Nonfiction Preteen Book Writer, Freelance Position

Are you looking to work for an up and coming small business? Are you looking for a unique growth opportunity? If so, consider applying for Rand Media Company's Nonfiction Book Writer Position! Who are We? In 2008, Jim Randel founded RAND Media Company, a publishing company geared toward creating books that distill important topics into a simple and readable illustrated format. RAND Media Company is the publisher of the "Skinny On" series which are pictorial explanations of complicated subjects in a simplified, easy-to-understand format, such as time management and credit cards. The first book in the series (The Skinny on the Housing Crisis) was Book of the Year in 2011 as awarded by the National Association of Real Estate Editors. In 2014, his Skinny books were licensed to a publisher in China and today two of them are perennial best sellers for any book written in or translated into Chinese. Sales of Skinny On Chinese print books and eBooks are approximately 400,000 copies. Randel has even had two titles sitting at #1 and #2 on the [login to view URL] Chinese eBook bestseller list simultaneously. Randel has also written Street Smarts: Beyond the Diploma which was also honored as Book of the Year for Young Adults by the Institute of Financial Literacy. His three MONEY books have been used by educators and corporations to explain financial principles to employees and students. Nonfiction Preteen Book Writer, Freelance Position Rand Media Company is looking for a part time freelance writer that will be responsible for rewriting 2-3 of our Skinny books into pre-teen versions. Our Skinny On series is a unique book series as it is a synthesis of 25 books or writings on a life-critical topic. Pulling the best ideas from authors on these topics, a Skinny book summarizes these ideas into a narrative that is fun and easy to read. It is crucial for the potential candidate to have the ability to condense complex topics into bite size, easy to digest content. The ideal candidate will: have a strong writing ability a familiarity with the pre-teen audience and the type of content that is of interest to them be a researcher who can quickly and precisely find information on a subject, even subjects you're not familiar with have an engaging writing style with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling have excellent editing and proofreading skills be organised and excellent at meeting deadlines understand the basics of copyright law have a quirky and unique sense of humor Compensation commensurate with experience This is a telecommuting position *We require all candidates to submit a cover letter along with their resume. Job Type: Part-time, freelance