Internships:
For all the Spring, Summer and Fall internship opportunities, please send a resume/CV, dates of availability, location preference and letter of interest to internships AT huffingtonpost.com.
Jobs:
Except where otherwise specified, for all the positions below, please send a resume/CV and letter of interest to jobs AT huffingtonpost.com.
OPEN POSITION: Social Media Editor, Politics
LOCATION: Washington DC
The Huffington Post Politics team is seeking an experienced Social Media Editor to increase engagement and foster community across various social networks. Key responsibilities include managing and growing our presence on social networking sites in coordination with senior editors and reporters, producing high-quality editorial content tailored for social sharing, and engaging our readers on social sites and other forums where appropriate.
The Huffington Post is the world's largest online newspaper and has one of the most engaged and active communities on the Internet with millions of fans and followers on social networks and over 5.5 million comments on site every month. We believe in social and community at our core, and constantly aim to innovate both our strategy and tools.
Day-to-day responsibilities:
• Work closely with the Politics editorial team, attend editorial meetings and strategy sessions and work with them to build content programs designed to grow, engage and deepen the community on and off site.
• Get your hands dirty every day writing content, getting to know the communities on each platform and being a visible presence for our readers.
• Keep editors and writers up to date on the best voice, platforms and tools for their verticals, identify the best community members across platforms and the site, and work with the moderation team to weed out bad actors.
• Measure, analyze, measure some more, and report.
Requirements:
• At least 3 years experience growing on-site and external communities.
• Exceptional writing and editorial skills.
• Ability to identify opportunities, mobilize resources and support, and get the job done.
• A demonstrated ability to grow social presence through engagement and a deep working knowledge of the best social practices.
• A love for what you do.
Social Community Editor
The Huffington Post is looking for a Social Community Editor to encourage community growth both on our social and commenting platforms. We're looking for an experienced editor with a thirst for engagement in the Science, Tech, and Green communities, and who knows how to maintain ongoing communications with a news-consuming audience. This person will be a go-to for social promotion of content created by these verticals, as well someone who aims to help editors leverage social tools to create content. Experience working with developers and designers is a plus.
Qualifications
- 2-3 years experience in social media and community management
- A demonstrated ability to engage communities across platforms.
- Experience working in an active, fast-paced media environment
- Ability to identify editorial opportunities based on events in the social media sphere
- Demonstrated editorial abilities, and solid sense news judgment
Responsibilities
1. Oversee best practices of social media accounts including, but
never limited to:
- Posting copy and correct links.
- Teaching Editors best uses, tricks and tools.
- Clean-up and account maintenance.
- Monitoring of follower/fan numbers and insights.
- Twitter chats and Facebook page takeovers.
- Replies, engagement and hashtags.
2. Keep up with social and community teams to ensure best practices of
all tools and networks and be a knowledge base for editors.
3. Manage on-site engagement including, but not limited to:
- Working with mods to watch high-alert posts.
- Responding to comments.
- Keeping an eye on influencers and engaging comment threads.
4. Be the bridge between editors and social team by keeping abreast of
changes in the social sphere and making sure the best representations of the verticals appear on social accounts.
5. Manage and create editorial content that taps into audience base
and encourages them to react both on-site and off.
6. Help to identify vertical-specific opportunities for product development.
7. Develop and maintain partnerships across social platforms.
Social Community Editor
The Huffington Post is looking for a Social Community Editor to encourage community growth both on our social and commenting platforms. We're looking for an experienced editor with a thirst for engagement in the HuffPost Entertainment, HuffPost Celebrity, and HuffPost Culture communities, and who knows how to maintain ongoing communications with a news-consuming audience. This person will be a go-to for social promotion of content created by these verticals, as well someone who aims to help editors leverage social tools to create content. Experience working with developers and designers is a plus.
Qualifications
- 2-3 years experience in social media and community management
- A demonstrated ability to engage communities across platforms.
- Experience working in an active, fast-paced media environment
- Ability to identify editorial opportunities based on events in the social media sphere
- Demonstrated editorial abilities, and solid sense news judgment
Responsibilities
1. Oversee best practices of social media accounts including, but
never limited to:
- Posting copy and correct links.
