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Editor at Nebraska Life

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.

General Manager Nebraska Life Magazine

Flagship Publishing, the publisher of Nebraska Life Magazine, is hiring a General Manager to manage the daily and long-term operational goals of our statewide subscriber magazine and related media products. Ideal applicants will be experienced sales leaders with a deep knowledge of Nebraska.

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

Application Instructions: To apply for this General Manager position, use the application form on this webpage, or email cover letter, resume and references to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Job Type: Full-time salary.

Core Responsibilities

• Maintain and build relationships with businesses and community leaders.
• Manage avertising sales budgets.
• Lead and manage advertising sales activities.
• Lead public relations activities.
• Initiate and coordinate partnerships.
• Maintain traditional media revenue operations; identify and delelop new media revenue channels.
• Prepare sales budgets, forecasts and other reports.
• Maintain systems: CRM, client records, operational manuals and more.
• Other duties and responsibilities relating to the effective and efficient operations of a statewide magazine organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years sales or sales management experience.
• 2+ years media experience (magazines, news, radio, TV, websites).

Skills

• Sales
• Media sales
• Sales management
• General manager
• CRM management
• Budgeting
• Operations
• Public relations
• Presentations
• Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook

Pay: Base starting at $55,000+ per year, plus commission.

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

About Us

Founded in 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.

Photo Editor

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.

Writing & Photography Correspondent at Nebraska Life

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

Writing & Photography Correspondent at Colorado Life

Colorado Life Magazine is looking for talented Writing & Photography Correspondents to help us cover Colorado 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 Colorado 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 Colorado Life and study several issues to get familiar with our style and content. Read our contributor guidelines. To become a correspondent, email cover letter, resume and writing clips or link to photo portfolios to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Travel Writer at Colorado Life Magazine

Colorado Life Magazine is hiring a Travel Writer to help produce travel stories for our bimonthly magazine's 70,000 readers and for our sister publications in Nebraska and Utah.

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

Core Responsibilities

• Research story ideas about destinations, attractions, communities, road trips, state parks, events and businesses
• Pitch well-developed story ideas to the editors for upcoming issues
• Interview, research, travel and write third-person stories
• While traveling, shoot photographs for stories

Skills & Experience

• Researching, interview and writing for newspapers, magazines, websites or other media
• Producing stories on a deadline
• Reporting to an editor
• Performing revisions to one's own stories
• Interacting and engaging with the public
• Planning and scheduling travels
• AP style of writing
• People and travel photography

Location: Flagship Publishing, 1180 W Ash St., #200, Windsor, CO 80550

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.

Advertising Sales Executive at Colorado Life Magazine

Flagship Publishing, the publisher of Colorado Life Magazine, is hiring an ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER to help with advertising sales efforts for our statewide subscriber magazines: Colorado Life, Utah Life and Nebraska Life

Ideal applicants will be outgoing and organized communicators who strategize and execute sales and marketing plans.

HOW TO APPLY: Please apply by emailing a cover letter, resume and references to careers@flagshippublishing.com

JOB DUTIES

• Communicate with convention and visitor bureaus, museums, hotels, small businesses and community leaders across Colorado, Nebraska and Utah via email, phone, direct mail marketing and in-person meetings
• Develop and deliver sales proposals to clients, answer their questions and be of service to them
• Plan and initiate outbound sales marketing campaigns to support sales efforts - email blasts, direct mail campaigns and industry trade shows
• Prepare sales budgets, forecasts and other reports
• Log notes and other details in CRM
• Other duties and responsibilities relating to sales, marketing and customer service

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in communications, marketing, sales, business, English or applicable field
• Excellent communication and follow-up skills - phone, personalized email, email marketing, direct mail marketing
• 2 years of professional experience in advertising, marketing, communications or sales
• Planner/organizer with proven history of getting tasks done
• Goal-oriented and self-driven to succeed
• Microsoft Office and CRM skills
• A "people person" who likes to communicate with clients on the phone, by email and in person

Writing & Photography Correspondent at Utah Life

Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah Life and study several issues to get familiar with our style and content. Read our contributor guidelines. To become a correspondent, email cover letter, resume and writing clips or link to photo portfolios to careers@flagshippublishing.com

Advertising Sales Executive at Utah Life Magazine

Utah Life Magazine is hiring an Advertising Sales Executive to sell advertising into our international subscriber magazines. You will work with businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental entities who wish to reach our unique and loyal audience of subscribers. This job can be full-time or part-time.

<< Follow these application instructions: Apply for this Advertising Sales Executive position by emailing cover letter, resume and references to careers@flagshippublishing.com.>>

Core Duties

• Contact existing clients and prospective clients by phone, mail, email and in person - light travel around Utah required
• Log notes, orders and other data into CRM
• Develop prospect lists for new marketing campaigns
• Deliver and follow-up on proposals
• Provide customer service to clients
• Plan and execute sales and marketing campaigns

Qualifications & Skills

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in business administration, sales, marketing, communications, journalism, English, or related fields of study
• Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word and Teams
• CRM experience preferred (Magazine Manager, Salesforce, etc.)
• A demonstrated aptitude for and comfort selling, though no prior media sales experience is necessary
• Professional organizational habits with a penchant for processes
• Excellent business writing skills
• Excellent phone skills
• A drive to succeed
• A joy in helping others
• An appreciation for magazines, especially print magazines

Location: Remote from your home office in Utah

About Us

Founded in 1997, Flagship Publishing specializes in high-quality keepsake subscriber magazines, now reaching more than 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.