Allakhazam Positions AvailableFollow

We're about to do a massive expansion of the site and are looking for people who want to work here. Feel free to point frends who might be interested to this thread. Here are the requirements for the job:

These are paid, part time positions. However, if the money is the most important thing to you, this is probably not for you. We want people who love this stuff and would probably do it for free, and consider the salary as a bonus.

You must be able to put in several hours a day on the site. When you do the work is flexible and up to your schedule. We're pretty good at working with you to make you comfortable on your time schedule, but absolutely require that you put in regular hours of work. If you are not going to have that type of free time available, please don't apply.

You must be 18 or older.

Programming experience is not required. The biggest requirement is the ability to write at an advanced level. It also helps to know some html and to have image editing skills. Since we are adding wiki content to all of our sites, knowledge of wiki editing is also extremely helpful

For game specific openings, you have to be playing that game (even if it is in beta) and really love it. We expect you to become an expert in whatever game you play and that whavever game you cover on our site will be your main MMO.

If you are a heavy forum poster, keep in mind that this gives you admin privileges, which does affect your ability to make some more controversial posts or to post flames. If this is important to you, you might not want to apply

Here are the openings we have right now.

1. General Wiki Editor/Writer. We are launching a new wiki. If you have ever started your own wiki, this is the position for you. This position will be adding general content to our wiki that covers all our games, such as guidelines, help files and more, and helping out on the individual game wikis where needed. The biggest requirements for this position are excellent writing skills and extensive experience with wikis. This position is our current top priority.

2. Everquest Wiki Editor/Writer.

3. Everquest 2 Wiki Editor/Writer

4. FFXI Wiki Editor/Writer

5. Warhammer Online CM (Content Manager).

6. Pirates of the Burning Seas CM

7. Tabula Rasa CM (This position is still under review. The position is only open if we definitely decide to do a site for this game)

8. Age of Conan CM (This position is still under review. The position is only open if we definitely decide to do a site for this game)

9. Hellgate Online CM (This position is still under review. The position is only open if we definitely decide to do a site for this game)

If you are interested in any of these positions, please e-mail me at allakhazam@allakhazam.com. This is a job application, so please treat it as such. Provide me with as much information about yourself as you can. Explain what games you play and how much you play them, how much time you can put in on the site and why you have that time available, what your experience and skills are and how they apply to the position (attach a resume if you have one), and anything else you think might be of value. Since your writing skill is very important for these positions, please attach copies or links to things you have written. The more you tell me about yourself and why you should be considered for the position, the more likely it is that you will get hired.

(Off topic replies in this thread will be nuked)



Edited, Sep 13th 2007 2:22pm by Allakhazam

Edited, Sep 20th 2007 8:59pm by Darqflame

Edited, Sep 24th 2007 1:25pm by Darqflame

Edited, Oct 10th 2007 9:54pm by Pikko

Edited, Nov 11th 2007 2:45pm by Allakhazam

I'm sure that your grammatical masterpiece pretty much disqualifies you. I wouldn't worry about it.

To keep on subject, when are you going to finalize the games you will be supporting?



Edited, Sep 13th 2007 3:51pm by NephthysWanderer

Advanced writing skills means that you can write up an article that is articulate and interesting and without grammatical errors. If u rite like dis, don't apply.

I'd go for the EQ one, but I'm not what one would call an expert on EQ yet, and I don't have any examples of my writing to show.

Edited, Sep 13th 2007 4:55pm by Driftwood

i got mad writing skillz (when i try anyway), and some wiki experience, altho i havent made a wiki from scratch (i have modified quite a few however).

http://quor18.deviantart.com/

if you want some examples of my actual writing style instead of my normal on-the-forums ad hoc style.

I should have posted this comment in this thread rather than the other one but in any event...

Does the applicant have to reside in the US or can they live in a different country? I would like to confirm this please before forwarding over my application plus writing samples.


Thanks!

Alla, I do have a question regarding these positions. How many hours per day/week are we talking about, full 8 hours days?

No WoW Wiki, eh? Don't want to keep with the one that already exists?

You do not need to reside in the US to be hired. I know this without asking because ImperialNinja lives in the United Kingdom.

I'd like to add to the forum section a bit, going based on what I've been told over the years. The positions are for work on the site itself; forum moderation is considered to be a lower priority part of the job. Getting hired doesn't mean that you'll be hired to read and post in the forums all day. Please keep this in mind as well.

We don't have one, so we are making one!

Not to mention the posts about throwing women down stairs...

That's pretty controversial in most... um... the world, isn't it?

Applied.

Yay!