Description:

Are you passionate about health, fitness, and exercise? Do you have sharp writing skills that will inspire and energize people to get out of the house and get in shape?

We are a NEW online Fitness Community designed to deliver health & fitness services throughout NYC. Were currently searching for a polished, professional student or post graduate student copywriter, blogger, and editor who will create attention grabbing call-to-action text for our website, blog, and social media platforms.

Were looking for at least a 90-day commitment that includes approximately 10 to 15 hours of responsibilities with some weeks being pretty deadline-driven.

The ideal candidate is a college student pursuing a degree in communications or any writing intensive degree, or is a professional post-graduate.

You must be an independent thinker, organized, detailed oriented and someone who enjoys working with people!!!

To put it simply, we need a great writer that can help us drive quality visitors to our site. We need someone who can work independently and efficiently. You must be comfortable working from a virtual office in Chelsea or from home.

As of now bodyADDICTS consist of 2 executives and we are in the process of recruiting fitness specialist. This is a web-start up and we are currently working on a shoestring budget. So that being said, we are really hoping to find someone who believes in our vision as much as we do and is willing to roll up their sleeves and grow this company with us.

Qualifications:

Responsibilities will include:

-Writing correspondence via business letters and emails

-Writing timely press and news releases

-Writing 3 to 4 fitness related blog posts bi-weekly
(You will be responsible for developing and maintaining timely health and fitness related content to our Twitter, Facebook accounts and various online fitness blogs and search engines.)

-Developing and editing website content on an as-needed basis

-General Office Support
(No more then 8 hours per week on-site office assistance required and most of your responsibilities will be related to engaging and informing people about bodyADDICTS.com, the services that we offer, and creating buzz with-in the Fitness Industry via written online content and/or in-person meetings.)

Additional Requirements:

-Excellent communication skills
-Knowledge of proper grammar and spelling
-Research skills
-General administrative and office support skills.

Recent grads are welcome to apply, all candidates will be asked to submit 2 writing samples, preferably:

1 news article, press release, or business letter
1 sample landing page or blog post for a professional website

Compensation:
- Weekly lunch and transportation stipend of $100.
- Up to 12 college credits
- Possible employment upon completion of Internship.

Paid Internship Info:

$400

Hours:

15-20

Length/Availability:

90 days

Start Date:

12/15/11

End Date:

12/31/11, 03/15/12

Deadline:

12/31/11

Tags:

Health  Fitness  Training  Personal  Training  Fitness  blogging  Nutrition  Diet  Copy  Writer 

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