Employment & Internship Opportunities
Sales Positions
Account Executive
We are seeking a highly motivated sales pro to join our sales team. This is a full time position selling print, digital, email, social media & event sponsorships. Qualified candidates will have 3+ years sales experience.
Job Requirements:
Job Requirements:
- Daily outbound sales calls & appointments
- Ability to generate new leads & help businesses reach their marketing goals
- Create and maintain strong customer relationships
- Sales minded individual who is customer focused and internally driven
- Strong telephone skills and in person communication a must
- 3+ years Sales Experience
- Previous experience with local businesses and overall knowledge of KC a plus
- Experience selling one or more of the following is a plus: print, online, email, social media, events
- Experience with Hubspot or other CRM database preferred
Benefits:
- Base + Commission
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Business Casual Work Environment
Email resume & cover letter to jason@thepitchkc.com
Part time Sales Assistant
We are looking to expand our sales team by hiring a self motivated Part Time Sales Assistant. This lead generating position will primarily involve cold calls and email inquiries to help local business who are interested in expanding their market reach.
3+ years sales experience required.
Job Requirements:
3+ years sales experience required.
Job Requirements:
- Make Outbound Calls to Obtain New Business
- Generate Business Leads
- Sales Minded and Internally Driven to Succeed
- Strong Telephone Skills and in person Communication A Must
- 3+ years Sales Experience
- Previous experience with local businesses and knowledge of KC a plus
- Hubspot or other CRM experience preferred
- 15-20 hours per week
Benefits:
- Hourly + Commission
- Business Casual Work Environment
Email resume & cover letter to jason@thepitchkc.com
Writing Positions
Do you have an interest in freelancing for The Pitch website or magazine, please send a résumé and three clips to brock @ thepitchkc.com and steph @ thepitchkc.com.
Do you have a letter to the editor, KC Voices story idea, or something you’ve written that you feel strongly about? For consideration, please send a copy to brock @ thepitchkc.com and steph @ thepitchkc.com.
EDITORIAL INTERNSHIP – Second Trimester 2023 – Application period now closed – Due March 14
The Pitch is looking for story-hungry interns for the summer of 2023. Candidates should be college juniors, seniors, or recent graduates looking for experience. We want journalists and writers with unlimited curiosity who want to expand their portfolio into news, arts, dining, and culture coverage.
Responsibilities include:
- Writing digital stories for thepitchkc.com
- Pitching story ideas to Editor-in-Chief of The Pitch for print or online
- Completing one longer feature with research and interviews for consideration for magazine publication
- Interviewing members of the community
- Covering live events
- Working closely with editor to improve writing and expand horizons and portfolio
- Building multimedia stories for online release
- Setting measurable improvement end-goals for internship experience
The internship comes with a stipend and college credit where applicable. Intern should be working in office or online between 10 and 15 hours per week. Kansas City local applicants preferred.
Previous interns have completed the program and used their expanded portfolio to secure full-time work with KCUR, The Star, and even The Pitch. Featured stories from editorial interns include in-depth investigations [KC’s houseless resettlement experimentation], expansive profiles [magazine cover story Left Hooks and Lowriders], important political issues [police training disconnect], and fascinating local curiosities [magazine cover story Pink Street Paranormal].
The internship comes with a paid stipend and college credit where applicable.
Send applications to brock @ thepitchkc.com and steph @ thepitchkc.com. Include a resume and up to three clips/links to work.
DESIGN INTERNSHIP – Second Trimester 2023 – Application period now closed – Due March 14
The Pitch is looking for design interns for the summer of 2023. Candidates should be college juniors, seniors, or recent graduates looking for experience. We’re looking for folks who would like to expand their portfolio with work in the editorial and promotional side of a local journalism outlet.
Intern should be working in office or online around 10 hours per week. Kansas City local applicants preferred.
Send applications to brock @ thepitchkc.com and steph @ thepitchkc.com. Include a resume and links to your portfolio or other work.
Here are some projects that former Pitch design interns have worked on!
Shelby Phelps punched up a portrait of our sex, love, and relationships columnist with some spicy illustrations and the addition of the column's headline. This graphic appears at the top of Kristen's column in each monthly issue of The Pitch. (Original photo by Nicole Bissey.)
Enrique Zabala designed a series of graphics for our membership program themed around the copy "Dear Pitch Reader."
Nidhi Shenoy created branding kits for Pitch events including Burger Week, Nachos & Tacos, and Scavenger Hunt. She designed this logo for our event Fall in 🧡 with Kansas City: The Pitch's Love Local Scavenger Hunt.
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