Freelance Writing Jobs for Tuesday, July 8, 2008
July 8, 2008 by Jodee
Filed under Freelance Writing
Good morning FWJ Friends! Since we’re late this morning, I’ll skip the list review and just post these.
Leads…
- National Mobile Tour Emcee/Blogger for National Brand – August-November 2008
- Freelance Feature Writer @ The Tribeca Trib – New York
- Freelance Writers @ Stuart News – Stuart, FL
- Proofreader for Long Term Assignment – On Site – Bloomington, Indiana
- Proofreader/Editorial Coordinator at Publishing Giant – New York – On Site ($20 per hour)
- Press Release Writer – Work from Hom
- SEO Specialist - Paid Internship – San Diego ($10 per hour)
- Political Writers/Journalists/Reporters – Part Time – Washington, D.C.
- Speechwriter for Korean Ambassador - Washington, D.C. Applicants – Work from Home ($2,800-$3,000 per month)
- Contract Proposal Writers, Editors and Managers – Washington, D.C.
- Writers Wanted - Sausalito, CA – Contract
- Alberta Travel Vlogger/Multi-Media Specialist Needed
- Canadian Rockies Paid Blog Editor Needed ($400 per month)
- Hollywood Fashion and Gossip Bloggers Needed - Telecommute
- Toronto Weblogger Wanted
- Travel Writer for New Web Site – Toronto
- Technical Writer @ Ashton College - Vancouver, B.C.
- Real Estate Appraiser Who Can Write Technical Manuals @ Ashton College – Vancouver, B.C.
- P/T Web Site Editing Needed - Kitsilano/Vancouver
- Business Proposal Writer Needed – Vancouver
- Part Time Japanese Translator – Vancouver
- Ghost Writing About Small Business Accounting – Contract – Gwinnett/Atlanta
- Writers and Bloggers Needed for Technology Web Site ($10 per post)
- Writer’s Assistant – Boston ($10-$12 per hour to start)
- Junior-Mid-Level Copywriter – Chicago ($25-$30 per hour DOE)
- Freelance Writers Needed for Local Magazine – Allen/Dallas
- Aspiring Journalists/Students Wanted ($10 per article)
- Freelance Writers Needed – Telecommute
- Regional Food Magazine Seeks Published Freelance Writers – Dallas
- Looking for Freelance Writers for Denver Based Web Sites
- Internet Internship – Blogger Wanted – Houston
- Freelance PC/Laptop Reviewers @ DigitalTrends.com
- Contract Technical Writer - Rochester MN
- Sports Blogger Needed
- Japanese Translation Needed (1-2 Hours Work) – New York
- Web Copy Interns - New York ($30 daily stipend)
- Do You Have It? - Telecommute
- Technical Writer with ID Workbench – Contract – Carey, NC ($30-$35 per hour)
- SEO Internship – San Diego ($10 per hour
Good Luck!
Speechwriter for the Korean Ambassador – how cool would that be! Oh to live in D.C.
The email for the P/T Web Site Editing job bounced. I’ve tried three times and it’s bounced each time.
Sorry, but the craigslist user address you recently mailed (job-746243905@craigslist.org) does not seem to be valid. It could be you’re trying to respond to a very old posting, or that the user has not requested anonymous email forwarding. Please check the address and try again.
Are any Americans getting any of the work in Canada?
I love the “Do you have it?” post. “Send us your ideas about what you can do for us!!…even though we’re not telling you anything about our company or offering a consulting fee of any kind.”
Just as a heads up (don’t know if anyone else got this) – but as part of a previous job posting on FWJ for “Online Education Blogging – ELearning” from last week, I received a response today that really annoyed me. (Thought I’d share to see if anyone else has a more positive spin on this…). The email thanked me for wanting to be a blogger for the site and then outlined the following (this section is copied and pasted):
“We require that you submit at least 1 entry per week (4 per month) and as compensation, we will be giving away 4 $50 American express gift cards to four bloggers who will be selected at random each month. Each month every blogger will be eligible to win even if you were a winner in a previous month.”
I don’t know about all of you, but I take writing too seriously to be part of an online “lottery” each month for my work. Is it me??
Please help me understand WHAT THE HECK?! (WTH?!)
~v.v.
@ Victoria: Wow, that’s a new one!
I’ve been noticing lately that job posters are getting (what they think is) trickier in getting around the payment part of a service transaction. Now that we’re wise to the whole “you’ll get exposure” and “we’re a startup, so we can’t pay you now but we will once we’re successful” charade, they’re having to offer lottery prizes instead! Just today I came across a posting for an editor, who would be paid in kind; that is, one day, in the undetermined future, when you need something edited, they’ll return the favour. Sorry, I don’t think my landlord accepts back scratches in place of rent.
I just heard back in response to an eHarmony ad from a few weeks ago. They want me to write 700 words. If they like it, they’ll pay 10c a word. If they decide not to use it, they pay me nothing. I think not.
@HeatherK: I was amused by that one as well. I considered sending them a huge, bloated marketing plan that included creating CG mockups and hiring a new architect… and then insisting they send me 10 lbs of almond M&Ms… but only purple ones.
@ Fiona, I got that from EHarmony too. Blech. Hopefully everyone will boycott so they see that is *so* not acceptable.
The thing that bothered me about the gift-card ad (I got the same response) is that they advertised for writer. If they put out an ad asking people to share their own experiences and offered a gift card in return, it wouldn’t have been bad (it’s only 150 words). But the fact that they published this as a call for writers really bothered me.
The gossip blogger ad in Toronto bounced, too…which bites because I wrote a really nice intro….dang it!
@Amanda Nicole
Thank heavens I’m not the only one who thinks that is INSANE.
That’s crazy about the gift cards in general. A call for writers/bloggers/editors should be treated as such – and not just a bait and switch game.
Here’s to hoping for better offers along the way for ALL of us! With cash, the real deal – not Monopoly money or Chuck E Cheese tokens.
Best,
~victoria