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Nebraska Life Magazine is hiring an Editor to lead the editorial writing for Nebraska’s bimonthly statewide magazine.

Application instructions: To apply for this Editor position, use the application form on this webpage, or send cover letter, resume and writing clips to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Job Type: Full-time salary.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, schedule and edit writing content for six bimonthly magazines, annual publications and websites
• Travel the state to report and write stories
• Manage freelance writers
• Manage editorial writing budget
• Edit freelance and staff stories
• Generate and solicit story ideas
• Co-lead internal editorial planning and production meetings
• Engage with business and community leaders
• Represent the magazine at public events and meetings
• Become an authority on all things Nebraska

Qualifications

• 5+ years of journalistic writing experience (magazines, news, websites)
• 2+ years of editing experience
• Bonus qualification #1: Intimate knowledge of Nebraska culture and history

Skills

• Interviewing and researching
• AP writing style
• Narrative writing
• Developmental editing, structural editing and copy editing
• Freelance writer coordination
• Editorial budgeting
• Bonus skills: Photography, public relations, social media

Location: Remote from your home office in Nebraska, with frequent travels around the state and occasional travel to Flagship's HQ in Colorado.

Pay: Starting at $55,000-$65,000 per year.

Benefits: Health insurance/HSA, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, PTO, employee discounts, professional development assistance, relocation assistance.

About Us

With our roots dating to 1997, Flagship Publishing specializes in high-quality keepsake subscriber magazines, now reaching 500,000 readers in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. Our titles include Nebraska Life, Nebraska Traveler, Colorado Life, Utah Life and Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine. Flagship Publishing is owned by Chris and Angela Amundson.

Nebraska Life Magazine is hiring a Staff Writer for Nebraska’s statewide magazine. Ideal candidates will have a portfolio of recent magazine or newspaper feature writing experience and will have a proven record of producing entertaining and thoughtful stories for an audience of readers.

Applicants should supply a portfolio that shows a breadth of knowledge and an innate curiosity for the world around them.

<< Follow these application instructions: Apply for Staff Writer by emailing cover letter, resume, writing clips and three story ideas for Nebraska Life to careers@flagshippublishing.com. >>

Core Responsibilities

• Research and pitch feature and department story ideas about travel, history, food, people profiles, communities, businesses, artists and events
• Travel, interview and write feature and department stories for six bimonthly issues of Nebraska Life and other publications
• Assist with proofing and copy editing
• Assist with public relations and social media marketing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in journalism, English, magazine editing, integrated media communications, creative writing or related fields of study
• 2+ years of professional writing experience
• Bonus qualification: Intimate knowledge of Nebraska culture and history

Skills

• Journalism
• Interviewing
• AP writing style
• Narrative writing
• Bonus skills: Photography, social media

Location: Remote from your home office in Nebraska, with frequent travels around the state and occasional travel to Flagship's HQ in Colorado.

Pay: Starting at $40,000-$55,000 per year, depending on qualifications, skills and experience.

Benefits: Health insurance/HSA, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, PTO, employee discounts, professional development assistance, relocation assistance.

About Us

Founded in 1997, Flagship Publishing specializes in high-quality keepsake subscriber magazines, now reaching 250,000 readers in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. Our titles include Nebraska Life, Colorado Life and Utah Life. Flagship Publishing is owned by Chris and Angela Amundson and is based in Windsor, Colorado.

Nebraska Life Magazine is hiring a Photo Editor to lead the photographic storytelling for Nebraska’s bimonthly statewide magazine.

Location: Remote from your home office in Nebraska, with frequent travels around the state.

Application instructions: Apply for this Photo Editor position, by using the form on this webpage, or by sending cover letter, resume, link to photo portfolio to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Job Type: Full-time salaried, or part-time hourly.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, schedule photography content for six bimonthly magazines, annual publications and websites
• Travel the state to shoot editorial and stock photography
• Manage freelance photographers
• Manage editorial photography budget
• Generate and solicit story ideas
• Co-lead internal editorial planning and production meetings
• Import, tag and append photos to digital asset management system
• Perform pre-press photo corrections
• Select photos for social media and other marketing
• Engage with business and community leaders
• Represent the magazine at public events and meetings
• Become an authority on all things Nebraska

Qualifications

• 2+ years of journalistic photography (magazines, news, websites)
• 2+ years of travel photography (tourism, environment, etc.)
• Bonus qualification #1: Intimate knowledge of Nebraska culture and history

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom
• Professional DSLR photography
• Editorial planning and scheduling
• AP writing style

Pay: Full-time starting at $50,000+ per year. Part-time starting $22/hour.

Benefits: For full-time: Health insurance/HSA, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, PTO, employee discounts, professional development assistance, relocation assistance.

About Us

With our roots dating to 1997, Flagship Publishing specializes in high-quality keepsake subscriber magazines, now reaching 500,000 readers in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. Our titles include Nebraska Life, Nebraska Traveler, Colorado Life, Utah Life and Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine. Flagship Publishing is owned by Chris and Angela Amundson.

Nebraska Life Magazine is looking for talented Writing & Photography Correspondents to help us cover Nebraska for our bimonthly print magazine subscribers. We write entertaining stories about the people, places, history, culture and communities of our state. Our subscribers are residents of Nebraska who want to know and understand our state better.

Writing applicants should have a portfolio that demonstrates their ability for crisp, clean and concise copy with lively anecdotes and colorful quotations. Photography applicants should have experience shooting feature stories for print publications. Can you do both writing and photography? Even better!

Our Writing & Photography Correspondents are contract positions paid by the word and photo published.

Qualifications & Skills

• Researching, interviewing and writing
• Editorial photography, including DSLR or mirrorless
• Adobe Photoshop
• Associated Press style
• Magazine writing
• Newspaper writing
• Journalism
• Marketing
• Travel writing
• Ability to travel
• An appreciation for print magazines
• A willingness to learn and adapt to various writing and photography styles

How to Apply

Please subscribe to Nebraska Life and study several issues to get familiar with our style and content. Read our contributor guidelines. To become a correspondent, use the application form on this webpage, or email cover letter, resume and writing clips or link to photo portfolios to careers@flagshippublishing.com