This will be the most fun job in journalism right now.
For instance, remember how Ford was forced to apologize for its bound-and-gagged women ads? We broke that first. Who published images of the factory Coke uses to remove the cocaine from its soda ingredients? That was us. Who uncovered the check-kiting scheme that collapsed Leo Burnett in Greece? Us again.
The job requires a mix of blogging, traditional beat reporting, commentary and analysis. We need a star:
- someone with a knowledge of the ad agency/adtech/social media marketing business;
- someone who can work quickly and independently;
- someone whose spelling, punctuation and headline-writing are impeccable;
- someone who can work without too much supervision and is comfortable cranking out several items per day.
- someone who knows how to use blogs, Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and other social media to attract and engage an audience.
- someone who thinks that the way advertising is usually covered in newspapers and trade mags is criminally boring.
You will also attend a lot of cool parties here in New York.
This is NOT a traditional reporting job!
The pay is dependent on your experience.
To apply: Please send an email consisting of no more than three paragraphs about yourself, a link to your LinkedIn resume, and five clips to jedwards@businessinsider.com.