We here at Android Police love writing original content, scoping out and delivering news, and developing useful site tools and features. We also pride ourselves in taking time with our articles and maintaining high content quality.
We love crafting and sculpting our articles so much that it doesn't leave enough time in the day to cover everything we want and some news goes unpublished, some apps unreviewed, and some Android fans end up missing out on the info they wanted.
Android Police aims to be a community site, maintained and contributed to not only by the site founders but also by you - the user, the reader, the fan, and perhaps the writer?
If you love technology and Android as much as we do, if you want to be heard, if you care and want to share (ugh, that rhymes, doesn't it?), don't hesitate to apply (see below for instructions).
What You Will Get
- per-post compensation, depending on your experience
- your own author account which may overtime evolve to a full admin
- a dofollow link back to your site
- an author profile under each post
- occasional product reviews, exposure to new and unreleased technology
- advice of professional PHP, Javascript, and CSS developers
- a plethora of community comments on the news and articles you report
- a pro blogging setup and instructions which will let you
- blog 1738x faster than if you were using a WordPress interface
- design and upload pictures without even opening a browser
- finish publishing your post by the time other bloggers load up their New Post page
- and, of course, you will become a part of our close community of writers and developers
Available Positions
Important: we are looking for regular writers dedicated to the site. This means we are not looking to manage one-time contributors at this time (sorry!).
Here are the positions available (you may end up filling more than one):
- news writer
- hardware review writer (phones, accessories, etc) - this position has to be combined with at least one other position, and you'd need to prove yourself first, before you can get your hands on review units
- software review writer (games, apps) - we also love roundups/series!
- feature/editorial writer
- forum lurker - this is an interesting position. A lot of important news originates from forums, so if you spend half of your day on xda or androidforums and love writing, we want to speak with you.
How To Apply
First, you need to be seriously prepared to dedicate your time to your site contributions. Being an AP team member is both involved and rewarding - just ask any active contributor here.
In order to apply, contact us and tell us a little bit about yourself, why you would be a good fit, and which position you would be best at.
Please include a few samples of your work, otherwise we have no way of gauging your level.
Contact Us
Again, the contact information is located here. Give us a buzz and good luck!
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36 Comments
Thank you to everyone who has contacted us so far. Keep it coming, folks!
The unfortunate part is they are very picky about who they want on there team, or guest writers. Hmmmm weird how they need people.
Dean, we appreciated your interest but we gave you a reason which you seem to refuse to accept (your grammar/spelling).
I reserve the right to be picky, because it's ultimately my time and the time of the senior editors that will be spent on editing.
We take pride in the quality of content produced, and that kind of commitment takes saying no sometimes.
I hope you'll understand and won't hold a grudge.
Sincerely,
Artem
Sorry Artem just kind of annoyed you keep posting you need writers when I have read and heard that you are very picky. I respect and understand that your website is top quality and you only take top quality, but "some people" would deserve a chance not based off first impression on one e-mail wrote at 3:00 AM EST. Sorry for clouding up your post have a great night!!
Dean, I don't see why needing writers and being picky about selecting them are mutually exclusive....
You mentioned yourself that English wasn't your strongest skill in the 2nd email.
Looking at the replies above, I see "there" instead of "their", "wrote" instead of "written", and these are just not the kind of misspellings I'm willing to deal with on a daily basis.
I hope you can contribute in other ways - by commenting or sending in tips, for instance. I really do wish you all the best.
Artem
hummm.......I wonder if I should apply. I seem to have a lot of time on my hands doing support work now.
<_< well I didn't mean to "double post" but I sent in my application, I'm on pins and needles now
I applied as well. Just thought it would be interesting to give it a go. In either case, I do like the site. Tends to have news that some of the others don't have. Artem has actually responded to some of my requests for information which I think is great. It means he tries to keep in contact with his readers. Good luck to whoever he picks up.
I tried to talk to him earlier and it was apparently 3am his time and so he decided to go to bed while I'm sitting here wondering thats going on >_<
Hehe, it might seem like I never sleep but sometimes I have to close my eyes as well. Plus, over 20 applications takes some time to sift through - please be patient and don't worry - we'll get back to you.
Oh, I hope I didn't pass off as being annoying. I know you're busy I'm mainly kinda excited. I hope I can "get into the fold" simply because I love this site. Although it brings me to another issue. If I were to become a staff member would that mean I couldn't win anything from any contests? O_O that would suck. I love the AP contests (j/k)
Dear Artem,
Last evening I sent my application to oh.no.its.the@androidpolice.com because on your "Contact Us" page it said that was the general mailbox. Now I'm wondering if it went through, though. Could you please check to see if oh.no.its.the@androidpolice.com received an application called "Joining Android Police" from iwebadroid@me.com?
Never got your submission, Jaroslav. It's not in spam either.
I will send my application in again from my personal Gmail address. You'll know that it's from me because
1. The address has my name in it (last name first, fist name initial second).
2. I'll say "from Jaroslav Stekl" in the subject of the email.
Please let me know if it does/doesn't work by replying to this comment. Thank you!
Oh well, didn't get a core team writer position. That's cool though, I did get the feedback that I was expecting and is in line with what I thought would be the reason for not getting it. Thanks Artem.
What was the reason?
Not that it's any of my business, I just want to know what NOT to do.
As with any other job you would apply for......you need EXPERIENCE!
OK, then, I should be safe, as I already work for iWebadroid.com as the Senior Reviews Editor.
However, I have another question for you: how long did it take for Artem to reply to you? Thanks!
With so many applications and our regular workload, it may take some time to get through everyone. I try to talk to 2-3 people per day, if possible but sometimes time runs away.
But know one thing - we will get back to you, as long as your application was complete (which yours was). :-]
That I couldn't tell you. It depends probably on a couple of things (workload, number of apps, etc). It took mine about three days or so.
Thanks for helping me out, guys!
There you go, from the man himself.
Hey!
I currently have a site around Androids and Droid phones. I just wanted to give a shout out to you all!
If there is anyway we could team up or work on something together, let me know!
All about working together
Thank you!
Yay, just applied. Hope I can get an opportunity!
I also just applied, hopefully I can get the opportunity too.
Applied! Waiting impatiently for feedback.
I applied via form with proper subject. Did you get any application from me?
Didn't like the part about having essential english skills
So we should hire people without English skills? Can't tell if trolling...
Applied! Cant wait to find out if I got a position!
Well I didn't get a position and Artem wont tell me why!
Hi! I'm from Malaysia. I believe I have decent command of the English language. Only problem is that I am lacking in proper technological experience - I only got my first Android and iOS (GT 10.1 and iPad 2) device 2 months ago. Anyway I can get a post as a writer?
Good evening. I submitted an application. When you have time, I would like to know if you did receive it or not. If you did not, please let me know so I can resend.
Thanks!
Just out of curiosity, how does the 'software review writer' position work? Do we periodically (let's say every week or two) send in a review of an application/game of our choosing or is the application/game "assigned" to the writer? Perhaps a mix of both?
Thanks in advance!
You become part of the team, and magical things and all kinds of decision making happens within the team chat and mailing list. I'm no longer looking for occasional or one-time contributors at this point.
I see. Thanks for the quick response! I might consider applying, but when my schedule loosens up a bit, so I can ensure I can contribute to the fullest possible extent.