ORLANDO WEEKLY (and www.orlandoweekly.com) Orlando’s largest weekly paper and # 1 source for news, views, arts & entertainment has a position available for the following position:

RECEPTIONIST/OFFICE ASSISTANT

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Answer phones in a courteous upbeat manner
• Greet our office visitors
• Assist with accounting and general office duties including working with accounts payable, office supplies, credit apps, processing credit cards, customer database, etc.

POSITION OFFERS:

• A progressive and fun work environment
• Competitive salary and vacation plan
• Excellent benefits including 401(k), Health, dental, and life insurance
• Standard business week, Monday through Friday 8:30am-5pm.

ORLANDO WEEKLY’S IDEAL CANDIDATE

• At least one year of clerical or receptionist experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Very friendly and helpful with great phone skills
• Very organized and detail oriented.
• Good computer skills

OUR CULTURE & PHILOSOPHIES:

• Creative & Innovative
• Open-minded
• Open-door
• Ambitious
• Supportive
• Obsessed with meeting our customers needs
• Strong track record of promoting from within
• Use your personality and uniqueness!
• Work hard but enjoy your work!   

To apply, please email resume, cover letter and salary requirements to:

Karen Waeiss, Business Manager
kwaeiss@orlandoweekly.com
100 West Livingston St.
Orlando, FL 32801

No phone calls please

ABOUT ORLANDO WEEKLY
Orlando Weekly is part of family owned media company, Times Shamrock Communications, founded in 1895. Times Shamrock, a growth oriented company, publishes 42 publications, owns 17 radio stations and 5 printing presses across the country.

MEDIA ADVERTISING SALES

ORLANDO WEEKLY (and orlandoweekly.com), Orlando’s largest weekly paper and # 1 source for news, views, arts & entertainment has a position available on our advertising sales team for the following position:

RETAIL ADVERTISING SALES (Outside Sales)

JOB SPECIFICS

• Prospect/sell new advertisers into Orlando Weekly and online to our award winning website www.orlandoweekly.com.
• Service these advertisers ongoing advertising needs in person
• Reactivate past advertisers
• Ideal candidate has 2-3 years of outside sales experience in a professional environment

POSITION OFFERS:

• Excellent compensation plan (salary plus commission) that generously rewards above average performance
• A progressive and fun work environment
• Sales support &  ongoing training
• Advancement Opportunities
• 401(k), Health, dental, and life insurance
• Standard business week, Monday through Friday
• A great opportunity to begin or further a career in advertising sales and media

ORLANDO WEEKLY’S IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Competitive and unafraid of hard work
• Has media sales experience and is looking to further a long and rewarding career in advertising sales, media and communications
• Persuasive, confident, aggressive, positive, persistent, well-organized, and has a great sense of humor
• Web Savvy and has a four year college degree

OUR CULTURE & PHILOSOPHIES:

• Creative & Innovative
• Open-minded
• Open-door
• Ambitious
• Supportive
• Obsessed with meeting our customers needs
• Strong track record of promoting from within
• Use your personality and uniqueness!
• Work hard but enjoy your work and your success!  

To apply, please  email resume and cover letter to:
Graham Jarrett, Advertising Director
graham@orlandoweekly.com
No phone calls please

Orlando Weekly is part of family owned media company, Times Shamrock Communications, founded in 1895. Times Shamrock, a growth oriented company, publishes 42 publications, owns 17 radio stations and 5 printing presses across the country.

MEDIA ADVERTISING SALES

ORLANDO WEEKLY (and www.orlandoweekly.com), Orlando’s largest weekly newspaper and # 1 source for news, views, arts & entertainment, has a position available on our classified advertising team for the following position:

CLASSIFIED LINE REPRESENTATIVE (Inside/Phone Sales)

JOB DESCRIPTION
• Sell new advertisers into our classified section and online at www.orlandoweekly.com by making daily outbound phone calls to prospects
• Service these advertisers ongoing advertising needs over the phone  
• Service and grow a small base of existing line advertisers over the phone
• Advertising Categories of focus include: employment/recruitment and real estate/apartments

