Role: Tech Editor [CURRENTLY CLOSED]
We seek a creative writer and reporter who wants to bring their passion for bicycle equipment and technology to a worldwide audience. The ideal candidate lives and breathes bikes, loves tinkering, and can translate their zeal into writing, audio, and video. An underlying knowledge and interest in this beat is more important to us than degrees or formal qualifications.
We are a member-funded media company. Your job will be to produce content so good and so compelling that people will pay for it – if that sounds like something you can do, keep reading.
Job Responsibilities:
- Produce world-class, in-depth reviews of the products our members and audience care most about
- Stay on top of tech- and equipment-related news and trends
- Provide unique, high-quality coverage of significant events
- Appear on podcasts and, occasionally, video
- Represent Escape Collective at tech events worldwide
Experience and skills:
- Broad background knowledge of bicycle tech, including road, mountain, gravel, cyclocross, and urban disciplines
- Excellent mechanical aptitude and experience (shop experience preferred)
- Comfortable expressing opinions and capable of backing them up with evidence
- Strong writing skills with a distinctive voice
- Excellent grasp of English grammar and usage and an ability to produce clean copy and hit deadlines
- Proficient in still photography
- Comfortable on video and podcasts
- Experience using Adobe editing products (Photoshop, Lightroom)
- Experience working in content management systems (CMS), particularly WordPress
- Comfortable working with a global team across multiple time zones via tools like Slack
- An infallible sense of personal integrity
- Please note that while relevant experience is highly preferred, it’s also not required
Who we are
Escape Collective believes that cycling is the most beautiful sport on earth. We wake up each morning to showcase its riches to those who love it, and to instill newcomers with the same passion we hold.
We believe this is a sport for everyone, and seek to see that reflected in our workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and never require specific degrees or certifications for consideration.
Location
Fully remote with a preference for Colorado’s Front Range or Melbourne, Australia. Frequent travel is likely.
Pay
Salary range of US $35,000 to $65,000 depending on experience. Individuals outside of Australia work as contractors and anybody US-based will receive a health care stipend.
To apply
Email your CV and two writing samples to [email protected].
Role: Industry Reporter/Podcaster
*ON HOLD* Please note that we’ve put this position on hold, but intend on revisiting it in the second half of 2024. Please still send you CV if you think you’re well suited to this role.
Escape Collective seeks a bike industry journalist who has the ability to identify stories, trends, and questions that nobody else is asking across the entire supply chain and turn those into best-in-class industry reporting.
The ability for deep reporting on industry topics such as sustainability, governance, fair work, culture, M&A, financial reporting that is relevant to small, medium and large business. Doing so fairly, respectfully and accurately is paramount.
The audience for this type of reporting is our current Escape members, consumers who care to go deeper than press release flips, and the bike industry itself. Doing this in a way that is intelligent yet accessible for various audiences is extremely important.
The successful candidate will need to have a wealth of contacts within the cycling industry, be respected by everyone from bike shop owners to senior leaders, and understand the landscape and dynamics of day to day business with the ability to zoom out. Being critical and getting input from multiple sources when required is what will set our reporting apart.
The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in the cycling industry (e.g. brand, PR, or media) and have a unique lens on which to report through. Formal qualifications or experience as a journalist is not required, however a good understanding of reporting ethics and a desire to keep learning is needed.
We are a member-funded media company. Your job will be to produce content so good and so compelling that people will pay for it – if that sounds like something you can do, keep reading.
Job Responsibilities:
- Produce world-class, in-depth reporting on the cycling industry in an intelligent yet accessible way that people will care about.
- Stay on top of industry news and trends by talking to people frequently, consuming trade publications, etc
- Provide unique, high-quality coverage of significant events
- Host a weekly podcast and, occasionally, video
- Represent Escape Collective at trade events worldwide with the ability to travel
Experience and skills:
- 10+ years of industry experience in intermediate to senior roles across various sizes of companies
- Understanding of journalistic ethics and reporting standards
- A vast network of industry professionals
- Comfortable expressing opinions and capable of backing them up with facts
- Strong writing skills with a distinctive voice on podcasts
- Excellent grasp of English grammar and usage and an ability to produce clean copy and hit deadlines
- Comfortable on video and podcasts
- Experience working in content management systems (CMS), particularly WordPress and Mailchimp.
- Comfortable working with a global team across multiple time zones via tools like Slack
- Understanding of how to promote and extend content to social media and the strengths/weaknesses of the various platforms.
- Please note that while relevant experience is highly preferred, it’s also not required
Who we are
Escape Collective believes that cycling is the most beautiful sport on earth. We wake up each morning to showcase its riches to those who love it, and to instil newcomers with the same passion we hold.
We believe this is a sport for everyone, and seek to see that reflected in our workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and never require specific degrees or certifications for consideration.
Location
Fully remote with a preference for Colorado USA, Melbourne Australia, or the UK. Some travel is likely.
Pay
Salary range is negotiable depending on experience. Individuals outside of Australia work as contractors and anybody US-based will receive a health care stipend.
To apply
We will close applications for this role as of May 31, 2024. Please email [email protected] with your CV.