The GWP collective seeks an additional blogger to add to our lineup who can also function as our webmaster.

The ideal candidate is organized, self-motivated, tech savvy, and familiar with WordPress; has a great idea for a monthly column to add to our column pool; is excited about feminism and media; and is ready to serve as a hub.  This is a unique opportunity for an emerging or established blogger to gain additional web/communication/organizational skills and work experience at the intersection of academia and the blogosphere as part of a highly visible (so we are told!) feminist blog.

Webmaster/blogger duties entail:

• responding to reader queries that come in through the “contact” form (the majority of which are either requests to be included on GWP’s blogroll, or press releases); forwarding relevant press releases to the relevant GWP blogger
• updating GWP’s blogroll
• letting an author or organization know when her/his book or study has been mentioned or reviewed and sending her/him the link to the post
• tweeting links to posts, posting on FB, Digg, other relevant social media and social bookmarking sites
• dealing with any tech issues that come up for GWP’s crew of 10 bloggers
• adding new books by GWP’s bloggers to the sidebar and the “Our Books” page
• serving as a point person for GWP bloggers for anything else that comes up
• recruiting a new regular blogger or two here and there when current bloggers rotate out; setting up said new blogger with a bio page and showing them the ropes

GWP is a collective.  We all do it for the love.  To continue to thrive, we need a substitute for me, at present, as its hub.  If interested in the position, please contact me at deborah@shewrites.com with a brief note about why you are the right fit, and a pitch for your column.  Candidates will be interviewed by phone by a current GWP blogger.  And please, if you know someone who you think would be a good match for this position, pass it on!