Multimedia Fellow
What can you do with a camera? Take photos, make movies … what else? What can you do with a voice recorder. An LED light. A synthesizer. A 145-year-old publication with a stated mission to tell the most amazing stories in science and technology? You tell us. Popular Science is seeking a multimedia fellow to help us reach our community on every platform imaginable. You’ve gotta be handy with __that digital imaging steel and an internet native.
This is a paid position for someone who can work 35 hours a week for 6 months. If you need school credit, we can work with __that too. Email a resume, cover letter, and a link to samples of work you’re proud of to internships@popsci.com.
Digital Design Fellow
Are you an aspiring designer who loves science and tech? Let’s talk. You might be just the droid we’re looking for. PopSci’s art department is searching for an enthusiastic, creative, and hard-working badass to be our first-ever Digital Design Fellow. Starting in January, you’ll assist in the design and production of our iPad magazine and help make our website look amazing(er). If that’s not enough, we might even throw some print work your way.
This is a paid position for someone who can work 35 hours a week for 6 months. If you need school credit, we can work with that too. Email a resume, cover letter, and a link to samples of work you’re proud of to internships@popsci.com.
Engagement Editor
We're also hiring a data-fixated Engagement Editor to run our social streams; hone strategy; and find stories that will sing across our many platforms. The ideal candidate is smart and strategic, with a formidable analytics obsession and a competitive streak. They know the elements of a compelling story and how to package them for maximum impact. They have a proven ability to boost engagement and grow audiences.
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Staff Writer
Science and technology are everywhere, from the phones in our pockets to the food on our tables to the storms beating at our windows. For 144 years, we at Popular Science have been talking about it. Now we’d like you to talk about it with us—and the millions of community members who read our stories, on PopSci.com, in our magazine, on our YouTube channel, social platforms, and so on. Popular Science is looking for its next staff writer, a skilled communicator with a strong background in science journalism and the sensibility to get people excited about the stories we tell.
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Staff Writer—DIY
Do you love to tinker with stuff? To hack your gadgets—and kitchen and Facebook profile and daily routine, and… everything? Radioshack: good riddance or god help us? How about words? Are you good with words? If you answered, “ Yes. Yes—yes yes yes yes. Well… let’s talk about that. What about them? Oh, yes, very ,” then you might be PopSci’s next DIY writer. We’re looking for someone to fill our pages—both digital and paper—with fun and essential projects that appeal to everyone from technophobes to mythbusters.
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Commerce Editor
Popular Science is looking for a tech-obsessed commerce editor to help grow our affiliate revenue program. This is a tricky job: you’ll need to work with both the edit team and the business team; you’ll need to seek out truly good deals and round up groups of products that meet our always-rising standards; and you’ll need to be an active member of the PopSci community—both online and in the office.
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Multimedia Producer
We're looking for a creative team-leader to help us tell amazing stories without typing. That primarily means videos—from fun shorties to long form, thoughtful documentary work. But it also means audio—and a whole lotta stuff we haven’t thought of yet. There are so many new tools at a 21st-century journalist’s disposal; this job is figuring out the best ones for us, as well as how to utilize them. In this role, you will be coordinating and producing a slate of daily content, as well as developing longer-term projects and series.
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Associate Editor—Technology
Are you obsessed with technology? Good. Us too. Popular Science is hiring an associate editor to tell the coolest stories in tech—from facial recognition cameras to Facebook. Like all jobs at PopSci, this is a multi-platform gig, with responsibilities to the website as well as the magazine and all the other places we publish. The ideal candidate will be an idea fountain, barely able to restrain herself from weighing in on the topic or theme of the day. She’ll be an ambitious truth-teller, dedicated to our readers and fixated on making sure they are the best-informed group on the internet.
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Interns
And, of course, PopSci is looking for a few killer interns to start in January. You’ll serve as an integral part of the team, writing as much as you please on all things science and tech. In addition to daily print work, you’ll get to contribute to the creation of the print magazine. Interns should be able to work 2-3 days for 10-12 weeks. We can accommodate your class schedule, but you must be able to receive school credit for your work. We will also provide a small stipend at the end of your internship. Email a resume, cover letter, and any clips you’re proud of to internships@popsci.com ASAP.