POSITION OFFERS:
• An excellent compensation plan (salary plus commission) that generously rewards above average performance
• A progressive and fun team-oriented work environment
• Sales support & ongoing training
• Advancement Opportunities
• 401(k), Health, dental, and life insurance
• Standard business week, Monday through Friday
• A great entry-level opportunity to begin a career in advertising sales

ORLANDO WEEKLY’S IDEAL CANDIDATE
• Competitive and unafraid of hard work
• Ideal candidate has at least 1 year of inside/phone outbound sales experience
• Persuasive, confident, aggressive, positive attitude, persistent, well-organized and has a great sense of humor
• Web Savvy
• Is college educated

OUR CULTURE & PHILOSOPHIES
• Creative & Innovative
• Open-minded
• Open-door
• Ambitious
• Supportive
• Obsessed with meeting our customers needs
• Strong track record of promoting from within
• Use your personality and uniqueness!
• Work hard but enjoy your work and your success!

To apply for the Classified Line Representative position, please email resume and cover letter to:
Brian Martin, Classified Advertising Director
bmartin@orlandoweekly.com
No phone calls please

ABOUT ORLANDO WEEKLY
Orlando Weekly is Orlando's largest weekly publication, distributed to over 1300 locations throughout Central Florida. Orlando Weekly is dedicated to giving Orlando an alternative source of news and opinions on local politics, communities, culture, and the arts. More than 250,000 readers turn to us in print and online for Orlando’s most comprehensive calendar of events; coverage of the latest in movies, dining, music, visual arts, and the printed word; provocative voices on topics ranging from sports to sex to cyberspace to City Hall; and stories they won't find anywhere else.

Orlando Weekly is part of family owned media company, Times Shamrock Communications, founded in 1895. Times Shamrock, a growth oriented company, publishes 42 publications, owns 17 radio stations and 5 printing presses across the country.

FREELANCE WRITERS

Know the difference between reporting the facts and writing a story? Know how to craft a compelling tale? Then we'd like to talk to you. Orlando Weekly has opportunities for freelance news, arts and feature writers. If you've got a story idea, and the ability to execute it, we'd like to hear from you. E-mail us at bwhitby@orlandoweekly.com . No phone calls, please.

FREELANCE MUSIC WRITERS

Do you always bitch about the music coverage in the Orlando Weekly? Does your favorite band never get written about? Well shut up and do something about it.

Orlando Weekly is looking for freelance music writers in all genres (especially Latin, hip-hop/R&B and techno). If you've got experience writing about music and you've got what it takes to provide accurate and thorough coverage of local and national acts, let us know. You don't need to have been published in Rolling Stone , but you do need to be able to write clearly, succinctly and, above all, engagingly.

Please email some of your best stuff to:

Bob Whitby , Editor
bwhitby@orlandoweekly.com.

If we like what we see, we'll let you know. No phone calls please.

EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS

Interested in learning more about alternative journalism? Then apply for an editorial internship at Orlando Weekly . Our interns help produce Orlando's free alternative news weekly by fact-checking, conducting research, doing data entry and writing short pieces. To participate, you must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program and be able to earn academic credit. All majors are welcome. Internships are available during the fall, spring and summer semesters. All internships are unpaid. To apply, fax or e-mail cover letter, resume and writing sample (up to three clips or school papers) to:

Bob Whitby, Editor,
Orlando Weekly, 100 W. Livingston Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Email: bwhitby@orlandoweekly.com
Fax: (407) 377-0420.
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

IT/ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING INTERNSHIPS

Orlando Weekly is currently looking for interns interested in Information Technology and/or Electronic Publishing. If you have a desire to earn real-life experience in new media, technology, programming and support, then we want to hear from you. To participate, you must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program and be able to earn academic credit. All majors welcome, but preference given to computer-related majors. Basic computer skills are required. Internships are available during the fall, spring and summer semesters. All internships are unpaid. To apply, fax or e-mail cover letter and resume to:

Ian Monroe
Orlando Weekly, 100 W. Livingston Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Email: imonroe@orlandoweekly.com
Fax: (407) 377-0420.
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.