We are currently hiring an excellent communicator and an awesome teaching assistant to support us as we grow. Application information below.

COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

We are seeking an honest and eloquent Communications Assistant to convey our rich ideas and excitement for Sister to diverse audiences and cultivate healthy relationships with our beloved clients and colleagues, press, prospective customers, and communities as we grow. 

You are responsible for the development of written and visual content for social media and creating the monthly newsletter. The general company mailbox will become your purview as you filter and field inquiries before they reach the Director’s desk. You will work with the Director to create strategies for growing our audience, and deepening our connections with those who know and love us. You will also manage all social media accounts, maintain the online store, and help put out PR fires as they flare. 

A warm, confident, and enthusiastic personality is a must. Strong writing ability, impeccable grammar, a rich knowledge of feminism, good photos skills, and facility with the Adobe Creative Suite are essential. You are a self-starter who knows how to prioritize and manage your time. You are fascinated with feminism and entrepreneurship, with a knack for community building. You are excited to be a part of our vision and eager to contribute your way-with-words, strong visual skills, your ability to connect with others, and your creative mind to helping Sister flourish.

This position is 4-6 hours per week, contract. Pay $20-$35/hr, DOE.
Applicants must live in the Los Angeles area and be available for weekly meetings in Topanga Canyon.

YOU ARE 

A TOP-NOTCH COMMUNICATOR
Your writing is friendly and engaging. Your spelling and grammar are flawless. You know how to convey a message visually. You speak clearly. You possess the ability to connect with a wide range of personalities with ease and aplomb and are comfortable in email, online, written, phone, social media, and in-person interactions. You can diffuse charged conversations and maneuver public relations situations with grace and ease. You cultivate relationships with honesty, integrity, and healthy boundaries. You help Sister grow by creating a welcoming and engaging environment.

AESTHETICALLY-SENSITIVE
The medium is also the message. Visual communication is an essential part of your job. You should have basic graphic design skills. You will be working with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator templates and must have the ability to add content and maintain a balanced design. You should also be able to compose and shoot crisp, clear, colorful photos according to our established design conventions. 

FEMINIST
You have a strong understanding of feminist movements, theory, scholarship, and art. You are engaged with intersectional feminism. You have read gender theory/queer theory, and possess an interest in the feminine. You appreciate the renaissance of witchcraft and spirituality in fourth wave feminism. Please do not apply for this position unless you are familiar with the second and third wave feminist canons. Preference will be given to applicants with degrees in women’s studies, gender studies, and critical theory.

ENTREPRENEURIAL
You enjoy generating business ideas and making money. You have an interest in business, economics, the contradictions of capitalism, and financial self-sufficiency. 

TECHNOPHILE
You will be working with a number of online platforms to perform your job. You are comfortable adopting new systems and figuring them out on your own.

STRATEGICALLY-MINDED
You have an innate understanding of which actions taken today will lead to desired results tomorrow. You are good at imagining possibilities, working with constraints, and also dissolving them. You are a practical visionary who can zoom in-and-out between details and the big picture.

YOU ARE ALSO 

INTUITIVE & DISCERNING
You are able to sense your needs and the needs of those around you. You know how to discern, prioritize, and respond appropriately in complicated professional situations. You are self-directed and capable of managing your time and tasks without oversight.

HELPFUL
You have the patience and kindness to support customers, clients, press, students, and the general public in getting their needs met within Sister, or direct them to another resource if they are not a good fit for our offerings. You are invested in the growth of the Sister and eager to jump in and assist as needed. 

EMBODIED
You have regular wellness practices that nurture your physical, mental, spiritual, and creative health and keep you in present time. You take accountability for your actions and your happiness.

YOU HAVE

• A Bachelor of Arts degree or higher, including feminist/women’s/gender studies.
• Professional communications experience, including newsletter development and Instagram account management for a business or company.
• You own Apple laptop, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator), digital camera (could be a high-quality phone camera), and functional smart phone.
• Ability to work during normal business hours. (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT)
• A reliable car and can meet in Topanga Canyon weekly. (Please note: travel time and expenses are not compensated.)

APPLY

Your application consists of 4 PDFs—

1. Cover letter with your interest and relevant experience.

2. Your current resume (include your physical address).

3.  Communications portfolio. Include one published promotional writing sample (newsletter, press release, website copy, or similar) and two Instagram posts (image + text), created for a business or organization. 

4. Your answer to the questions, “Can a business be feminist? What might that require?” This should be no longer than one page and will contain your own ideas. This is not a research paper; do not paste content from another source. There are no right or wrong answers. We're interested in your thoughts and your ability to communicate them.

Email these to jenn@sister.is with the subject line, I’m an Excellent Communicator. 

TEACHING ASSISTANT

We are seeking a kind and experienced Teaching Assistant to provide support for Feminist Business School. You will manage the online classrooms, engage in day-to-day interactions with students, mediate and moderate class discussions on topics of feminist entrepreneurship, and act as administrative liaison. You will also assist the Director in the development and delivery of curricula and course materials and provide general administrative support such as scanning, file formatting, and maintaining student databases.

