Available positions:

The Victor S. Navasky Internship Program

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Production Coordinator

The Nation, America’s leading progressive print and online journal, seeks a Production Coordinator (www.thenation.com) to ensure the production and delivery of print ready and digital versions of our publication according to a tight schedule. The Production Coordinator will work closely with the IT/Production Manager in assisting the Editorial, Design, and Advertising teams in meeting our weekly and biweekly deadlines for print and the web.

Responsibilities include:

Updating all layouts, and placement of text for each issue, generating PDFs for the Copy Department and final PDFs for upload to the printer.
Maintaining, updating, and distributing the production map for each print issue.
Tracking all print ads for each issue, update stakeholders with status of all ads in each issue. Working with the Design Director, and Literary Editor, and Managing Editor to ensure proper space is allotted for editorial and ad content.
Processing all artwork for the print issue to ensure high quality output.
Final Approval of PDFs on printer website.
Producing the digital version of our print issue using the Maz publishing system (a mix of directly using web content, and building some custom pages in a very basic web editor).
Updating HTML email templates for various weekly email campaigns and monitoring those created by the Design Department interns.
Designing and updating some internal house advertisements as well as some simple paid advertisements.
Working on any other ancillary materials for print production, e.g. our yearly calendar, Legacy Donor newsletter, advertising sell sheets, and other projects as they arise.
Maintaining the files on the Production server and archive.
Providing support to staff for publishing related software.
Provide backup for the web production team to produce web versions of print articles

Required skills:

3-5 years print publishing experience in production/design
Strong Adobe InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Acrobat, and font management skills
Knowledge of applying style sheets for print
Excellent understanding of Mac OS in relation to graphic design for print
Understanding of proofreading marks, typography, and basic print design needed
Detail oriented, well organized, able to work carefully under tight deadlines and pressure

Desired skills:

Experience with K4 publishing system
Basic HTML working knowledge
Basic WordPress knowledge

The Nation Company LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws.

Position works out of The Nation’s New York City offices and is covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between The Nation Company LLC and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

The salary will be commensurate with experience schedule. Excellent benefits and congenial workplace.

Send your cover letter and résumé to prodjob@thenation.com, and please include “Production Coordinator Job” in the subject line. No phone calls or postal mail, please.

Copy Director

The Nation, a weekly print magazine and daily website that covers politics, culture, and the arts, is seeking a Copy Director for a full-time position in our Manhattan office. The Copy Director is responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy and readability of all Nation content and for creating and maintaining the systems necessary for that, including managing a staff of several employees, as well as freelance proofreaders and copy editors as needed. Applicants must be able to copy-edit with speed and skill in a fast-paced environment under deadline pressure, working closely with the editorial and production staff; collaboration skills are prized. Strong applicants will have experience with various content management systems, especially InCopy and WordPress, as well as an interest in contemporary politics, foreign affairs, culture and the arts. The Copy Director must be able to manage a smooth and efficient copy-flow schedule for both the print magazine and website, solve bottlenecks efficiently, and have excellent communication skills.

Applicants must have at least five years of copy-editing and proofreading experience and at least two years of managerial experience. This is a full-time union position. Applicants must be based in New York City or be able to commute daily. Salary is commensurate with experience, and the benefits are excellent.

The Nation LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws.

E-mail your cover letter and résumé to: copydirector@thenation.com. No phone calls or postal mail, please. The base salary for this position is $74,008.77 and can be scaled up based on experience.

This position is covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between The Nation Company LLC and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

Digital Communications Manager

The Nation, America’s leading progressive print and online journal, seeks a Digital Communications Manager (www.thenation.com). Position will have responsibility for overseeing and growing the entirety of both the Nation’s email marketing and social media spaces. The Digital Communications Manager must be proactive, innovative, engaged and be prepared to help each business department consistently produce revenue to meet and exceed aggressive targets.

Primary Responsibilities:

Direct, oversee and implement Nation email strategy. Expand and improve Nation email marketing, editorial and advertising campaigns.
Work with advertising clients in developing dedicated email products.
Manage user experience testing team for new digital products (liaison with web production to determine what needs to be tested, set deadlines and ensure team is available, write directions, and ensure testing is finished)
Engage partnerships to join campaigns with activist groups as a means of mission-driven list growth.
Oversee Nation digital media spaces, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Collaborate with extended marketing team and manage third party agencies, vendors and influencers to develop and execute integrated social media marketing campaigns.
Share real-time insights across departments and work with business and editorial departments to ensure social media performance is evaluated on an ongoing basis (insights, sentiment, measurement, analysis, reporting). Consistently apply learnings to optimize social media activity.
Stay current with industry trends and the competition. Experiment with emerging platforms, technologies and dynamic activity that impact the social landscape.

