Jobs at Huffington Post

Blog team internship, NY Office

The Huffington Post has openings for unpaid blog team internships for the fall. Primary responsibilities include:

-Evaluating blog submissions and editing copy
-Correspondence and other communication, including editorial and technical problem-solving, with blog contributors
-Additional editorial duties and support for heavy volume of daily blog submissions

The ideal candidate will be extremely web savvy, detail-oriented, energetic, efficient, and be an avid consumer of online media. Experience with Movable Type or similar blogging platform, Photoshop, basic HTML preferred. 20 hours/week or more preferred. Send resume and very brief statement of interest to huffpost@gmail.com.

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Reporting/Editorial Internship - Washington DC Office

The Huffington Post has an immediate opening for a reporting/editorial intern in Washington DC. Interns will be asked to do extensive researching, writing, editing, fact-checking, monitoring of news stories, and other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications: Strong writing/research skills and knowledge of current political events are required. Familiarity with online political sites (newspapers, blogs, social bookmarking sites, etc.) is highly recommended.

This is an unpaid position.

Location: Washington DC

Job Duration: Full time or part time

Resume & Cover letter to: froomkin@huffingtonpost.com

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Intern - Public Relations - New York Office

Job requirements:

-Update and manage media distribution lists

-Pitch print, broadcast and online media content from HuffPost's list of verticals (sections): politics, entertainment, media, business, living, style, green and comedy

-Create reports of media coverage

Job Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have experience or interest in media (online, print or broadcast) and strong writing skills. Familiarity with a broad-range of media and ability to work on a flexible, news-driven schedule, multi-task and meet deadlines. Interest in news and politics a plus.

Resume & Cover letter to: mario@huffingtonpost.com

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Lead Developer:

Responsible for the rapid application development in Perl/PHP and iPhone/Blackberry/ Android apps; establish and maintain professional communications with clients to meet their expectations. Responsible for maintaining and augmenting a high traffic website and high traffic iPhone app. Produce web projects that increase traffic and keep the internal business units satisfied, on budget, and on time. Lead a production team and be responsible for coordinating the production process from strategy implementation through to technical delivery of our final product. Liaise with our creative team, work with our production team, and support our technical team. Uphold and improve our Quality Control system. Additionally, strategize and capture relevant information in production meeting for custom website development. Integrate and develop interface for registration and renewal with registrar to our website.

Requirements:

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other Engineering field with 5 years experience in similar position. Must have experience with Rose, MYSQL, mod-perl, PHP, Apache, PostgreSQL, ActiveMQ, and stomp protocol in perl. Must have experience using ActiveMQ queries and topics to develop live feeds over http.

Send email to developer@huffingtonpost.com