Ride BMX Is Looking For A New Intern - Any Takers?
FatTony
- October 05 2009
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Want to get your foot in the door of the BMX industry? Want to work with some of the best guys in BMX? Want to learn a ton of useful stuff from the big dogs in the business? Well, check out this opportunity to become our new intern.
We have to be super specific here to weed out people before we get bombarded with a million emails, so read this very carefully.
Here are the requirements, no exceptions:
- Must be in school and eligible to get school credit for an internship. (California law for non-paying internships.)
- Must be able to come to our Tustin, California office on a regular schedule two or three days a week.
- Must be easy to get a hold of and communicate with in person, on the phone, and through email.
- Must have at least intermediate computer skills. (Nothing we do is too difficult to learn, but the more you know already, the better you can help us.)
- Must have good writing skills. And not just text message or iChat skills. We are talking about real writing with capital letters, punctuation, and proper grammar.
- Must know enough about BMX and how we run our site in order to handle the job properly.
- Must ride BMX and be a cool person to be around.
- Must be outgoing enough to comfortably interact with other people in different types of social and work settings.
- Must be willing to work for just the experience, without payment.
- Photography, Photoshop, and video filming and editing skills are a nice bonus, but not manditory.
- Here’s what we are looking for someone to help us with:
- Maintain the Ride BMX MySpace, Facebook, Vimeo, and YouTube pages.
- Post videos, products, features, photos, and news on ridebmx.com.
- Keep in touch with BMX companies through email.
- And possibly do other odds and ends around the office such as scan photos, get us coffee, run errands, shoot product photos, assist with photo or video shoots, write articles, and more.
This is a great chance for someone to learn a lot about the BMX industry, the Web industry, and the magazine business. You’ll get to be in the company of some of the best guys in BMX-riders, company owners, photographers, and everyone else who makes up the industry. This is not a photography or video internship, but there may be opportunities to learn about that stuff too. The more you put into something like this, the more you’ll get out of it, and the possibilities you create for yourself are endless.
If you have what it takes then we want to hear from you. Send us an email at fattony@transworld.net with “Intern” as the subject line. Include a brief introduction about yourself, let us know your situation, and tell us anything you think will convince us you are the right one for the job. The sooner you can start, the better.
Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you!
-Fat, Online Editor
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October 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I keep listening to the news speak about getting free online grant applications so I have been looking around for the best site to get one.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
wow I would be all of this if I lived in California, you guys should get a NY headquarters
October 5th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
im all of the above! especially the video, photography and photoshop skills! but i live in canada. dammit!
October 5th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
u guys should move to cali
October 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
got any openings in michigan?? so you guys are looking for some one to work for free? all i need is squirrel snacks some monster and a couch, then im your man. ill hand crush them coffee beans, pull shitter duty, d.n.d., wing man for the d.u.f.f.s. trust me guys, i got you covered if you ever need a real yes man. plus i ride, film, edit, can write a paper, work at a bike shop, spent 3 yrs getting a bike friendly park in a mid-west auto town with no money. subscribe to yours and other bmx mag's. ill even hand dig some dew tour sets in your back yard with a broken shovel and a 5gl bucket. dont matter just get me in!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
you guys are such cheap bastard americans. seriously . . .
October 5th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I assume this is a joke..
Just for fun I would love to know what third world country your from? Hows the dial up internet working out for ya? Im sure we can get you DSL in the next year or three..
October 5th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
this would be perfect if i lived in california.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
interns are important for the workforce…it's called "on the job training"…moron…
plus, he could get hired on as a full time employee after…which is more important!
an even bigger bonus is school credit, which to those of us who actually go to school, is AWESOME
most importantly: it would be a cool job, especially for high school graduates.
don't say shit unless you can back it….ignorance isn't all it's cracked up to be.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
yeah itd be fun but my bike got stolen so i need money, and i live in indiana lol not like id be lucky enough to get picked lol
October 5th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
too bad i don't live one atlantic ocean closer, haha
October 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
man i wish you guys had an offince here in Washington state!
October 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
the school can be a languaje center because i,m a international student and i love ride bmx, I may be participated in this contest?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
You don't understand. Fat tony I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. so pick me for this jobbbbbbbbbb
October 6th, 2009 at 1:00 am
dude move to nor cal this is were its at!!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 1:12 am
i live close to tustin and i can do all those things
October 6th, 2009 at 1:14 am
how do we get into this or get a hold of ride bmx??
October 6th, 2009 at 1:20 am
same
October 6th, 2009 at 4:02 am
I´m qualified for that and more but I am stuck in southamerica
October 6th, 2009 at 6:06 am
I left a comment earlier, and im dead serious. How else am i going to get a shot, honestly. My goal is to run a bike shop/ indoor out door skate park when its said and done. If you have seen the ramps i've have built with nothing, in abandoned warehouses, along with the only trails in 100 miles area which are ruthless as shit. also how come no one is jumping on this? expect me to get my app out after i get out of work.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:08 am
http://www.vimeo.com/6808445
October 6th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Send us an email at fattony@transworld.net
October 6th, 2009 at 8:16 am
bring it obama
October 6th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Get a New Zealand headquarters
October 6th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
You guys should get a place in Dallas or Fortworth. Texas is where it is at man.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
thats pretty good dude
October 7th, 2009 at 2:04 am
manditory should be spelled mandatory
October 7th, 2009 at 2:18 am
I would love to work there at ride bmx for the experiance, well i hope you guys find someone good
October 7th, 2009 at 4:34 am
You're all Suuuckers!!! Yeah I need my car waxed and my floors mopped…. for free. Do we, the readers get anything for free?…. Didn't think so… you PAY for this magazine and whether you know it or not, PAY for this website. To whoever gets "THE JOB"… have fun being office bitch….
October 7th, 2009 at 4:54 am
you guys should move to the northwest territories
October 9th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Dude I would so fricken do this. I got mad computer skills too, photoshop and everything. I could totally do everything on that list. Too bad I live ten hours away! You guys should be in the northwest.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Seriously!