- Teaching Editors best uses, tricks and tools.
- Clean-up and account maintenance.
- Monitoring of follower/fan numbers and insights.
- Twitter chats and Facebook page takeovers.
- Replies, engagement and hashtags.
2. Keep up with social and community teams to ensure best practices of
all tools and networks and be a knowledge base for editors.
3. Manage on-site engagement including, but not limited to:
- Working with mods to watch high-alert posts.
- Responding to comments.
- Keeping an eye on influencers and engaging comment threads.
4. Be the bridge between editors and social team by keeping abreast of
changes in the social sphere and making sure the best representations of the verticals appear on social accounts.
5. Manage and create editorial content that taps into audience base
and encourages them to react both on-site and off.
6. Help to identify vertical-specific opportunities for product development.
7. Develop and maintain partnerships across social platforms.
Remote Comment Moderator (Full Time)
The Huffington Post is on the leading edge of Community Moderation and Management
and we are looking for full time (36 hours per week) entry level moderators to join our team.
Our community team handles the moderation of approximately 5 million comments a month
combining community moderation, a machine based moderator, staff moderators and some
of the most advanced tools in the industry.
This is a fast paced entry level position and we will train you. If you can read quickly, make quick,
impartial, decisions and want to get started in the Community industry, this is a great position for you.
Preferred skills:
- Focused speed reading - our moderators read the equivalent of Moby Dick 18 times a month.
- Experience moderating blog or forum based communities a plus, but not required.
- You must be willing to work at least one 6 hour shift between Friday night and Monday morning.
Compensation
- This is an hourly position, 6 hours per day, 6 days per week, flexible shifts and includes benefits.
- Nap pods, table tennis, foosball, free vending machines and more in the office.
- Remote working available.
How to apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to modrecruiting AT huffingtonpost.com.
We will ask you to take 2 short tests to assess your reading and decision making speeds.
Remote Comment Moderator - Nights (Full Time)
The Huffington Post is on the leading edge of Community Moderation and Management
and we are looking for full time (36 hours per week) entry level nighttime moderators to join our team.
Our community team handles the moderation of approximately 5 million comments a month
combining community moderation, a machine based moderator, staff moderators and some
of the most advanced tools in the industry.
This is a fast paced entry level position and we will train you. If you can read quickly, make quick,
impartial, decisions and want to get started in the Community industry, this is a great position for you.
Preferred skills:
- Focused speed reading - our moderators read the equivalent of Moby Dick 18 times a month.
- Experience moderating blog or forum based communities a plus, but not required.
- Night shifts are 6 hours and generally fall between 10pm ET and noon the next day.
Compensation
- This is an hourly position, 6 hours per day, 6 days per week, flexible shifts and includes benefits.
- Remote working available.
How to apply
Send your resume, availability and why you want to be a moderator to modrecruiting AT huffingtonpost.com.
We will ask you to take 2 short tests to assess your reading and decision making speeds.
OPEN POSITION: Staff Writer, Huffington Post Women/Divorce/Weddings
Location: New York City or LA
Job: The Huffington Post Media Group has an immediate opening for a staff writer for our
Women, Divorce, and Weddings verticals.
Let's face it: Lifestyle content often makes readers feel bad. We are bombarded with
messages -- some subtle, others explicit -- that our lives, our very selves, are lacking.
That stops here. At the Huffington Post, we are carving out an online space where readers can come to feel informed and inspired and supported. HuffPost Women, Divorce and Weddings are warm, sophisticated, intelligent, social, insightful, informative, trustworthy, fun. We want people to feel like these verticals are places where they can share and connect, swap ideas and help each other. We want to provide our very busy readers with insight and entertainment every time they visit, whether it's the most important news of the day curated by editors they trust, a unique perspective on the story everyone is talking about, solid career advice, or an essay so moving or funny (or both) that readers can't stop thinking about or sharing it.
The HuffPost Women/Weddings/Divorce staff writer will be responsible for writing timely, original, excellent reported features, service pieces, and blog posts in a distinct voice that conveys the ethos of the sites.
This position reports to the Women and Divorce/Weddings vertical editors.
