Eleven Warriors

Eleven Warriors is seeking a hard-working and knowledgeable sports reporter to cover Ohio State athletics on a regular basis. Eleven Warriors is one of the largest Ohio State sports websites on the internet, and provides consistent and thorough reporting and analysis of the Buckeyes in football, basketball, and all other varsity sports.

This position will be responsible for attending and reporting on practices, media events, games, and any other OSU-related activities, sports or otherwise. This position will be responsible for posting 6-8 stories per week on elevenwarriors.com. 

Other responsibilities include:

• Editing other content on the Eleven Warriors front page, as needed.
• Maintaining communication with readers through blog and forum posts, as well as live game chats.
• Managing Eleven Warriors media and other content.
• Appearing on the Eleven Warriors podcast as well as other media (radio, television, etc.).
• Using Twitter and other social media platforms to promote Eleven Warriors and connect with potential readers.

This position requires at least a Bachelor's degree; degrees in Journalism or English are not required, but preferred. The ideal candidate will have at least two years' experience in sports writing and must display sound judgment, a good news sense, and have the ability to cover Ohio State athletics in a fair and impartial manner.

The candidate must be flexible, have the ability to work quickly, and be able to work on a deadline.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to:

jobs@elevenwarriors.com

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 20th, 2012

Dear 11W Community,

As you know we have been running the Respect the Basement Fundraiser for a while now and are winding down towards the end come April 1. We have done an outstanding job and we appreciate everyone's help thus far, but we are so close yet so far from achieving our goal to hire a beat writer.

We realized on National Signing Day that we would have hit our goal if every single person that visited 11W that day donated just $1 to the cause, so we thought, why not actually try designating a day where each person to visit this site donates $1. Assuming people get paid either weekly, bi-weekly, or the 1st and 15th of every month, we thought that next Friday, March 16 would be a good day as most of our readers that have jobs will get paid around then. 

Obviously this is completely optional, but we are fully committed to keeping this site as it is, with free content. To bring you the best free Ohio State content on the web, we need your help in bringing 11W to the next level and if you can spare just one single dollar on March 16 towards the fundraiser, it would be greatly appreciated. Of course, you don't have to ONLY donate $1 and can give more if you can afford it, but please know every penny helps here and $1 per person will go a long way.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Please spread the word and help us reach our goal of hiring a beat writer by the spring game.

Thanks,

11W Staff

If you're a current business school student at the Ohio State Unversity Fisher College of Business and you are interested in a very flexible and fun internship with Eleven Warriors, log into FisherConnect and search for Job 19364.

All of the information on the internship that you need is contained in the job posting on FisherConnect, as only current Fisher students (undergraduate and graduate) are being considered. Having a marketing concentration a plus; loving the Buckeyes with an unhealthy proportion of your being is required.

Applications will be taken exclusively through the resume drop via Fisher.

Full disclosure: You will have to report to Ramzy (who has an MBA, so yes - there will be relevant and applicable bourbon business learnings). Still, apply at your own risk.

If you've always wanted to get your Buckeye thoughts out to an audience that numbers in the dozens, here's your golden opportunity: We are currently looking for someone to join the team as a staff writer.

We'll be looking to bring someone in after the bowl game, so it may be a while before you get a chance to write about the beautiful game (ours, not yours, world), but if you're interested in helping 11W Corp get a seat on the UN Security Council and getting your work out to other Buckeye fans, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements:

• Know Buckeye football in and out (special consideration if you bring strong hoops chops to the table)
• Understanding of the differences between publishing for traditional media and writing for blogs and/or the web
• Killer command of the English language
• Be willing to write two stories per week and able to "create your own shot" during the offseason when topics are scarce
• Experience with Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and other web apps/technologies
• A sense of humor

Things that will earn you bonus points:

• Interest in and knowledge of football recruiting
• Being a current student at Ohio State and/or living in the Columbus area
• Mad photography, photo-editing or video skills
• PHP, Python, Javascript or SQL skills
• Love and appreciation of web memes
• A private jet

So, if this sounds like something you'd be interested in doing, please submit a sample of your writing (links are fine if you already have something up) along with all of the other great things that would make you perfect for the gig to contact (at) elevenwarriors.com.

If you have any questions, we'll do our best to answer them in the comments below.