Torontoist is looking for a few good men and women to round out its staff of talented contributors.

While in the past we've hired in rounds––a few dozen contributors added en masse every six months or so––we're ditching that system altogether to make it one big free-for-all all year round. So, basically, if you are awesome enough, we are always hiring.

What We Can Offer You

Liberty. Free at last. Contributors on Torontoist get to do what they want to do, and do it on their own terms. We edit the content of posts sparingly, and you won't be pigeonholed into doing any one thing for us––say, only writing about music––unless that's what you want.
Exposure. Torontoist has become an alternative media force to be reckoned with. We're still the most popular website of its kind in the country, and all sorts of cool people—local celebrities, newspaper and magazine writers and editors, students, politicians, musicians, bloggers, photographers, designers, whatever—read us every day.
Glee! It's actually fun work, if you can believe it: aside from the sweet reasons for your joyousness mentioned above and below, you get accreditation to anything and everything, interviews with your idols, party and conference invites, and you get to work with our pretty terrific staff!
Order. Liberty without order is chaos. We'll keep you sane.
Money. We can't give you very much, but you will be able to buy yourself some cups of coffee with the cold hard cash that you pull in.

What We're Looking For In A Contributor

Talent. You're really good at what you do. You understand that quality always trumps quantity. You have your ear to the ground and know when cool and interesting stuff is happening.
Commitment. You are comfortable contributing at least once a week, every week, and when you say that you'll do something, you'll do it.
Enthusiasm. You really, really, really, really care about Toronto, and you really, really, really, really want to work for us.
Speed. You should be able to write (or photograph or illustrate or what have you) quickly without being sloppy. And you learn quickly and don't have trouble adapting to changes.
Difference. (This one's not mandatory, but you'll totally get bonus points.) We get accused of being a staff of only white 20-something West-end hipsters way too often––and while that stereotype is totally untrue, we could still use people who help us fill out the diversity of our content a little. Maybe you're an unwed elderly rich non-white mother who listens to classical music, lives on the Islands, and detests American Apparel––that's cool.

What We Want When You Apply

Tell us about yourself. We want to know about you! How awesome are you? Are you very awesome?
Some post ideas. We're trying to get a sense of the kind of work you'd do for us. If you were on Torontoist staff right away, what would you post about? Is there any one thing that you specialize in covering, or are you multi-talented? What new ideas and new kinds of content can you bring to Torontoist? Would you want to write a regular column or have a regular feature?
Some samples of what you do. We want to get a feel for your style. Your blog (or online writing/drawing/photo portfolio, or Flickr account, etc.) works, as do clippings. If you've never written something that you think would fit on Torontoist, that's cool too––write us an example post.

How To Apply

To apply, send an e-mail to David Topping at hiring@torontoist.com. There is no closing date for applications; we're accepting them from this point forward.

(Oh, and please don't be offended if we don't pick you; we receive hundreds of applications, and we still love you. Promise. You are, in fact, all quite awesome.)

This post was last updated on April 6, 2008.