Work at ParentMap

EDITORIAL INTERN
Description: ParentMap is a Northwest media company providing highly relevant, well-researched, and entertaining content to parents through various integrated publishing channels: our award-winning newsmagazine (reaching over 170,000 readers monthly); ParentMap.com, the Puget Sound's leading website for parents and caregivers; and our annual series of lectures and community events.

The ParentMap.com editorial staff is looking for a brilliant and motivated intern to start in January 2012. ParentMap interns receive a holistic insider's view of our publishing processes and  hands-on training in producing content and contributing to editorial production and distribution. The editorial intern will spend the majority of his or her time developing and publishing click-worthy content for a Puget Sound audience of parents/families. The intern will also receive training and insights into SEO, web analytics, and social content marketing and distribution. Interns work fifteen to twenty hours per week for three to four months. At this time, internships are unpaid.

INTERN DUTIES

• Assisting in planning and executing the ParentMap.com editorial calendar. If you are an endless fountain of great ideas, we would love to have you on the team!
• Assisting Out & About Editor to populate events in the content management system for our popular monthly events calendar; this set of duties includes editing and fact-checking user-submitted calendar events; inputting editorial picks; and sourcing, writing, and inputting new events.
• Developing content for G.P.S., the ParentMap blog, including writing news posts and occasional reviews for local arts events.
• Helping to evolve the ParentMap social media playbook: working with editors to promote content via ParentMap's social media channels; monitoring and reporting on a series of social media and web traffic metrics over time.
• Becoming a power user of ParentMap's content management systems to publish content developed by the editorial team and a network of contributing writers/bloggers.
• Special editorial projects as assigned.

Length of Internship: Three months; subject to renewal.

Requirements:

We are looking for candidates with:

• Passion for good writing
• Exemplary written and oral communication skills
• Computer literacy (some blogging or website-updating experience preferred); familiarity with PhotoShop and html authoring ads bonus skills
• Self-motivation, dependability, and attention to detail
• Sharp analytical skills

Location: ParentMap is a virtual office; teammates work from home but attend standing editorial meetings each week in person in Seattle and Mercer Island.

Application due date: We will accept and review submissions through January 9.

Payment: This internship is unpaid.

How to apply for this internship: To apply, email your resume, a statement of interest, and a writing sample (100 - 500 words) to editor@parentmap.com. Please include "ParentMap editorial internship" in the subject line of your email.

SUPER STAR SALES EXECUTIVE
ParentMap Media is looking for experienced advertising Sales Executives to step in and build on existing territories in the Puget Sound. Join a great company and a fast paced environment!

We are looking for our next Super Stars!

Candidates must be qualified sales executives with sales experience (preferably advertising sales in print, Television, Radio, or Internet) to join our family.

We desire candidates with a competitive spirit who want to succeed. You should be a highly motivated, self-starter who can build strong relationships with your customers.

Candidates must have a great track record of prospecting for new business as well as renewing existing accounts at a high percentage. The right candidates will have the ability to establish rapport quickly, have a history of meeting with decision makers and closing in a short sales cycle. We are looking for the top 10% only.

The right candidates have a consultative style, not a telling style. Candidates should be highly motivated in commission based selling with the ability to exceed established goals while generating high client satisfaction.

Email your resume to lisa@parentmap.com and tell us why you are the perfect candidate.

We welcome suggestions from freelance writers who have story ideas for a future issue of ParentMap.

Please review the guidelines below before writing your query letter.

1. Take a close look at ParentMap and the type of content we use before drafting your query letter. This will give you a good idea of the different kinds of stories we publish, our voice and our audience. As a Puget Sound–based publication, we're interested in stories that will appeal to families throughout the Puget Sound region. You have the best chance of turning your query into an assignment if it fits within one of the departments that are a regular part of each issue of ParentMap. Here's an overview of departments that appear in all (or most) issues:

• Ages & Stages. This age-specific section forms the core of ParentMap. Over and over, parents tell us that an age section -- which gives them content specific to the age of their child -- is what they turn to first. Ages & Stages is divided into five age groups: 0-2, 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 15-20. We're looking for short pieces (generally 700 words or less) that address a specific issue for an age group. Content runs the gamut from a first-person piece about a particular parenting experience, to concrete information on an enlightening study.
• Out & About. Reviews and ideas for places to go and things to do, locally and regionally.

2. Query letters can be emailed to editor@parentmap.com or sent via mail to ParentMap, PMB #399, 4742 42nd Ave. S.W., Seattle, WA 98116-4553. When writing us, please detail the topic you'd like to address as well as your strategy for writing the story. Demonstrate that you are adept at doing research by mentioning the kinds of sources you intend to use.

3. We generally work with writers who have some experience, so please make sure you list the publications in which your work has been published. Also include links to Web sites on which your work has appeared, and/or mail us photocopied examples of your published work. Do not send originals, as we can't guarantee their return.

4. Payment for stories depends on length and placement of the article. ParentMap purchases first American rights, print and electronic, for articles and pays within 30 days following publication.

Submission deadlines
ParentMap accepts the following items on a space-available basis

Parent Learning: Classes, seminars or other educational opportunities for parents in the Puget Sound area. Include date, time, place and cost, if any, plus a contact phone number, email address and/or Web site address where people can go for more information. Deadline for Parent Learning listings is the first of the month, one month prior to publication (for example, December 1st for the January issue). Please send details to mailto:editor@parentmap.com

Calendar:

• We publish zoned calendars for Seattle, the Eastside, Snohomish County and South King/Pierce County. The online calendar contains information for all zones.
• We focus on information about family and child-oriented activities, events and one-day workshops and classes, and welcome notices from smaller, community-based organizations. Currently, we do not publish information about camps or multi-day workshops or classes.
• Extra online-only event categories include "Benefits" (fundraising events for family and child-oriented organizations) and "Buying/Selling" (community and non-profit sales of family or children's items).
• Deadline for calendar listings is the first of the month, one month prior to publication (e.g., December 1st for the January issue).
• Send details -- including date, time, cost, address, contact information including Web address, brief description and age range if applicable -- to calendar@parentmap.com. We also accept images for publication on the print calendars or calendar homepage (300 dpi, 3 x 5 inches, color preferred).
• Events are published at the editor's discretion, and notices will be edited for space and style.