SavvyAuntie.com Editorial Intern: Summer/Fall 2013

SavvyAuntie.com is a 2012 and 2011 Forbes Top Website for Women and 2009 Webby Award nominee for Best Parenting/Family Site. As the first and only community for PANKs® Professional Aunts No Kids – 23 million American women who are not mothers but love the children in their lives – SavvyAuntie.com was ranked a Springwise (global) Top Ten Lifestyle Business Ideas for 2008.

SavvyAuntie.com Founder and Editor in Chief, Melanie Notkin, is the national bestselling author of Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers and All Women Who Love Kids (Morrow/HarperCollins). She has been ranked a Top 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter (Grader), Top Ten Women In Social Media (Yahoo Shine) and Top 5 Social Media Female Super Heroes in North America (The Next Woman, UK). 

Notkin has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, as well as CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, ABC News, TODAY and others. She is currently working on her second book, entitled: Otherhood (Seal Press / Penguin Canada)

Savvy Auntie.com is seeking an Editorial Intern to work with Notkin to manage the website content, including articles for Expertise, Activities and to some extent, Gifts. 

Responsibilities include:

•    Coordinating the Editorial Calendar
•    Soliciting, reviewing and copy-editing timely, audience-appropriate articles from the Savvy Auntie Experts and guest contributors
•    Maintaining professional relationships with the Savvy Auntie Experts
•    Publishing articles and updating the homepage via the content management system
•    Writing articles as necessary, especially pop culture hot topics like a new Celeb-Auntie or other aunt-related stories in the news
•    Researching and seeking out newsworthy topics from other online media outlets to be written up and published on SavvyAuntie.com
•    Conceptualizing and pitching content ideas
•    Utilizing social media
•    Updating the Gifts section (with Notkin’s close supervision and product recommendations) and assuring that Gifts are current and up-to-date

Skills and Qualifications:

•    Current undergraduate or recent graduate
•    Self-starter, able to work independently and meet tight deadlines
•    Organized, responsible and detail-oriented
•    Excellent writing, editing and copy-editing skills
•    Able to navigate a content management system
•    Avid consumer of online content, able to research popular blogs for newsworthy content
•    Strong understanding of social media and web analytics
•    Commitment to excellence
•    Love of children and/or being an Auntie by Relation or Auntie by Choice is a plus

Job requirements:

•    10 hours weekly (more if needed)
•    Ability to work in an independent workspace or virtually from home
•    Ability to start immediately
•    For school credit preferred

To apply, please send a resume, short email about why you want this internship and two short online writing samples to editor [at] savvyauntie.com with "Editorial Intern - Name" in the subject line.

SavvyAuntie.com Toys and Gifts Editorial Intern

Responsibilities: The Toys and Gifts Editorial Intern is responsible for managing and updating the toy and gift content on the Webby Award-nominated SavvyAuntie.com, known for its popular toy and gift ideas for children of all ages. The position reports directly to Savvy Auntie founder and toy expert, Melanie Notkin. Notkin will support content recommendations based on industry knowledge. The Toys and Gifts Intern will also be responsible for discovering and recommending children's toy and gift ideas.

The Toys and Gifts Editorial Intern is responsible for pitching and coordinating on-air TV toy guide segments as they come up.

The Toys and Gifts Editorial Intern is responsible for coordinating the annual Savvy Auntie Coolest Toy Awards program. This involves managing awards program entries and results. The Savvy Auntie Coolest Toys Awards are published in November.

Qualifications:

•    Current undergraduate or recent graduate
•    Self-starter, able to work independently and meet tight deadlines
•    Organized, responsible and detail-oriented
•    Excellent writing, editing and copy-editing skills
•    Able to navigate and publish within a content management system
•    Understanding of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
•    Avid consumer of online content
•    Commitment to excellence
•    Knowledge of current toys and gifts a plus
•    Love of children and/or being an Auntie by Relation or Auntie by Choice is a plus