Ideal applicants:
• Will be voracious consumers of news and opinion with boundless energy and
ideas for high-quality content and an exceptional drive to maximize its visibility
• Have a passion for writing about issues related to Women, Divorce, Weddings and marriage, including relationships, health, money, work, technology, and culture.
Responsibilities:
• Present editors with timely, original story and blog post ideas on a daily basis
• Produce two blog posts per day
• Write two features per week, and occasionally copy for accompanying slideshows
• Conduct video interviews to accompany features, when assigned
• Maintain an active social media presence and vigorously promote the content you
produce
• Implement SEO best practices
Required Qualifications:
• 2+ years experience in reporting, feature writing, and blogging on women's issues
• Must be an organized multi-tasker who manages her own time
proactively
• Basic understanding of HTML, Photoshop, and blog publishing platforms
• Must have thorough knowledge of online media, including experience
working with online news outlets
• Familiarity with major women's blogs, sites, and magazines
• An ability to work with a warm, energetic team
Preferred Qualifications:
• Basic understanding of Photoshop
• Sense of humor
OPEN POSITION: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, HUFFPOST PARENTS
As Associate Editor you will report into the Managing Editor of HuffPost Parents and be responsible for updating the site with breaking news, analysis, blog posts, video, slideshows and more, optimizing web traffic, promoting content on social media and growing our community.
Responsibilities
- Pitch, write, edit and promote engaging HuffPost Parents stories
- Curate and manage HuffPost Parents subsections and content packages
- Grow traffic through creative use of social media
- Recruit bloggers for the vertical and stay abreast of trends in the parent blogosphere
- Implement SEO best practices throughout the vertical
- Be an active and supportive member of the HuffPost Parents editorial team
Qualifications
- 2-4 years online editorial
- Very strong writing skills, including headlines and teaser copy
- Solid understanding of SEO
- Ability to analyze traffic data and track metrics, and respond to them
- Basic HTML and experience with blog publishing platforms
- Extensive knowledge of social media sites and ideas about how to engage HuffPost's reader community in the issues of the day
- Endless energy and ideas for high-quality content, and exceptional drive to maximize its visibility and impact
OPEN POSITION: Front Page Editor
The Huffington Post is looking for an editor to publish content, follow news, and write headlines on our widely read front page during the evening (5pm-1am EST).
HuffPost's homepage updates constantly and features a diverse range of stories from all of our verticals as well as other sites around the web. Candidates for the front page positions should:
- Be passionate news junkies, familiar with all of the web's top news sites and blogs, and with current national politics and business news
- Be comfortable in a fast-paced, creatively demanding work environment that requires meticulous attention to detail
- Have a keen sense for how to make news compelling using images, headlines, and other publishing elements
- Have extensive knowledge of social media sites and ideas about how to engage HuffPost's reader community in the news of the day
- Be knowledgeable about the content and headlines typically featured on HuffPost's front page
- 2+ years experience in online journalism, very strong writing skills, eagerness to learn and take risks
- Be willing to work weekends
- Position is based in New York, NY
To apply, send a resume and cover letter to frontpagejobs AT huffingtonpost.com. Make the subject of the email "Evening"
OPEN POSITION: CMS Developer
Location: New York City
The focus of the position would be on development of the core HuffPost CMS, which powers huffingtonpost.com and several other sites.
HuffPost CMS Developer position
Title : PHP/PERL/MySQL/LAMP Developer for High Traffic Site
We are looking for:
- Experienced in PHP, PERL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery
- Strong experience maintaining and extending large-scale Content Management Systems for Websites
- Must be comfortable using a Unix shell
- Good knowledge of manual HTML coding
- Experience in object oriented programming and SQL database design
- Experience working with third-party APIs or making mash-ups
- Experience updating advertising calls
- Production issue resolution (bugs - js/css/jquery)
- Must have the ability to convert website layouts in PSD to HTML
- Create html templates and corresponding css based on pdf files
- Site optimization - finding ways to optimize existing sites (js/css)
- Experience working in a team and developing projects using an OOP approach
- Must enjoy writing beautiful code
Skills Required:
- PHP
- PERL
- MySQL
- Javascript/AJAX
- DHTML/CSS
- Positive "can do" attitude; willingness to give it a try
- Able to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, while meeting deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to think out of the box and with minimal structure
- Ability to work collaboratively with local and remote colleagues
- Detail Oriented
- Team Player
To apply, send a resume to developer AT huffingtonpost.com. Include "CMS Developer" in the subject line.
