Nerdy Work Issue #5: Bigger and Better!
Opportunities galore!
Congratulations on making it through another week! You deserve an ice cream cone — treat yourself today!
Here’s this week’s question for the comments: With the world so crazy right now, how do you stay focused — not only on work, but on the things you love? And what are you doing to relax your mind amid all the chaos? Which TV shows/movies do you watch? Do you have a hobby?
Yes, I’m asking for myself. But I think everyone will find your answers helpful!
Oh, also: Could you share this newsletter with at least a few people? You can tweet it, forward it over email, whatever you want. The more readers and awareness, the more tips we’ll get on jobs and gigs. I want to get you exclusive opportunities! You can also hit the heart up top to help us rank higher on Substack. Thank you!
One more thing: I decided not to post the long job descriptions because it slows down the process, makes the newsletter harder to read, and if you are interested in a job, you’re going to click through anyway. Plus, it allows me to include more jobs!
Writing, Editing and *Content*
Features Reporter at New York Post | New York, NY
Senior Digital Content Strategist at Parley for the Oceans | Remote
Weekend Editor at Revolt.tv | Remote
Copywriter at Fisher-Price | Buffalo, NY
Senior Originals Writer at Tapas Media | Los Angeles, CA
Writer - Girl Experience at Girl Scouts of the USA | New York, NY
Entertainment Writer at The Daily Beast | NY or LA preferred, Remote possible
Content Producer/Writer at KiwiCo | Mountain View, CA
Gigs/Seeking Pitches:
We Black and Nerds is seeking pitches for its Critical Companions series
Film Daily is accepting applications for its (paid!) screenwriting fellowship
Switch Player Magazine is looking for pitches on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Unwinnable is looking for essay pitches about books
FableLabs is looking for freelance writers to assign interactive stories
Social Media, Marketing and Communications
Media Strategist at Liquid Arcade | Los Angeles, CA
Producer, Social Creative at Nickelodeon | New York, NY
Senior Associate, Social Media at Rainforest Alliance | New York, NY
Coordinator, Digital Marketing at EPIX | New York, NY
Director of Social Media Marketing at HBO Max Latin America | Miami, FL
Social Media Manager at Artsy | New York, NY
Head of Social Media Programming at YouTube | New York or LA
Director, Marketing - Podcasts at CBS Interactive | New York, NY
Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, UX Design
Senior Designer — Publishing at Simon & Schuster | New York, NY
Senior Product Designer at Sirius XM | Atlanta, GA
Graphic Designer, Consumer Products at Hasbro | New York, NY
Associate Product Designer at HBO Max | New York, NY
Concept Artist at Proletariat, Inc. | Boston, MA or Remote
Junior 2D Artist at Pixelberry Studios | Mountain View, CA
Gigs:
Unicorn Pirates Studios is looking for an artist with fashion illustration skills
Video and Audio Production
Production Coordinator at Tangent Animation | Toronto, Canada
Manager, Creative Post Production at Netflix | Los Angeles, CA
Senior Producer, PeopleTV at Meredith | New York, NY
Senior Associate Content Producer at Mattel | El Segundo, CA
Audio & Video Editor, Podcasts at Studio 71 | Los Angeles, CA
Video Editor, Motion and Video Content at Apple | Cupertino, CA
Senior Producer/Story Editor at Wondery | Los Angeles, CA or Remote
TV Assistant at DC Entertainment | Los Angeles, CA
Video Production Assistant at Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY
Video Editor at Redfox Visual | Boise, ID
Game Design and Technical Skills
Digital Producer, Interactive at Aardman | Bristol, UK
Combat Designer, World of Warcraft at Blizzard | Irvine, CA
Lead Environment Artist at Iron Galaxy | Chicago, IL or Orlando, FL
Senior Character Artist at Sony Playstation | San Diego, CA
Animator at Tangent Animation | Toronto, Canada
Game Designer, Pokémon GO at Niantic | San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA
Game Designer at TapBlaze | Los Angeles, CA
Animator for SMITE at Hi-Rez Studios | Alpharetta, GA
Really Cool Jobs
Director of Diversity at Deluxe Entertainment | Burbank, CA
Nerdy Work logo by Liz Lathem
For the comments: With the world so crazy right now, how do you stay focused — not only on work, but on the things you love? And what are you doing to relax your mind amid all the chaos? Which TV shows/movies do you watch? Do you have a hobby? Where’s your happy place?
I always watch animated series whenever I want to unwind. I just love watching animated series no matter the mood! She-Ra, ATLA, and The Owl House are three of the most solid ones out there.
Coming to the end (hopefully) of a long, severe lockdown in Melbourne, Aus, my mind seems to have gone quite dark. I'm reading about Ted Bundy in Ann Rule's A Stranger Beside Me (just fascinates me how even someone close to him could not imagine he could do such things for so long) and am watching the very silly The Vampire Diaries for the first time. Weird how blood and gore can be 'escapist'. On the more highbrow side, I recently finished a brilliant novel, Too Much Lip, by Indigenous Australian author Melissa Lucashenko. And plan soon on tackling Charlie Kaufman's chunky novel Antkind, which I'm very curious about. (Love his movies, though I wonder how his mind will splay out without the parameters set by a film and its collaborative aspect.)