HEXUS.lifestyle editorial needs a digital-home die-hard

[Bob Crabtree]

HEXUS is inviting applications from would-be web journalists who want to be paid to:

• Live and work at the bleeding edge of digital-home technology

• Go hands-on with all the cool stuff that makes digital home such great fun

• Write with authority and insight about digital video, music and imagery and the hardware and software used to play, display, record, repurpose and distribute files around the home, on the move and across the internet

• Report for HEXUS from digital-home briefings, exhibitions and conferences in the UK and abroad

• Get to know and earn the respect of the decision-makers shaping our digital world

• Receive on-the-job editorial training of a very high standard

To be considered a suitable candidate, you MUST be:

• Courteous, ethical, sincere, reliable and provably literate

• Self-motivated and self-managed, yet a willing team-player

• Able to quickly distinguish what’s important editorially and then act decisively. That means being able to react swiftly, intelligently and independently when, as often happens, priorities change in an instant

• Professional in appearance and action (a tie is seldom required) and able to be a worthy ambassador for the UK's best-respected and widest-reaching PC-technology web site – whether face-to-face, on the phone or by email

• Confident in your beliefs and talents but want to learn what ever is necessary to become a respected digital-home expert

• Considerate, mature and open-minded - and able to maintain a balanced outlook, distinguishing constructive feedback from criticism

Your editor at HEXUS.lifestyle will be Bob Crabtree who writes:

I’m looking for a grafter with talent, knowledge and enthusiasm to work full-time helping to ensure that HEXUS.lifestyle is THE place for everyone interested in digital media to visit again and again.

There will be tight, daily deadlines but the work you produce must still read well and truthfully inform, expertly help and consistently entertain.

You will want to ensure that people soon start looking out for your by-line on stories but will also understand at a gut level that witty remarks and smart phrasing are intended to make for a more enjoyable read, not substitute for facts.

We intend to throw you in at the deep end. Ideally, from the off, you'll be able to write hard news and informative previews and reviews, along with insightful overviews on the trends and happenings in digital-home technology.

That may not be realistic but, if we judge you to be the right candidate, we'll do everything we can to bring you up to speed as soon as possible.

The position is intended to be full-time. We just might consider making it part-time but only for a truly exceptional candidate.

Whatever skills and knowledge you bring, expect there to be a whole lot more to learn - about digital home, journalism and web publishing.

If you sincerely believe you're the sort of person we have in mind and relish the idea of taking up what might be your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, apply without hesitation.

Read the full job advertisment.


And, if you're a prospective candidate - do read it carefully BEFORE posting any questions here (you'll know why I say that, if you do read it throughly!)

Bob