We would like to thank everyone who responded to our previous call for Abuse, Communications, and Wiki Staff and AO3 Documentation Volunteers. Today, we’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:
- Communications Staff: AD&T Liaison – [closing 23 March 2015 UTC]
- Strategic Planning Staff – [closing 23 March 2015 UTC]
- Translation Volunteers – [closing 23 March 2015 UTC]
We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.
All applications generate a confirmation page and an auto-reply to your e-mail address. We encourage you to read the confirmation page and to whitelist volunteers -(at)- transformativeworks -(dot)- org in your e-mail client. If you do not receive the auto-reply within 24 hours, please check your spam filters and then contact us.
If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.
Communications Staffer: AD&T Liaison
Communications staffers are responsible for the distribution of information internally to OTW personnel and externally to the general public, the media, fans, and other fannish organizations. Communications is also typically the first point of contact for someone interested in or wanting help from OTW.
The position of liaison to our Accessibility, Design and Technology (AD&T) Committee would be a good fit for someone who has an interest in the Archive of Our Own, would like to provide responses to users contacting us through our news platforms, would be interested in writing informational posts, and has about 5 hours of available time each week. If you would like to help us share news about AO3, this is the position for you!
Applications are due 23 March 2015 UTC
Strategic Planning Staff
The Strategic Planning Committee is looking for new staff members! We are looking for organized people interested in strategic planning, writing, and data processing, who are attracted to team environments. We’re a professional, collaborative committee of people who believe in supporting each other through our work, and we want someone who is excited about the idea of being part of an environment of support, creativity, and critique. We are willing to train the right person in the OTW’s processes, practices, and tools if you’re willing to commit your time and energy to us!
Applications are due 23 March 2015 UTC
Translation Volunteers
Translators and translation betas help make the OTW and its projects accessible to a wider international audience. We work on translating all sorts of content throughout the OTW and its projects: site pages, news posts, AO3 FAQs, AO3 Support tickets, and any inquiry that reaches a committee or volunteer group in languages they can’t translate themselves. Most of our work consists of translations from English to another language, though we also need to do the reverse on some occasions.
If you are fluent in one language (or more!) other than English, if you enjoy working collaboratively, if you like having flexible deadlines, if you’re passionate about the OTW and its projects, and want to help it reach more fans all around the world, working with Translation might be for you! We really need volunteers who speak Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, European Portuguese, Finnish, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish and Turkish—but help with other languages would be much appreciated. (Please note that our German team is not accepting new members at this time.)
Applicants may be asked to translate and correct short text samples as part of the selection process.
Applications are due 23 March 2015 UTC