Here’s the thing: we really need a press secretary. Journalists reach out, write, call, and I don’t respond—I just don’t have the time. They get offended and say I’ve “gone all celebrity.” That’s really not good. We need someone to handle this area and cheerfully communicate with all journalists. In practice, this means that when I’m playing Fallout, there needs to be someone who can very convincingly say: “You know, Alexei is very busy fighting corruption. At this very moment, he is defeating... uhhh... a corrupt official who has seized power in Vault 13 and a Putin henchman who has challenged the Brotherhood of Steel. So unfortunately he cannot comment on your very original question, ‘What will happen to Russia next?’” The press secretary would not so much be my personal one as one for the projects in general—RosPil and everything else. If we need to explain what’s new in the “Vekselberg case,” they explain it. If we need to address “is it true that Putin is bad?” then they talk about bad Putin. If it’s about the VTB buyback, then it’s about the VTB buyback. Requirements: - commitment to the cause; hatred of crooks and thieves; a desire to help Russian people groaning under the yoke of corrupt rule; - education: a journalism degree is not required. In fact, it is less desirable than a law/economics/statistics degree, etc.; - honors diploma; - fluent spoken and written American English. Mandatory. I can do the “from my heart” routine myself; - understanding of the media landscape; ability to distinguish a more important newspaper/TV channel from a less important one; understanding which journalist knows what they’re writing about and which one needs everything explained for half an hour; - ability to communicate with everyone patiently and amicably, even when you really want to tell them to get lost; - in general, a desire to hang out with journalists, because they are a специфический crowd, and if you basically dislike them, this job is impossible; - perfect understanding of how social media works and a desire to work in it; - knowledge of politics and a love of reading the news; - ability to meaningfully understand what is going on. An assignment like “find such-and-such in a company’s IFRS report” should not faze you; - hard work and diligence; - creativity; - references preferred. And so on—everything else they usually ask for in job postings, including “ability to work in a team.” Salary based on interview results. To uphold the principles of meritocracy, I won’t be choosing the person myself; a friendly “HR monster” will do it. Please send to anticorruptionfund@gmail.com: a) your résumé; b) a free-form essay on the topic “Why I want to work with Navalny and how, in his place, I would organize media relations”; c) links to all your social media accounts.