Adams Communications Inc is hiring: Editor in Punta Gorda
Adams Communications Inc, Punta Gorda, FL, US, 33599
Outdoors Editor
A longtime wildlife publication is in need of a new writer/editor.
Waterline, a weekly magazine that covers Southwest Florida, needs a journalist who is close to nature and can connect it to readers.
Waterline is a product of Adams MultiMedia and The Daily Sun based in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Waterline covers waters along the Gulf Coast from Sarasota Bay to Fort Myers, concentrating along Charlotte County. It also includes rivers and land-based stories in DeSoto, Charlotte and Sarasota counties.
The editor may also be tasked with writing occasionally for the daily news product, covering environmental or other related events. Waterline concentrates on fishing, boating, hunting and other outdoors topics, but can also assist in news and sports coverage.
Applicants should have a background in environmental or wildlife journalism. A knowledge of Southwest Florida and its culture of fishing, hunting, boating and wildlife is preferred.
Waterline is a part of Adams MultiMedia, one of the fastest growing media companies in the United States with a variety of benefits.
To apply, send a resume and pertinent clips to Daily Sun Managing Editor Scott Lawson at scott.lawson@yoursun.com.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Benefits
The fringe benefits include medical (split between employer and employee), dental and vision options (employee paid). There are three company-sponsored benefits, including short-term disability, long-term disability and a term life insurance policy. The company pays for six major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day), plus volunteer days and floating holidays.
In addition, employees accrue 3.12 hours of paid leave per pay period in the first year of employment (80 hours) and increasing to 4.68 hours per pay period (120 hours) after their one-year anniversary of employment.
The company will pay 35 cents to the mile for work-related driving. The company has the option of making a discretionary match to the 401K retirement plan after year's end.
- For additional company information, visit www.adamspg.com.