bcrabtree
10th April 1999, 03:16
There are big changes happening at Computer Video magazine and, as a result, we are increasing our editorial staffing level by 25 per cent.
Management-speak translation
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My assisant editor Pat Byrne is leaving, and being replaced by *two* people - a deputy editor and a sub editor - bringing our editorial team to four persons, including the mag's designer and myself.
Those who know Pat will be interested to learn that he is joining Pinnacle UK's front-line support team at the end of the month.
And, the disgruntled users of Pinnacle's DV300, Studio 400 etc among that select band will be forgiven for thinking that,"Every cloud has a silver lining".
DEPUTY EDITOR
+++++++++++++
The deputy editor will be expected to write for (and supervise the production of) every section of the magazine when needed.
Writing duties will include some reviews of hardware, software, camcorders and VCRs - and these may involve working at home.
However, he or she will largely be expected to relieve me of some of the many jobs that I do as editor, and which currently result in my having to compose rambling job adverts (or reply to message board postings) at times when sensible folk should be sleeping.
As a quick taster, we are talking about:
* Commissioning articles (and following through to ensure they are received on time)
* Coming up with ideas for articles
* Coming up with ways of increasing our revenue - including increasing issue sales and subscriptions.
* Helping shape the many changes being planned for our web site
* Being my conscience ("Bob! You know the readers deserve better than that, don't they?")
* Liasing internally and externally with anyone I can't find the time (or willpower) to talk to.
* Going a couple of times a year to boring parts of the UK or mainland Europe on one-day trips that inevitably mean your having to be at Heathrow (or Paddington) before 6am.
The job requires good writing skills and good knowledge of either video or of computers - though knowledge of both would be ideal.
All that said, this is a new job and the deputy will pretty much write her/his own job description.
As a result, candidates who can show that they know what's needed to make the mag even more unputdownable for readers (and how to make my life slightly more bearable), will certainly push their way to the front of the queue. Assuming, of course, that there is a queue.
SUB-EDITOR
++++++++++
The sub-editor's job will involve all the things that sub-editor's jobs involve, and if you don't know what they are, you are not a sub-editor and shouldn't apply.
Ideally the sub-editor will be someone whose English is better than mine; whose ability to turn drab, poorly organised articles into great reading is better than mine; and whose appetite for work is greater than mine.
Oh, and, of course, it will be someone with total familiarity with Quark Xpress.
If the ideal candidate isn't available, I'd settle for someone who CARES about making each word count - and knows how to.
If you'd like to know more about these jobs, or are foolish enough to apply for one of them without having any more information than I've given here, then please contact me as soon as possible either by email to:
bcrabtree@cix.co.uk
or by snail-mail to:
Bob Crabtree
Computer Video
WV Publications
57-59 Rochester Place
London NW1 9JU.
Cheers
Bob Crabtree
Management-speak translation
============================
My assisant editor Pat Byrne is leaving, and being replaced by *two* people - a deputy editor and a sub editor - bringing our editorial team to four persons, including the mag's designer and myself.
Those who know Pat will be interested to learn that he is joining Pinnacle UK's front-line support team at the end of the month.
And, the disgruntled users of Pinnacle's DV300, Studio 400 etc among that select band will be forgiven for thinking that,"Every cloud has a silver lining".
DEPUTY EDITOR
+++++++++++++
The deputy editor will be expected to write for (and supervise the production of) every section of the magazine when needed.
Writing duties will include some reviews of hardware, software, camcorders and VCRs - and these may involve working at home.
However, he or she will largely be expected to relieve me of some of the many jobs that I do as editor, and which currently result in my having to compose rambling job adverts (or reply to message board postings) at times when sensible folk should be sleeping.
As a quick taster, we are talking about:
* Commissioning articles (and following through to ensure they are received on time)
* Coming up with ideas for articles
* Coming up with ways of increasing our revenue - including increasing issue sales and subscriptions.
* Helping shape the many changes being planned for our web site
* Being my conscience ("Bob! You know the readers deserve better than that, don't they?")
* Liasing internally and externally with anyone I can't find the time (or willpower) to talk to.
* Going a couple of times a year to boring parts of the UK or mainland Europe on one-day trips that inevitably mean your having to be at Heathrow (or Paddington) before 6am.
The job requires good writing skills and good knowledge of either video or of computers - though knowledge of both would be ideal.
All that said, this is a new job and the deputy will pretty much write her/his own job description.
As a result, candidates who can show that they know what's needed to make the mag even more unputdownable for readers (and how to make my life slightly more bearable), will certainly push their way to the front of the queue. Assuming, of course, that there is a queue.
SUB-EDITOR
++++++++++
The sub-editor's job will involve all the things that sub-editor's jobs involve, and if you don't know what they are, you are not a sub-editor and shouldn't apply.
Ideally the sub-editor will be someone whose English is better than mine; whose ability to turn drab, poorly organised articles into great reading is better than mine; and whose appetite for work is greater than mine.
Oh, and, of course, it will be someone with total familiarity with Quark Xpress.
If the ideal candidate isn't available, I'd settle for someone who CARES about making each word count - and knows how to.
If you'd like to know more about these jobs, or are foolish enough to apply for one of them without having any more information than I've given here, then please contact me as soon as possible either by email to:
bcrabtree@cix.co.uk
or by snail-mail to:
Bob Crabtree
Computer Video
WV Publications
57-59 Rochester Place
London NW1 9JU.
Cheers
Bob Crabtree