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Most of our workers would go to nice lengths for $20,000, a van, and a 3-month street journey task. Sound good to you too? Right here’s what to do.
Two mountain bike manufacturers simply introduced they’re searching for the inaugural president of a secret society. What does that imply? Basically, Outdated Man Mountain and The Robert Axle Undertaking need to discover the correct wild baby to tear across the Western U.S. for 3 months in a campervan making YouTube movies.
Be aware: Instance of a van construct by Carefree Camper Co. solely. Precise ambassador van not pictured; (picture/Erik Fenner)
Said {qualifications} embrace consolation with speaking to your self in public, love for driving bikes, and readiness to steer the very public Loam and Gravel Society. If in case you have all three, get your pitch deck prepared.
The 2 manufacturers need to pay a brand new ambassador (or “president”) $20,000, package them out with bikepacking gear, and ship them off in a Carefree Camper Co. van.
All you want is a motorcycle, a laptop computer, and “picture and video gear” (received an iPhone?).
Key Loam and Gravel Society’ Presidential’ Duties
The job is to create an eight-episode YouTube sequence about, primarily, driving bikes. The best candidate will give attention to the enjoyable from the sound of issues.
On a 2021 Outdated Man Mountain firm bikepacking journey; (picture/Erik Fenner)
“You could be quick,” Outdated Man Mountain and The Robert Axle Undertaking stated in a press release. “However the focus must be on having fun with the rides, the sights, and assembly potential inductees to the society. You’re a content material creator, so you need to be keen to take a number of breaks and re-ride sections to correctly chronicle them for The Society.”
“The Society” seems to check with a cohort of like-minded people to whom the manufacturers can market.
Per the manufacturers, every task for The Loam and Gravel Society ought to lead to a 12- to 18-minute video. Presidential duties can even embrace different, shorter video duties, plus social media and weblog posts.
(Photograph/Eric Phillips)
Job Time period, Driving Necessities, and The way to Apply
The president’s time period (learn: the model ambassador’s tenure) will run for 16 weeks — the 12-week journey, plus a 2-week buffer on every finish. The manufacturers don’t specify a timetable. However when you’re going to tug off the workload as established, you’ll need to get after it earlier than it will get too sizzling.
Along with creating content material, you’ll pull off multiday bikepacking journeys and put in as much as 20-mile days on singletrack. The appliance supplies additionally specify that you simply’ll go to areas, together with breweries.
Go path driving, make movies, write, and drink beer for 3 months? For apparently good purpose, the society password is “huzzah!”
If you happen to assume you or somebody you understand is Outdated Man Mountain/Robert Axle Undertaking model presidential materials, fill out the applying by Wednesday, March 16 at midnight CST.
Be ready to point out off your social media accounts and wow the applying reviewers along with your bikepacking expertise — and, after all, your charming artistic instincts.
