydney, we’ve been furtively re-shaping. We have a whole lot of work coming out in the second half of 2010 that people simply would not expect from us. We’re evolving our approach, processes and culture to create something very different and meaningful.

We’ve kept our heads down this year, focusing on action – not words. And off the back of this focus, we now need to find some likeminded vagabonds to help us on our new trajectory.

To find out about us, come to: http://www.mccann.com.au

If you intend to apply:
- Please keep your email brief – your work will speak for itself
- All submissions will be treated confidentially

We need someone to build a team of content-makers around. You’ll have run a team before. You’ll understand the rhythm of online content, how different channels require different approaches. You’ll be able to explain some of the well-worn techniques bloggers use in their headlines, themes and content structures. You’ll have a feeling for what makes something worth sharing. Above all, you could find an interesting content angle in the places others would find dull.

You may be an editor, managing editor, deputy editor or sub-editor. You won’t be coming to McCann to do advertising. You’ll be coming here to write interesting, useful and entertaining stuff across a wide array of topics – and build a team to contribute. This is a senior role.

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Interested?
Email contact@mccann.com.au with your CV, links to your favourite writing online and/or a portfolio.

Want to write for an ad agency? There’s an opening for a blogger who will be tasked to write 250 to 500-word articles on the advertising industry. You will be supplied with topics and background information, but you are to write and further research the topic yourself.

The job is pretty light, since they expect a blog post every two week or so. They don’t have a website up yet so I can’t give you a link. Nonetheless, if you’re interested, please forward examples of your work,  rates and any futher questions to kelli.nelson [at] jwt.com.

Nice work, nice rate – this is a job you should definitely apply for. However, if you’re not a US citizen then don’t bother applying. Save your five minutes filling up the form. Otherwise, good luck!

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