Columnist, Jalopnik - Freelance

About the Company

The Gawker Media Group is the publisher of some of the web's best-loved brands and communities, including the eponymous Gawker and gadget sensation Gizmodo as well as Deadspin, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Lifehacker, and Jezebel. Founded in 2002, Gawker Media now reaches over 100 million people around the world each month. 

Gawker Media is always looking for sharp, fearless, curious, and fun aspiring writers, editors, and reporters who are interested in anything and everything. If you have thick skin, strong opinions, good jokes, and a talent for finding and telling great stories, this is the job for you. 

Job Description

Jalopnik, a Gawker Media Group site with more than 8 million global monthly users, is seeking a freelance automotive columnist. This writer will be responsible for producing engaging, humorous written work for Jalopnik's car-obsessed audience that can also appeal to a broader base of readers on the internet. We're looking for someone who can write cleanly, quickly and intelligently in Jalopnik's honest and irreverent tone. 

This writer will be a paid, part-time writer able to set their own hours as long as they produce 2-3 pieces of written content every week. 

The ideal candidate will:

• Have some writing experience, although not necessarily in cars;
• Be someone who is comfortable turning out a great deal of work every month 
• Be organized, detail-oriented, and an ambitious writer comfortable at a website with a massive audience
• Fit into Jalopnik's no-holds-barred approach to covering the auto industry and other topics
• Respond quickly to cultural and news events with appropriate stories
• Be able to turn out video content, although this is a plus and not a requirement