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tomsteele
 Post subject: mystery job
PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:50 pm 
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Company: CONFIDENTIAL
Position: PAGE DESIGNER/EDITOR
Location: Southeast, United States

A daily newspaper in the Southeastern region of the United States is conducting a confidential search for a top-notch page designer. This newspaper is the dominant media outlet in its market. The successful applicant will have at least two years of professional newspaper design experience and be able to create compelling front pages and section fronts utilizing multiple entry points of type, images and graphics. (JournalismJobs)

And that's all you get to know!
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Powderhorn
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:18 pm 
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tomsteele wrote:
This newspaper is the dominant media outlet in its market.


The "market" must be too small for a TV station.
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Nessie3
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A daily newspaper in the Southeastern region of the United States


As opposed to the Southeastern US?
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Rio
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"A confidential search" — for a page designer?? Sounds like the "lucky" successful applicant is about to replace someone who's about to get sacked. Not a situation that I would want to step into.
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Heartodixie
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Can someone and replace him with a designer who has "at least two years" of experience!?!

I'm betting the guy who's on the outs makes too much money.
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