Employment

The Basic Info

We are always looking for quality team members to join The Offering’s staff. To be up front though,
at this point in time we are strictly not for profit. No one (including the President and Owner) earn money from The Offering. This means that our staff members are on a volunteer basis and do not receive pay. However, there are perks to being a writer and/or photographer for The Offering. This is a great place to start out if you’re looking to get into music journalism. Although everyone works independently and posts their own coverage, we will teach you how to post (it’s really easy) and help you to get the contacts or how to find them (if we don’t have them already) you need to book interviews, press opportunities and photo shoots.

Photography

If you do Photography, you frequently get admission to shows and a photo pass. Typically you would also write a brief show review for each band to go along with your photos.

Album Reviews

If you do Album Reviews, you typically are sent digital downloads of new albums a month or two before their release so that you can write a review. (Though simply put every file that labels and publicists send are tracked, so if your file ends up on the web, you will get black listed and possibly face legal action). We do strongly recommend using a pen name like “Samuel Clemens” or something of that sort to avoid backlash if you write a review that someone doesn’t agree with, but it’s really up to you.

Interviews

If you do interviews, things have greatly changed since the pandemic. Where we frequently used to meet the artist at a show and do the interview in person, a lot of them have switched fully to Zoom or phone interviews. That being said you still get the opportunity to sit down and talk with some of your favorite artists and pick their brains about what they release. Also you can have fun and ask them obscure questions. For example, asking an extreme black metal artist what their favorite Disney movie is and why? [question courtesy of Macabre Dave]

How do I start?

Send an email to our president at jezebeldiva@yahoo.it