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Part Time Content Website Editor / Administrative Assistant for BeachRunners and MarathonTraining.TV

SoCalRunning.com is about to launch an online marathon training program and we need a super organized super motivated technologically savvy editor/organizer/administrative assistant to help us put together our program.

Steve and Gary are typical entrepreneurs. We’re good at what we do. We know how to make money. We’ve got ideas that are driving a start up business. We can create content at the drop of a hat. And we’re nice.

But we need someone who can help organize our websites, databases, files, audios, videos, for us. But more importantly we need you to put all this information online in a very nice fashion for our users.

We’ve got to the point that now we need someone who will work with us hand in hand as we grow our business. Things will be a little crazy and chaotic at times…but if you like getting in the ground floor and building a business…this is perfect for you.

You will have access to some of the best marketing minds on the planet. You’ll learn enough to start your own business one day…but we’d just rather have someone that wants to join a team and grow with us.

Must be around to do work and answer phone at least three days DURING THE WEEK.

In other words if you’re a student in classes all week we are not a good match.

You will working initially 10-20 Hours.

Wage: $12-15 an hour DOE

Must be open to moving to full time as business grows over the next six months.

We prefer someone in Los Angeles Area. You will initially have to commute to Steve’s office in Southern Pasadena for initial assignments.

Here is the job description…

You will working with two entrepreneurs to organize, edit, and put online a variety of online content including…
Wordpress blog posts.
Word documents.
HTML and PDF files.
Audio files.
Video files.
Make Marketing Materials (brochures)

Also you will help us with some administrative tasks including…
Scheduling.
Managing online client databases.
Setting up teleseminars.
Writing emails/autoresponders.
Organizing data in spreadsheets.

Skills required:
HIGHLY DETAIL oriented.
Must have an analytical type of mind.
You must be able to organize data online easily. (In other words, you like it).
Must be able to organize paperwork easily (though this more virtual than paper oriented).
Experience with Wordpress (or willing to learn quickly).
Basic HTML knowledge. Dreamweaver a plus.
Experience with blogging.
Really good at document preparation on Microsoft word.
Must be good at Tables in Word.
You must know what a PDF file is and how to make one.
Basic audio editing…cut and paste kind of stuff.
Basic video editing.
If you own a Mac that’s a plus. Since owners both use Macs.

That’s all we can think of for now.

Process of application.

1. Please send Steve a resume at steve@socalrunning.com and gary@socalrunning.com

2. Please answer this question

If we sent you a 98 minute unedited audio file that was an interview we had with a guest…how would you turn that into a CD that we could sell online as a download and also as a physical product?

Our website is www.socalrunning.com.

Please send us the step by step process including tools you would do to make this happen. Just a one page answer will do.

(Because that’s the type of work we’re looking for you to do. There is no right or wrong answer we want to know how you process, organize, and present project solutions.)

Please send your answer in a nice word document in your application.

Thanks a lot.

Steve Mackel
Gary Smith