Sports Designer -- Bradenton (Fla.) Herald,

The Bradenton Herald, a McClatchy newspaper on Florida's Gulf Coast, is seeking a sharp layout editor with an emphasis on sports to join our Universal Desk.

You are the ideal candidate if you have keen designing, copy-editing and communications skills, and a strong sports news judgment. You will be designing our sports section most nights, with an occasional stint handling 1A or Local. Skills in inDesign, PhotoShop and Illustrator are required. 2 years’ experience at a daily newspaper required.

Benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability plans and 401(k) plan. Please send your resume and cover letter with design and headline samples to jkrauter@bradenton.com.

Per: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1239942

 

I was just going to post this. Good people down there, and living on the Gulf Coast doesn't suck.

 

Beautiful area. Just a hop, skip and a jump from Tampa.

 

Did they ever clean up all the oil from the spill last year?

 

Was the Tampa area even affected by the spill? I didn't hear of anything.

 

To get this thread back on track, the relatively new sports editor (who's been at the paper awhile) is a good guy, very easy to work with.

 

It was. But a recent USF study showed it's cleaned up pretty well around there already with some trace gunk left under the sand.

Don't know much about the paper, but it's a great area to live and work.

 

I live in Tampa. The beaches around here were not affected by the oil disaster in any serious way. A tar ball or two, but that's it ... the actual damage took place hundreds of miles to the north and west.

I spent a brief tenure as SE at the Herald, and there are a lot of worse places you can find yourself. It wasn't a good fit for me, personally, but anyone looking to step up from a weekly or a small daily can thrive. This is a community that actually cares about its local newspaper, and vice versa.

 

Good luck getting anything worthwhile out of IMG. But I will second the notion on the greatness of the prep football. It's also enjoyable to be able to hop on the Sunshine Skyway on a day off to take in some baseball at the Trop or an occasional Bucs game.

 

I'm currently at the Herald. So if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.