The right person will be excited to think strategically about testing and segmenting and developing higher value list segments (i.e. books list, swing state list, a highly engaged list, etc.); will have experience with list innovation and monetization, will have exhibited demonstrable success in social media marketing and will be comfortable helping balance competing departmental priorities. Email production and training, monthly reports, understanding of evolving best practices, developing and implementing strategies for list growth, and maintaining a company-wide email marketing calendar are all part of the job.

Requirements:

Experience and demonstrated ability working with email databases, social media and executing and implementing digital campaigns.
Excellent time-management skills and ability to prioritize.
Highly detail-oriented, energetic, and organized.
Knowledge of and affinity for progressive community a bonus.

Position works out of The Nation’s New York City offices. Congenial workplace offering competitive salary and excellent benefits. The Nation Co. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws.

This position is covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between The Nation and The NewsGuild of N.Y., CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

The starting salary is $63,795 and can scale up depending on experience. Excellent benefits and congenial workplace. Send resume and cover letter to: digitaljob@thenation.com. No phone calls or postal mail please.

Interim Publicity Director

The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture, is seeking an organized media professional with boundless energy, progressive politics, and a keen entrepreneurial instinct to oversee and implement publicity efforts for both the print publication and thenation.com from mid-February through May 2019, filling in for The Nation’s Vice President of Communications, who will be on maternity leave. Located in our New York City office, the position will be four days per week and pay approximately $25 per hour, depending on experience.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, tenacious, comfortable with tight deadline pressure, possess strong verbal and writing skills, be familiar with the print, broadcast, digital, and social media landscapes, possess well-established media contacts in the political media world, and have some experience working in publicity or communications. Candidates will proactively follow the news cycle to pitch and position Nation contributors and editors as media resources and experts; promote Nation investigations and breaking news; and field and respond to incoming press inquiries. Responsibilities also include identifying and promoting business-side stories; tracking media hits and highlights; managing all awards submissions; building and maintaining press lists; and finding creative new channels and allies for promotion, including mission-aligned nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and political figures and institutions.

The Nation Company LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws.

Email résumé, cover letter, and three references to: press@thenation.com with subject “Interim Publicity Director.” No calls please.

The Nation Business Internship

For more than three decades The Nation magazine has provided an award-winning internship program for early-career journalists interested in journalism and publishing.

Recently, The Nation established a new publishing internship to identify and nurture the next generation of non-profit and publishing change-makers. Working one at a time on a part-time basis, interns gain marketable knowledge of the magazine’s business operations working cross-departmentally with a range of Nation publishing professionals including those in the ad sales, communications, direct-marketing, fundraising and special projects departments.

Recent college and graduate school aspirants will experience a comprehensive immersion into the business operations of The Nation as they are taught the tools of the trade by assisting publishing professionals with a range of hands-on tasks supplemented by educational seminars and participation in staff meetings and strategy sessions. Work will include developing donor prospect research, assisting with small-batch personalized cultivation packages, researching, maintaining, and curating media contact lists and databases, assisting with PR social media campaigns (Instagram, Press Room Twitter account), assisting with customer service issues, creating direct mail campaign binders, participating in event strategizing and preparation, letter-writing, help with prospecting potential advertisers and preparing sales packages.

Interns can expect a ground-floor introduction into many of the publishing operations that comprise a magazine, including ad sales, subscription acquisition, direct marketing, small-donor cultivation and solicitation, communications and messaging and public events. In all instances, the aim will be to contextualize intern work, to explain how small, discrete tasks fit into the larger whole and to instill a range of marketable skills and publishing experience over the course of the intern sessions.

Intern will be directly supervised by President Erin O’Mara and Associate Publisher Peter Rothberg and will work with a range of experienced Nation publishing professionals.

The internship can be either full or part-time, depending on applicant’s circumstances.

Compensation and Credit

Interns are paid $15 per hour. Whenever possible, The Nation will assist interns in arranging for academic or work-study credit. Interns will receive three paid vacation days and three paid sick days. There are no other benefits.

Application Procedure

Applicants must submit the following:

1. A cover letter that explains why you want to work for The Nation;
2. A resume;
3. Two letters of recommendation with contact information for the referees included. Letters may be mailed directly by recommenders, or may be included with the rest of your application materials. Interviews will be conducted for the final candidates
4. All application materials should be submitted electronically to bizintern@thenation.com.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. All application materials become the property of The Nation. Please address all queries to bizintern@thenation.com. No phone calls, please.

Deadlines and Duration of Program

Summer/Fall 2018:
Application deadline: April 15, 2018
Notification deadline: May 15, 2018
Program duration: June 11 – December 21, 2018

The Nation Co. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.