We’re looking to add part-time contributors to the PHR writing team. The position pays on an hourly basis. Strong evening and weekend availability is critical, though there also may be opportunities for daytime work during the week.
Applicants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Exceptional knowledge of all 31 NHL teams, with no discernible bias.
- Knowledge of the salary cap, CBA and transaction-related concepts.
- At least some college education.
- Extensive writing experience, with professional experience and a background in journalism both strongly preferred.
- Keen understanding of journalistic principles, ethics and procedures. Completion of basic college-level journalism classes is strongly preferred.
- Attention to detail — absolutely no spelling errors, especially for player and journalist names.
- Ability to follow the site’s style and tone.
- Ability to analyze articles and craft intelligent, well-written posts summing up the news in a few paragraphs. We need someone who can balance creating quick copy with thoughtful analysis. You must be able to add value to breaking news with your own insight, numbers or links to other relevant articles.
- Ability to use Twitter, Tweetdeck, and an RSS feed reader such as Feedly. In general, you must be able to multi-task.
- Flexibility. You must be available to work on short notice.
If you’re interested, email prohockeyrumorshelp@gmail.com and take a couple of paragraphs to explain why you qualify and stand out. Be sure to attach your resume to the email. If you have applied to PHR before, please feel free to submit again. Many will apply, so unfortunately we cannot respond to every applicant.
I would, but I have nothing better to do.
Except post insipid comments.
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Gavin,
I’m interested in the position but I can promise you I’m not the ideal candidate. I love hockey, I love writing. I’ve never been on an organized hockey team and I’ve never written professionally outside of digital advertisements for colleges and universities, which is my current job. My job is also solely analytics and if you care at all I also gamble on hockey, so I’ve got a horse in the race, as they say. I analyze data for a living and it helps with gambling, go figure. I can write only during the evenings and weekend, which lines up perfectly with your ask. I’m good at research, but I will not claim to know all that there is about the nuances of CBA or the complete roster/lines of every team. I’m a digital marketer by trade and also a full-time boyfriend and I play baseball, so I don’t “bleed” hockey per se, but I can get the job done if you’re just looking for someone who can provide some extra color and ease your workload a bit.
You can reach out to me here if you’re interested in seeing a complete resume. I don’t check routinely though so you can also reach me at my email address:
BrendanPounds@outlook.com.
Thanks,
Brendan