Ourmedia has immediate openings for the following part-time, volunteer positions. We expect some or all of these will be paid positions once we receive sufficient funding, which could happen very soon:

Engineering lead

The Engineering lead is charged with implementing and executing the Ourmedia  Roadmap to make Ourmedia the premier site on the Web for grassroots media. He (or she) is responsible for all technology issues related to the smooth, efficient operation of the Ourmedia.org website, including a Site administrator/Webmaster/QA role. He will hire and supervise the technical staff, maintain a milestones spreadsheet to track all phases of the project, and establish technical requirements for the project. More than a technology overseer, the Engineering lead will be a hands-on Drupal coder and API guru. In addition, he will serve as the technical liaison to the Internet Archive staff, create a P2P strategy for Ourmedia, and work with the Executive Director to identify new trends and opportunities for expansion. At the outset, the Engineering lead may also serve as database administrator by overseeing the setting up and administration of all shared servers. The Engineering lead reports to the Executive Director.

Qualifications:

  • experience with project management and with leading small teams
  • familiarity with the ins and outs of Drupal
  • familiarily with Flash
  • wizard level with PHP programming language
  • database experience desired (but not required)
  • good communication skills
  • knowledge of the open source world

Senior programmer

The Senior Programmer is responsible for executing new feature sets and functionalities for Ourmedia, such as tagging, sets (or collections), ratings, BitTorrent, multiple uploads, MediaRSS, search, groups and the like. He is responsible for creating a stable upload process and debugging glitches on the website. He will work with an internal team to refine Ourmedia's metadata structure, categorization ontology, browsing UI, search functionality, and group tagging social-network pages. In addition, this individual is responsble for creating the world's easiest-to-use upload tool, both as a drag-and-drop Web-based tool and as a seamless FTP tool. He/she is responsible for working with the Engineering lead and Executive Director on next-phase development of the site, such as building: a system that allows members to rate media items; email and RSS notifications when new media is uploaded; and so on. He/she is also responsible for occasional QA, sysop duties, trouble-shooting and addressing site problems as directed by the Engineering lead. The Senior Programmer reports to the Engineering lead.

Qualifications:

  • good familiarity with the ins and outs of Drupal
  • wizard level with PHP programming language
  • availability throughout day
  • good communication skills
  • knowledge of the open source world

Art Director, designers

We may have an opening for an Art Director who is willing to commit time to an overhaul of the Ourmedia UI. We're also looking for website designers to work under the supervision of the Art Director to give Ourmedia a consistent UI and professional look and feel.

Lead moderator/community

We are considering creating a new position to take on some of the duties handled by our current lead moderator.

Duties:

  • ensure smooth operation of the Ourmedia community
  • ensure that members' complaints are addressed in timely fashion
  • help coordinate monitoring efforts
  • organize moderator chats
  • help maintain Ourmedia moderators wiki up to date
  • maintain the schedule for the Editor of the Week and communicate with them
  • program the site's front page on alternate weeks
  • interact with team leads and other moderators to make sure mods are aware of their responsibilities

Qualifications:

  • excellent communication skills
  • attention to detail, good organizational skills
  • time commitment
  • familiarity with the ins and outs of Drupal is a plus

Assistant Director

We are considering creating an assistant position post to help offset some of the tasks of the Executive Director.

Duties:

  • handle assignments as delegated by the Exec Director, involving strategic partnerships, implementation of the Roadmap, revenue strategies, and the buildout of our Learning Center, Ourmedia Store and other sections
  • work closely with the Executive Director on a daily basis to help direct the smooth operation of the organization
  • participate in chats and IM meetings and write memos and take on other tasks as directed

Qualifications:

  • excellent communication skills
  • excellent organizational skills
  • time commitment
  • experience with building out tier-1 websites is a plus

Ourmedia Publisher developer 

The original developer of Ourmedia Publisher has returned to school and can't commit time to further development of the drag-and-drop Ourmedia Publisher tool.

Duties:

  • handle all upgrades to Ourmedia Publisher
  • diagnose bugs, implement fixes

Qualifications:

  • good knowledge of Python
  • cross-platform work on PCs, Macs and Linux (optimally)
  • desire to take ownership of an important new personal publishing platform

Content scouts/editors

We need volunteers to head up our efforts to solicit original music, animation, text works, podcasts, news footage, video shorts, digital art, student works, indie films, remixes, digital stories and other creative material from friends, professional associates, or the Web. For example, any work with a Creative Commons license is fair game; the copyright holder has authorized sharing it on noncommercial sites such as ours. We'd also like to add additional public domain works (books, videos, audio files) to the site.

Or, you might want to repackage old works in cool new formats: Many classics and other works can be formatted in gorgeous layouts and typefaces. Others can be converted to xhtml so they can be easily read by handheld devices. Some, like paintings by the masters, can be scanned in and turned into wallpaper. We’ll give you full credit for your contribution.

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