Community Central:Hiring

Wikia is a destination site where fans of any subject can read, discuss, and share information and opinions on any topic and in any language. Wikia currently has over 2,000,000 pages of content in more than 100 languages. Wikia's investors include Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, and a select group of angel investors including Marc Andreessen, Josh Kopelman, Joichi Ito, Mitch Kapor, and Ron Conway.

Intern for Wikia Gaming (San Francisco, CA)
Wikia Gaming is searching for an intern to help the gaming team get ready for all the big game releases. Duties will include content seeding, writing walkthroughs, recruiting and mentoring new admins and noobs, and reaching out to game related fansites and forums to promote new wikis.

Benefits include getting a backstage pass to the inner-workings of Wikia, and the ability to help shape our seeding and promotional efforts. The internship will span the breadth of the gaming community, with a focus on console games (360, PS3, Wii, DS and PSP) and Fall 2008 releases.

The ideal candidate possesses thumb calluses from playing too many games, had a edit count of over 10,000 (but pretends not to know that), and is excited about the idea of seeing new wikis succeed! We're looking for someone who can commit to 15-20 hours/week. Hours are flexible. Work from home -- or, if you're nearby, you can work from our offices in San Francisco.

This is an unpaid position, though the position could lead to a more permanent role on the team.

Responsibilities
The position will involve working with the Marketing Manager to identify and build out target content areas. This will span the entire life-cycle of wikis ranging from seeding and content creation to improving mature communities. For new wikis: For existing wikis:
 * Create content and structure
 * Stay on top of current news as it relates to the gaming industry
 * Reach out to external communities and fansites to achieve maximum reach for gaming communities
 * Identify what's missing on the wiki, and figure out how to help
 * Clean up content, organize main page, keep things consistent
 * Restructure content
 * Establish a good relationships with the existing admins, and help create a thriving community on their wiki

Qualifications
Candidates should have a strong history of contributions on Wikia -- especially creating pages and copy-editing. Admin experience preferred, but not required.

Applying
Please send a resume, introduction letter and your Wikia username to [mailto:hiring@wikia.com hiring@wikia.com]

Why Work for Wikia?

 * Title and Compensation commensurate with experience
 * Opportunity - The chance to work in a fast growing Internet company.
 * Location - NY Office, SF Office, or Home Office
 * FUN! - We work hard and play hard! “Crazy Shirt Day” or “Flashback Fridays” anyone? Xbox 360 and Wii games in the lounge room... or maybe take a ride in the massage chair!

Applying

 * Email your resume as an attachment to adsales@wikia-inc.com.
 * Please also include a cover letter in the **body** of your email.

Sports Community Intern -- Location flexible within US
Wikia's Sports team is looking for an intern to work closely with members of Wikia's management team to create fabulous and well-organized Sports content. We're looking for people who love working on Sports wikis, and want to get more involved. The interns help to choose the Sports spotlights, and look ahead to figure out what the next big Sports wikis will be. The team rehabs dead wikis, builds up new wikis and educates admins on wiki tricks that help the sites to grow.

Interns get a look behind the scenes at Wikia, helping to determine the direction of our seeding and promotion. They work on lots of different Sports wikis, with a variety of topics and projects. Interns have helper access on all wikis, and have a deeper level of involvement than Wikia contributors usually have.

The Sports Community Intern is an unpaid position, though a stipend is available for the right candidate, and the position could lead to a more permanent role on the team.

We're looking for 10-25 hours/week from people who love writing and building wikis. Hours are flexible. Work from home -- or, if you're nearby, you can work from our offices in San Francisco.

Responsibilities
The position will involve working with the Community Development Manager to identify target content areas. We'll create new wikis, and help to improve existing ones.

For new wikis :


 * Creating the basic content pages and structure


 * Finding information on the internet, and using that info to write lots of pages

For existing wikis :


 * Identifying what's missing on the wiki, and figuring out how to help


 * Cleaning up content, organizing the main page, making things consistent


 * Restructuring content, making sure that the category structure makes sense


 * Upgrading help pages


 * Establishing a good relationship with the existing admins, and helping them create a thriving community on their wiki

Qualifications
Candidates should have a strong history of contributions on Wikia -- especially creating pages and copy-editing. Admin experience preferred, but not required.

Applying
Please send a resume, introduction letter and your Wikia username to Danny Horn, at [mailto:danny@wikia-inc.com danny@wikia-inc.com].

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