Digital Content Review Internship: Ebert Digital, the digital arm of film critic Robert Ebert's media enterprise, is looking for movie-savvy reviewers to check their database of movies and reviews for errors and correct them. They are looking for interns that are available to start immediately for at least 20 hours/week for the rest of January.
We are focused on delivering top-tier movie and entertainment criticism, commentary, and community, to our global user base online.
Our flagship property is RogerEbert.com which we are in the process of rebuilding from
the ground up. We are also developing a suite of mobile apps to further enhance our users enjoyment and engagement with our content.
As part of the development effort, we need help from a team of movie-savvy content reviewers to check our database of movies and reviews for errors and correct them.
Who you are/skills required:- You are passionate about movies and a fan of Roger Ebert
- You are in university or have completed a degree in film, english, liberal arts, or some
other language-focused area
- You have strong writing and editorial skills (school newspaper perhaps?)
- You are extremely attentive to detail and a motivated self-starter
- You have strong skills with the web and are capable of doing online research
- You are available to start immediately for at least 20 hours/week for the rest of January
What you would do:
- We imported approximately 10,000 pieces of content (reviews, interviews, Q&A, etc)
from a legacy database
- Our import software did a good job of pulling over most of the data, but there are areas
that are riddled with errors including incorrect by-lines, misassigned cast & crew names,
missing movie posters, HTML and other formatting errors, and other miscellaneous stuff
- You would work with a team of other content reviewers to read through every piece of
content on the site and correct errors as they were discovered
- It should be obvious how to correct most errors
- Some errors relating to data will need to be researched
- Some errors will require a decision to be made by one of our content editors and
will be flagged as such
Compensation:
- $15/hour as an independent contractor working from home (remote work is fine)
- Being a part of an awesome team building an awesome product
To apply:
- Please email a resume and paragraph explaining your skills and qualifications to
jobs@ebertdigital.com