You possess a rich knowledge of feminism, including feminist history, movements, theory, scholarship, and art, as well as an understanding of race studies, capitalism, and Marxist theory (bonus points for business studies and/or healing arts). You are able to communicate your insights, knowledge, and ideas to others in a way that is clear, engaging, and easy-to-grasp. You are skilled at classroom diplomacy—you can diffuse charged conversations and have experience maneuvering complicated ideological discussions. You are curious, a life-long learner and who enjoys exploring new ideas without ego or the need to be right. You know how to foster growth and transformation in your students with compassion and creativity.

A commitment to your own critical consciousness (working through internal/ized sexism, racism, classism, and so on) is essential. As are kindness and a sense of humor. You are organized, managerial, and grounded. You are devoted to feminism and energized by the idea of feminist entrepreneurship. You are excited to be a part of our vision and eager to contribute your excellent people skills, intellectual acumen, and teaching talents to helping Sister flourish.

This position is 3-8 hours per week (workload fluctuates with the FBS course calendar, more work anticipated in 2018). Pay is $25-$35/hr contract, DOE. Applicants may work remotely, within the continental United States. Preference is given to applicants in the Los Angeles area who are able to meet regularly in Topanga Canyon.

YOU ARE

A TEACHER
You have a strong interdisciplinary knowledge of topics at hand (feminism, economics, race, class, gender, business). You have college-level teaching experience which includes writing a syllabus, developing curricula, speaking/lecturing/writing on a topic, guiding students in the development of critical consciousness, and providing constructive feedback. You are personable, friendly and kind with your students and colleagues. You are sensitive to classroom dynamics that unconsciously replicate institutionalized power imbalances and are engaged in undoing racism, sexism, classism in the learning environment. You are interested in pedagogy and understand the value of allowing students to come to their own conclusions. You grasp new ideas quickly. You are comfortable conveying and representing the tenets of the Feminine Economy and feminist entrepreneurship (after training, of course) and you are excited about our radical ideas of embodying feminine and feminist principles in business practices.

AN ASSISTANT
You are a team-player and eager collaborator. You enjoy working in service of a higher mission (in this case, social transformation through feminist entrepreneurship). You shape a community culture that is inclusive, responsive, responsible, fun, and supportive. You have natural managerial skills and enjoy creating and maintaining systems that foster smooth day-to-day operations. You are generally helpful and step in to assist with mundane tasks. You have good instincts and often know what needs to be done without anyone saying it. You act as a liaison, providing support to both students and the Director through adept management of the online classrooms and administrative organization.

A GOOD COMMUNICATOR
You are able to connect with a wide range of personalities and are comfortable in email, online, written, phone, and in-person interactions. You are skilled at representing your views and presenting a counter-point in a confident but non-confrontational way. You are adept at diffusing emotionally-charged conversations and de-escalating confrontations, especially in discourse around racism, sexism, classism and other forms of systemic violence. You cultivate relationships with honesty, integrity, and healthy boundaries. You create a welcoming and engaging environment for students and staff.

FEMINIST
You have a strong understanding of feminist movements, theory, scholarship, and art, and have studied these in the academy. You are engaged with intersectional feminism. You have read gender theory/queer theory, and possess an interest in the feminine. You appreciate the renaissance of witchcraft and spirituality in fourth wave feminism. Your feminist practice includes dismantling systemic white supremacy. You are interested in economics, entrepreneurship and the contradictions of capitalism. 

YOU ARE ALSO 

INTUITIVE & DISCERNING
You are able to sense your needs and the needs of those around you. You know how to discern, prioritize, and respond appropriately in complicated professional situations. You are self-directed and capable of managing your time and tasks without oversight.

TECHNOPHILE
You will be working in a number of online platforms to perform your job. You are comfortable adopting new systems and figuring them out on your own.

EMBODIED
You have regular wellness practices that nurture your physical, mental, spiritual, and creative health and keep you in present time. You take accountability for your actions and your happiness.

YOU HAVE

• A Bachelor of Arts degree or higher, including feminist/gender/women’s studies.
• Basic literacy with Marxist theory and economics.
• College-level teaching experience in women’s studies, critical theory, or similar.
• You own Apple laptop with video/Skype capabilities, reliable internet, and functional smart phone.
• Ability to work during normal business hours. (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT).

APPLY

Your application consists of 4 PDFs—

1. Cover letter with your interest and relevant experience.

2. Your current resume (include your physical address).

3. A list of three influential texts (college-level) that shaped your critical consciousness. Write 1-3 sentences for each, describing the ideas or insights that were most powerful for you. 

4. Your answer to the questions, “Can a business be feminist? What might that require?” This should be no longer than one page and will contain your own ideas. This is not a research paper; do not paste content from another source. There are no right or wrong answers. We're interested in your thoughts and your ability to communicate them.

Email these to jenn@sister.is with the subject line, I’m an Awesome TA