[lbo-talk] Chicago Reader looking for web geeks

[Doug Henwood]

>From: Mike Lenehan <mlenehan at chicagoreader.com>
>Subject: Web Team Wants You?
>
>Dear Reader people,
>
>As you may have heard, we're going to be increasing our focus on the 
>Web in the months ahead. As a consequence, we're looking for people 
>to occupy two positions on our "Web team," one for the production 
>department and one for editorial. Below is a brief sketch of each 
>position.
>
>Production:
>We're hoping for someone with design ability and Web/programming 
>smarts, including knowledge of and experience with HTML, FTP, CSS, 
>and databases. The main duties would be:
>
>-- design and implement Web pages as needed, both quick-term 
>(implement a last-minute promotion idea) and long-term (help with 
>design and development of major site-wide changes and new features)
>
>-- supervise the rest of the production staff in the creation of Web 
>ads for our advertisers
>
>-- serve as the production dept's representative on the Web team: 
>bring production dept input, keep dept informed on the Web team's 
>activities, help decide on Web projects
>
>We don't expect this to be a full-time job, at least not at the 
>outset, but we do want someone who will be in the office or at least 
>on call every day. We will probably need to combine Web tasks with 
>print tasks, or some other tasks, to make it an everyday position, 
>but the idea is to have a person whose first responsibility and 
>priority will be to do the Web work that needs to be done.
>
>Editorial:
>Here we need someone with strong writing/editing skills and 
>considerable computer skills. You don't need to be a programmer but 
>you should know, or be able to learn quickly, some HTML, a lot of 
>file management, and database fundamentals. This will probably be a 
>full-time job, or close to it, from the beginning. The main duties 
>are:
>
>-- conceive, propose, advocate for, and produce or supervise on a 
>weekly basis  (or daily, or monthly) new Internet services that use 
>and/or enhance the content we produce weekly. First priority will be 
>a series of e-mail products (things-to-do picks, movie newsletter, 
>etc etc), followed by Web features to be researched and proposed by 
>you -- RSS feeds, blogs, forums, Web-only content, redesigns of 
>existing features, and so on.
>
>-- optimize repurposing of occasional edit features on the Web: 
>festival listings & pullouts, special sections, service features, 
>Web-worthy articles
>
>-- promote timely Web features via links, blogs, ad trades, forums; 
>bring promotions into print
>
>-- learn and be able to back up and supervise current editorial 
>posting procedures
>
>-- serve as the editorial Web boss and the dept's representative on 
>the Web team: bring dept input, keep dept informed on the Web team's 
>activities, help decide on Web projects.
>
>Because so many of you have abilities and lives that we don't know 
>about, we're posting these jobs to the whole company. (And you are 
>welcome to pass this around to your friends outside.) You don't have 
>to be in the production or editorial dept at present, but you do 
>need to have the requisite skills for each, as well as the extra 
>ones mentioned above. If you or someone you know is one of the 
>people we're looking for, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike Lenehan