LiP Magazine, a national print quarterly of radical politics, culture, sex, and humor, is looking to add a Promotions and Marketing Director to our all-volunteer team.

LiP's mission is to use a well-written, well-edited magazine with an accessible pop sensibility to promote a structural understanding of contemporary US and global society while providing tools, strategies, (as well as badly-needed comic relief), for equitable transformation. It's twice been nominated by Utne, in 2003 for Best Online Cultural Coverage, and again in 2004 for Best New Title, and has also garnered a 2005 Best Magazine distinction from Clamor Magazine, and two 2005 Project Censored awards. LiP is also the only non-women-centric independent publication in the U.S. with a majority female editorial group, contributor base, and readership.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Promotions and Marketing Director will work closely with LiP's Director, Managing Editor, Publisher, and Designer/Production Coordinator. Organize and implement effective online and print promotion campaigns; envision logical partnerships for a project like LiP, then make them happen; put your creative design skills to work (in collaboration with our design team); and do it all while staying true to the core values and mission of our not-for-profit activist media project.

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate should have prior promotion and/or marketing experience, preferably in a non-corporate environment. The Promotions and Marketing Director need not be located in the Oakland Bay Area, where LiP is based. Candidates must be able to commit to at least one year (four issues), and must be aware that this position is, for the foreseeable future, unpaid, with the future possibility of profit-sharing or commission-based compensation. Alternative means of compensation (gift certificates, books, trinkets, or platonic love) may be available.

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION:

Please send resume and cover letter to: jobs@lipmagazine.org, with "Marketing Director" in the subject line.

LiP welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, and especially those currently or formerly involved with social change work, artistic endeavors, or other interesting side projects. People of color and/or typically marginalized genders are especially encouraged to apply.

You may also send all materials via snail mail, to:

LiP: Informed Revolt
PO Box 3478
Oakland, CA 94609

"LiP is what radical journalism should be, but rarely is in the U.S.: sharp, witty, and unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom."
-Tim Wise, antiracist activist and author of White Like Me: Notes From a Privileged Son

"LiP is marvelous. There's nothing that comes close to it in the culture today. Witty, but substantial, a product of a brilliant and diverse collection of excellent writers and contributors, mostly young, LiP is a must read."
-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian, and author of Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie

"Intellectually rigorous, politically uncompromising, and consistently high quality."
-Lisa Jervis, Founder & Publisher, Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture

"A print and online outfit with creative flair and meaningful substance, that seeks to reach beyond typical progressive audiences."
-Michael Albert, author, editor of Znet, and co-founder of Z Magazine

"I like LiP. It's tough, smart, and takes no prisoners. Read everything in it."
-Andrei Codrescu, poet, novelist, and commentator for National Public Radio