Notebookcheck is looking for highly motivated editors. 

As an independent freelancer, you can work wherever and whenever you want. For the most part, you only need a computer and access to the internet.

Summary:

Review Editors serve as the backbone to Notebookcheck and are responsible for our exhaustive hardware analyses from inexpensive consumer smartphones all the way up to hulking workstation laptops. They are self-motivated tech addicts who have a colorful history with consumer electronics and a craving to share their objective perspectives with others.

This freelance position may require several hours per day of testing, analyzing, and writing about select laptops and topics. Interested candidates must submit links to previously published work in addition to a cover letter, resume, and sample review of a personal laptop for our consideration.

We are only looking for review editors residing in the contiguous US at this time.

Tasks:

• Meticulously test and evaluate both tablets and laptops as outlined by our guidelines
• Compare and analyze datasets related to color profiles, hardware performance metrics, heat maps, and SPL between different systems
• Compose detailed and candid reviews based on objective data within specific deadlines

Prerequisites:

• Native English speaker with experience in blogging, newsroom editing, or journalism. Review Editors must show a firm grasp of language and grammar
• Extensive knowledge of the latest tablets and laptops and the growing trends in the industry
• Familiarity with product codenames from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia and their respective family trees of CPUs, APUs, and GPUs. You should know roughly how a GTX 880M compares to a GTX 1050 or a Core i5-6200U to an A9-9410 without references
• Familiarity with technical terminologies, hardware benchmarking, common processor stress testing procedures, and real-time system monitor applications
• Experience in navigating through content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress or TYPO3
• Being reliable, rational, and responsive are essential for any freelance position

Pluses:

• Bilingual with the ability to translate your own content to and from English
• Desktop builder, gamer, and benchmarking hobbyist
• Photoshop and professional photography experience
• HTML and CSS experience

Summary:

News Editors scour the web for topics of interest and will receive relevant press releases from manufacturers to cover in short articles. These techies are frequent visitors of blogs and sites revolving around consumer electronics and are comfortable with meeting daily or weekly quotas.

This freelance position requires daily activity and access to Skype for communication and announcements. Interested candidates must submit three original sample news pieces of around 300 words each on topics relevant to Notebookcheck for our consideration. Links to previously published work and a resume are also encouraged.

News Editors who show proficiency of specific topics may be given the opportunity to compose longer editorials and opinion pieces.

Tasks:

• Publish a minimum number of short news pieces per day or week. This minimum may increase during key press events and annual conventions (ex., CES, MWC, IFA, Computex, etc.)
• Follow strict guidelines to publish in the familiar Notebookcheck format

 Prerequisites:

• Native English speaker with a firm grasp of language and grammar
• A knack for finding relevant and interesting news topics to publish
• Understanding of NDAs
• Extensive knowledge of the latest tablets and laptops and the growing trends in the industry
• Familiarity with product codenames from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia and their respective family trees of CPUs, APUs, and GPUs
• Being reliable, rational, and responsive are essential for any freelance position

Pluses:

• Bilingual with the ability to translate your own content to and from English
• Experience in written media or newsrooms
• Experience in navigating through content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress or TYPO3

Task

Notebookcheck translators translate reviews and other articles at home and put the translated content in our Typo3 CMS. Deadlines do not exist but the content should be available as fast as possible as the topics outage quickly.

Logically, this system applies only to language sections, which we already maintain. If you want to translate to Polish, we will refer you to the licensee who maintains this language section.

The use of automatic translation software is prohibited, even as a support tool.

Payment

We pay translators a pre-determined rate per source word or flat rate per translated article. Contact us for the current price a specific language.

Application

Curriculum vitae, references, a description of why you are apt, and a sample review/text (optional).

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Task

A new language section is established and maintained autonomously by a licensee. Notebookcheck will host the language section and provide technical assistance, layout, and a part of the content. Both sides get a share of the earnings.

Prerequisites

Reliability is most important. Furthermore, economical, editorial, and hardware experience are needed. A concrete business concept is appreciated. Also, a background in human resources is favored. This task is intended for established companies with experience in the media market.

Application

Send us a curriculum vitae, references and business plan. A business plan should contain a concrete strategy how to organize and finance a license section. Such project scheduling requires some experience. The business plan should demonstrate that. Media companies are appreciated.

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