Fuwanovel is always looking for motivated people who share our love for Visual Novels. If you’re interested in being a writer for Fuwanovel, just send us your application, along with a sample article or post written by you (can be anything like a news article, a review, an unboxing article or a think piece – just don’t be shy!) and some information about yourself.

Apart from writers, we also offer opportunities for talented coders, web designers, artists and graphic gurus as well as social media managers. If you want to work with us, just check the requirements table below and use the form on this page or write an email at [email protected] to get in touch with us.

Fuwanovel Blog Team

The Fuwanovel Blog Team is the team department of Fuwanovel which is responsible for our main page, Fuwanovel.moe. Members of the Blog Team take care of the daily content production by looking for the latest news, finding interesting topics, writing articles, editing them and translating. Members of the Blog Team work in one or even more different sub teams, depend on their main skills: The Writer Team, which mainly writes articles and The Editor team which mainly edits them. They often work together with other teams like the Image Editing Team and the Social Media Team.

the requirements …

... for the writer team

  • You are able to contribute good ideas on a regular basis

  • You would describe yourself as “skillful” when it comes to expressing your ideas and thoughts. Also, you have this unique skill to put your ideas in a well-structured written format

  • Truth and fairness are values important for you

  • Ideally, you have already some knowledge in producing content (website, blog, news portal, Youtube, Twitter …)
… for the editor team
  • You have a good understanding of the English language, especially when it comes to grammar and spelling. Ideally, you’re even a native speaker

  • You would say you have a good feeling of what “sounds good” and what rather “strange” or “not good” if you read a text

  • You’re able to give other people feedback in a friendly and constructive way, so they can improve themselves
… regardless of the team
  • You should be able to deal with deadlines and working in a team

Fuwanovel Dev Team

The Fuwanovel Dev Team is the coding team of Fuwanovel. Despite its name, their job is not only limited to coding in the strict sense: They are also taking care of databases, cloud stuff, configuration and so on. Similar to the Blog Team, the Dev Team is divided into two sub teams: The Front-end Team and The Back-end Team. While the first one mainly cares about designing the Fuwanovel web page, apps and its layout, the latter one cares about the functionality and features.

the requirements …

… for the frontend dev team
  • A good understanding of HTML 5/CSS 3

  • Coding experience in JavaScript/ES6

  • Some framework experience (Bootstrap, React or Vue for example)
… for the backend dev team
  • Decent programing skills either in C# and ASP.NET, PHP 7/8 and Symfony components, Python 3 with Flask or JavaScript with Node
  • /Express.js

  • At least some experience with relational databases (especially MySQL/MariaDB)

  • Maybe some experience with WordPress development (Plugin API, Theme API, REST API) (optional)
… regardless of the team
  • At least a basic understanding of Git and GitHub

  • Experience in using (frontend) or creating (backend) REST APIs

  • Maybe some experience with GraphQL (optional)

  • Maybe some experience with Docker and Dockerfiles (optional)

Other Fuwanovel Teams

the requirements …

… for the community team
  • The community team doesn’t hire new people currently
… for the image editing team
  • Good skills in using bitmap image editing applications like Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Corel PHOTO-PAINT

  • Good skills in using vector image editing applications like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape or CorelDRAW
… for the social media team
  • A good understanding of either Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

  • A Meta (Facebook or Instagram) AND a Twitter account

  • References like social media profiles you managed in the past or your own social media profiles (optional)

  • Experience with Social Media managing tools like Meta Business Suite, Tweetdeck or Buffer (optional)

What we have to offer

  • This cool feeling of being a member of one of the oldest and most popular Visual Novel web outlets and communities on the English Internet
  • Fancy team badges for your FuwaForums profile and a staff role on the Fuwanovel Discord Server to share this feeling with the world
  • Access to a ton of free review copies, among them many popular titles from big western publishers and western indie developers
  • Growing your own personal brand with your contributions to Fuwanovel
  • We can help you attend conventions in our name all over the world in exchange for convention reports.
  • A (possible) first step to build your career in the western Visual Novel industry and community

Please be aware that Fuwanovel is project primarily driven by fans for fans and hence all positions are unpaid, unless there is written something else.

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