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this kinda follows on from my last thread "job in hills area", however can anyone on here help me with getting some insight of what would be required to get a job in the auto mag industry? When i used to work at auburn i applied at Hot4s when Adrian and Nathan were running the show because they used to come into the store all the time to get stock and i had alot of contact with them and once i sent in my resume' they never got back to me! I've sent my resume' to ignition too but haven't heard anything (but he said that he didn't think there was anything available which is fair enough)

Can anyone help?

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a friend of mine wanted to be a writer for fhm or ralph (why, I dont know) but he set about doing his reaserch, and wrote a few articles and sent them in - I dont think he really followed it through tho because he is lazy, but it might not be too bad an idea - it shows you are keen, and gives them an idea of your writing style - so subject is not that important, but would bee good to keep it in the same area as the mag you are aiming for. So baisically, do up a few stories on friends cars, take some pics and put it all together to look like a few pages from thier mags, dress yourself up in a suit and go down to see them :rolleyes:

Disclamer: I dont know anything about the industry really, but thats how I would go about it

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grab a copy of a few magazines, look in the editorial or staff details, and send them an email :rolleyes:

even look at expresspublications website (do street coms, street ford, zoom, hpi etc etc)

my mate of mine was a forum member of street commodores, and they advertised a position on the forums, he got it and now is the editor for aussie brutes magazine

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grab a copy of a few magazines, look in the editorial or staff details, and send them an email :rolleyes:

even look at expresspublications website (do street coms, street ford, zoom, hpi etc etc)

my mate of mine was a forum member of street commodores, and they advertised a position on the forums, he got it and now is the editor for aussie brutes magazine

in this email i'd be sending, would it be wise to say "i'm interested in a position with your firm, can i send you some articles i have written?"

or should i just send an email with some i've already written and say read these, i would like a job!

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my mate used to work for autosalon, she just quit last month coz of "low cash".. i could give her a buzz and pm you back :rolleyes:

mate that would be heaps good. do you mean "low cash" as in they dnt pay well?

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I'm also in the same boat; just finishing off a Masters in Journalism.

I contacted HPI & Wheels with no response (email). Leads me to believe you need to be persistent with the editors of the magazines you're interested in. Call the switch and try and get a chat with them. List on a post-it what you want to achieve by working for them. Tell them your experiences in the auto industry & with writing (or even photography/video), interviewing etc. Even mention something about engineering/mechanical interests.

Knock on their door is plan B.

Some references and contacts is worth gold here, but it's not the only way to get into the industry. Just means you need to be determined.

I reckon it'd be a top job, so go for it.

And with the writing articles thing, it's best (not 100% essential though) to send in published material if possible.

But we've all gotta start somewhere!

Good luck mate :rolleyes:

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grab a copy of a few magazines, look in the editorial or staff details, and send them an email :rolleyes:

even look at expresspublications website (do street coms, street ford, zoom, hpi etc etc)

my mate of mine was a forum member of street commodores, and they advertised a position on the forums, he got it and now is the editor for aussie brutes magazine

Broads?

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Seems like there's plenty of keen auto mag writers out there :(

We need an SAU publication i reckon.

we are suppose to have a monthly or quarterly news letter for club memebers that could keep you going for a short time

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pretty sure you will find the specialist car magazines have very few staff writers, only 1 or 2 per publication. The rest are submitted by contributors like Andrew or Adam (both have been in HPI for SAU events) - they pay a couple of hundred for the story - so no chance of making a living from it

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