OPEN POSITION: SR. UX DESIGNER, HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP
Location: New York City
The Huffington Post Media Group (HPMG) is looking for a Sr. UX Designer with unique abilities and experience focused on social news media to support the breadth of design execution across the .com site and related editorial content. As a Visual Designer you will provide design execution and delivery on web and interactive projects, contribute to mobile design initiatives and TV platforms. Working in collaboration with technical and editorial stakeholders you will support execution and delivery of solutions that balance user needs with business goals and technology capabilities. You will also seek to exploit the opportunities for innovative visual design offered by new and emerging technology and social platforms. We are looking for someone who will have the design experience and flexibility to execute on quick iterative releases yet still have a passion for design being pixel perfect and have established aesthetic.
EXPERIENCE
• Work with Art Director/Creative Director to complete design elements of projects according to an agreed brief (i.e. schedules, resources etc.) with a high degree of independence delivering innovative, engaging and world class design solutions
• Work with key senior editorial staff, reporters, researchers and client side programmers to conceptualize and produce rich visual narratives and interactive experiences.
• Stay up-to-date with trends in visual communication, especially web design standards and social news and media sites.
• Work with internal project stakeholders to define information architecture, navigation, labeling and design standards for visualizations & interactive features.
Must be attentive to detail and able to identify gaps and friction points that contribute to a poor user experience (cross-browser issues, cross-platform issues)
• Take a user-centered approach in concepting and crafting design solutions that meet both user needs and product strategy requirements
Must be attentive to detail and able to identify gaps and friction points that contribute to a poor user experience (cross-browser issues, cross-platform issues)
This position is responsible for creating compelling social news experiences, showcasing the real-time interactions on a page and supporting a host of graphic production in support of the 30+ vertical category sites that are currently part of the core of The Huffington Post. The site is in the midst of a monumental growth curve and as a result we are increasing the designers in support of the various category properties from new feature banners to design and development of new sections, modules and apps. As has been written in the press we are now set to expand to Europe and in multiple languages so we need a team that can grow with us.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design with emphasis on Media Design, Interactive Media, Information Design or related equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience or equivalent work in graphic design or interaction design or related field.
• Candidates must be proficient in Adobe CS4 tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash) and have an understanding of HTML5 and CSS3.
• An added plus to have proficiency in OmniGraffle/Axure for Wireframes/User Flows.
• Must be highly organized with strong attention to detail with ability to self manage and work independently in some cases of the larger UX group
• Must be a good multi-tasking person, able to prioritize personal workload and deliver against deadlines with minimal guidance and moving delivery dates.
Apply here:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25237&siteid=36&areq=122061BR&
OPEN POSITION: LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR, HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP
Location: New York City
We are seeking a talented system administrator to work on our team managing our web hosting infrastructure. You will be tasked with managing our entire hosting infrastructure across development and production environments. Ideal candidates will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, and a penchant for security and expert-level system administration skills. You will be working with a small, dynamic and smart team that works hard and has a lot of fun.
Required Skills
Enterprise level Linux expert with experience in load-balanced web servers. We use CentOS here.
Web services, caching and load balancing expertise. Apache, memcache, nginx, varnish, Akamai, Redis.
Amazon EC2, S3 and most especially RightScale experience is a plus.
Git/Subversion.
Network & System Security. Enterprise level network/system security experience is a definite plus.
Automation Experience. We believe in automating tasks to make our work easier, and we'll want you to play a key role in helping us do that.
Written and verbal communication skills are very important in this environment.
Experience running and participating in projects with distributed teams.
The ideal candidate is someone that goes far beyond task work: you should be able to discover what needs to be done, figure out how to do it and get it done.
A strong plus includes Web development experience. You don't necessarily need to be able to hack HTML, PHP & Javascript to do this job, but if you do, so much the better.
