Freelance Editor (Hello World)

Freelance editor (Hello World)
Location: US - remote, East coast preferred
Pay rate: $30 – $45 per hour
Basis: Freelance, approximately one day or eight hours a week for 10 weeks before each magazine issue, three issues a year
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the US

The role

Hello World is the official magazine of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, with over 40,000 subscribers in 192 countries. It is a print and digital magazine by computing educators for computing educators, and we publish three issues per year. Hello World's aim is to support teachers and educators in bringing computing, computer science, and digital literacy skills to all young people.

We are now looking for a US-based freelance editor to support our publication of stories and articles from US-based computer science educators and help us grow our network and impact in the US. This person will help us procure 8 to 10 articles from US teachers per issue.

In this role, you will work with the Editor of Hello World to choose relevant article topics, find people in the computer science education community who can write about them knowledgeably, and support writers to craft insightful articles that inform and inspire educators in the US and beyond. You'll also support our team in the US with relationship and network building.

Responsibilities

• Identify and commission US-based educators, researchers, and volunteers to write about computer science education topics that matter to them and their networks and communities
• Encourage and guide educators to write content that is high-quality, robust, accessible, and serves our global audience of educators
• Edit articles and support authors to meet their deadlines
• Work with the Hello World Editor to align articles with Hello World issue themes and the magazine’s overall mission
• Work with the US Executive Director to source potential writers in the US and highlight Raspberry Pi Foundation North America’s endeavours
• Support and contribute to relationship building with key US contributors to help the Foundation build its profile in the US
• Keep up to date with emerging content topics in the US to suggest for future magazine issues
• Communicate with authors during the publishing process to keep them informed about progress

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

• Contacts and networks within the US education community, ideally related to computer science education
• Awareness of current discussions and challenges among computer science educators, and the ability to distil these into article ideas
• Commissioning and editing experience, with evidence of hands-on involvement in editorial work (copy editing, proofreading) on high-quality publications
• Experience of managing author relationships 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a detailed grasp of English style, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Copywriting skills and design awareness
• Familiarity with Google apps
• The ability to work under your own initiative and take responsibility for the delivery of publishing projects, as well as the ability to work as part of team
• An understanding of computer science education

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.

Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills

Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2022 and our Strategy 2022–2025.

Timetable for applications
Closing date: 22 July 2024, 9.00am EDT
Phone screen: On a rolling basis
Interviews: Online, from the week commencing 22 July 2024