This is a mid-level position; we're looking for somebody who has at least 4+ years of Linux system administration experience with high volume web sites. We are technologists and generalists here, and we look for more of the same, so a Computer Science educational background is a definite plus.
Apply here:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25237&siteid=36&areq=122728BR&
OPEN POSITION: PROJECT MANAGER, HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP
Location: New York City
Responsibilities
The focus of the position would be on managing the international team of developers who works on the huffingtonpost.com and their roadmap.
Oversee multiple, concurrent web projects and facilitate all phases of project development including planning, creative development, production/implementation, testing and launch.
Work closely with project business, technical leads, designers on developing road maps and on managing requirements and their priorities
Mange shifting and competing priorities including issue resolution involving senior management
Develop and manage project timelines and project plans
Risk identification and management
Comfortable in a high-paced, shifting environment; ability to work with little structure; flexibility with juggling divergent tasks
Lead project planning and requirement grooming for team insuring requirements were clear enough enabling clear technical task breakdown, creating task plans.
Identify and mitigate project issues and risks
Regularly communicate status of projects and issues to the team
Work with distributed cross-functional teams across the globe
Play an active role in re-evaluating current processes and recommend and implement improvements
Solid experience in oral and written communication with a diversity of stakeholders, including senior management, business and sysadmin, users and developers.
Requirements
5+ years of experience managing web related projects
Experience managing project specs, roadmaps and developer & designer work pipelines
Experience working with business, technical, and design leads
Experience with CMS a plus
Apply here:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25237&siteid=36&areq=122741BR&
OPEN POSITION: TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER, HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP
Location: New York City
Responsibilities
The focus of the position will be to manage development of the CMS.
Oversee multiple, concurrent web projects and facilitate all phases of project development including planning, creative development, production/implementation, testing and launch.
Work closely with project business, technical leads, designers on developing road maps and on managing requirements and their priorities
Mange shifting and competing priorities including issue resolution involving senior management
Develop and manage project timelines and project plans
Risk identification and management
Comfortable in a high-paced, shifting environment; ability to work with little structure; flexibility with juggling divergent tasks
Lead project planning and requirement grooming for team insuring requirements were clear enough enabling clear technical task breakdown, creating task plans.
Identify and mitigate project issues and risks
Regularly communicate status of projects and issues to the team
Work with distributed cross-functional teams across the globe
Play an active role in re-evaluating current processes and recommend and implement improvements
Solid experience in oral and written communication with a diversity of stakeholders, including senior management, business and sysadmin, users and developers.
Requirements
5+ years of experience managing web related projects
Experience managing technical requirements, roadmaps and developer work pipelines
Prior experience managing developers
Experience working with business, technical, and design leads
Familiarity with a programming language a plus
Experience with CMS a plus
Apply here:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25237&siteid=36&areq=122740BR&
OPEN POSITION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER, HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP
We are looking for a Software Engineer to work on special projects at Huffington Post. This full time position will be located in our NYC office, but if you're a true animal, we have some remote openings possible. Day to day responsibilities include, but not limited to: integrations with Facebook, Twitter, Google, Foursquare and developing the Huffington Post social news network.
What We Are Looking For
Experienced in PHP, PERL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery (Bonus points if you've built things in Ruby)
Experience working with Facebook, Twitter, Google etc. APIs or making mash-ups
Must be comfortable using a Unix shell
Good knowledge of manual HTML coding
Experience in object oriented programming and SQL database design
Production issue resolution (bugs - js/css/jquery)
Must have the ability to convert website layouts in PSD to HTML
Create html templates and corresponding css based on pdf files
Site optimization - finding ways to optimize existing sites (js/css)
Experience working in a team and developing projects using an OOP approach
Must enjoy writing beautiful code!
Qualifications
Technical skills:
PHP
PERL
MySQL
Javascript/AJAX
DHTML/CSS
Other important attributes:
Entrepreneurial, self starter, (great candidates will have startup experience or side projects they've initiated)
Able to multi-task and hit deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills
Ability to think out of the box and with minimal structure
Ability to work collaboratively with local and remote colleagues
Detail Oriented
Team Player (Not a jerk)
Apply here:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25237&siteid=36&areq=122777BR&
