Harvard Grad Recruiting Only Harvard Grads…To Work For Britney Spears
There are certain things you'd expect of a Harvard lax recruit who went on to work at a hedge fund and boast of his penchant for Sarah Palin on Facebook. Co-founding a restaurant with Britney Spears' dad and then using his Harvard connections to find Brit Brit the perfect Online Media Manager (the rest of the Ivy League--and all other plebians--need not apply) is not one of them.
Good job, Joe Nejman (H' 03). You've suprised me, and not in that "oh, wow, it's soooo much bigger than I'd thought" way. Joe, I've got a present for you: the Epic Elitist D-Bag of the Week award. Congrats.
Because, of course, when Britney Spears needs someone to manage her online persona, Princeton and Yale grads just won't cut it--especially with such tough job requirements as being "a Social media expert with Googloe [sic] Analytics." The job ad, taken off a Harvard-only private job board, after the jump:
So, Harvard readers, if you "adore metrics," have experience using "photo-shop," "love creating and maintaining relationships," "are adicted to social networks," and are "passionate about the intersection of Silicon Valley and Hollywood," fire off your CV directly. I mean, who wouldn't want to respond to Britney Spears' fan mail messages on Myspace? It's like being Santa Claus, except with worse grammar and bigger, um, problems.
Have you always wanted to get inside this woman's inbox? Well, now you can!
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January 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
College-bias for Harvard? No. I simply cannot process this thought-shattering news.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I’m sorry, is a minimal amount of editing too much to ask? Spell check maybe? It does it for you!
You’ve “suprirsed” me, Ivygate.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Lol. Now she changed it to “suprised.”
January 14th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
spelling is hard! (even for your “typical hard-working writer”)
“Robyn Schneider lives a charmed life, but she’s grateful for it! When you strip away the designer shoes- of which she has a self-admitted obsessive amount- the name-brand bags and the trendy New Yorker clothes, underneath, Robyn is your typical hard-working writer.”
“Robyn has worked as a gossip blog editor, party photographer, stand-up comedian, magic show assistant, off-Broadway actress, debate coach, and creative writing teacher. She has preposterously shiny hair, enjoys smuggling coffee into places where such beverages are prohibited, and has never been mugged.”
also, she went to Barnard- isn’t having gone to an ivy league school a prerequisite for being associate editor for Ivygate?
January 14th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Can we not get into the Barnard vs Ivy/Columbia thing? It’s been old for longer than most of us have been alive.
Instead, let’s just laugh at how 5% of Harvard students/alums ruin the reputation other 95% by being total pompous assholes.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Most useless sight on the web. All your writers are a)insecure shitbags b)not funny c)resentful of their experiences in the Ivy League. You guys suck. I wanted to read this blog as a distraction from exam studying, but now I’m just more motivated to study so that I don’t end up writing for a garbage blog like this.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
You still read it, douche.
I will agree that this story isn’t exactly watergate but I’m getting sick of people bitching about ivy gate and continuing to read it every damn day.
I hate donkey-porn (just not my thing) you would be surprised at the amount of donkey-porn i manage NOT to browse. Don’t like the website; leave it. Sheesh.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
fuck ivy gate – From your talk of exams, I’m assuming that you’re a Harvard student. Please don’t ruin our reputation any further. Most of us aren’t actually arrogant self-important douchebags, except occasionally in section. Kthanxbye.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Did you guys not realize that the spelling errors on this “sight” were made by the Harvard guy (Joe) in the original job posting?
Yes, Barnard students compete in the Ivy League athletic conference, therefore it is in Ivy League school. END OF STORY.
No, she’s not a Harvard student… she goes to Barnard…
January 14th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Hey guys, I actually don’t go to Barnard, I go to Penn. Grad school, you know. Also, P’11, thanks for quoting a teen fangirl’s description of me from her geocities website circa 2005. Rock on. But anyway. I *did* go to Barnard. Which is why I can’t spell surprised–and no, I’m not going to fix it. Carry on, commenters, onto the Joe bashing, please!
January 15th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
this site is such shit now. i knew it was doomed when they let robyn schneider write.
you go to penn now? getting an mfa in shitty teen novels i assume?
January 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Where in the job posting does it say that non-Harvard grads “need not apply?” Are you assuming that because this was posted on a Harvard-only job board (among other places, possibly?, they’re only open to Harvard alum applicants? Either way, is this a big deal? Did I miss something? So many questions..
January 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Barnard is not part of the Ivy League. Being affiliated with Columbia does not make it an Ivy…. either its not an “independent entity” and it is simply part of Columbia, or it is BARNARD a non-ivy league (but still excellent) college.
Being in the same classes as Columbia kids doesn’t mean that you go to Barnard… just like how cross-registering between MIT and Wellesley doesn’t mean you go to both.
January 15th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
**I meant: doesn’t mean that you to an Ivy league school
January 15th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
WOW haha. So much douchebaggage on the comments. The Princeton tool commenting on spelling… he’s making princeton look toolish. God forbid.
It’s a gossip blog people. If you think it sucks, why are you here!?! hahahahaha fucking losers. I love the internet.
January 15th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
“man” – I was pre-med, grad school is for medical ethics. I don’t write teen novels and haven’t for years. Now please get over it. I have.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:51 am
I agree with everything “confused” said. Is there something we’re missing? If not, this is just bad reporting.
January 16th, 2009 at 5:07 am
the real irony is that Robyn Schneider is giving out “epic elitist d-bag of the week” awards.
January 16th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
This site can be summed up with the following:
1) Harvard is clearly the best Ivy League school. Hands down. In every aspect.
2) Most people who object to the previous statement probably do not go to Harvard and hence will probably not understand how true it is.
3) Some people who object to that statement might actually go to Harvard, in which case they’ll probably make some claim that I’m “perpetuating the classic stereotype of elitism at Harvard.” Fact is, I don’t really care what I’m perpetuating, nor am I trying to epitomize any stereotypes. I’m just telling it like it is.
This site’s bashing of Harvard is hence extremely pathetic and clearly a reflection of inner-Ivy insecurity/feelings of inferiority. Or it’s a result of resentment felt by Ivygate writers who did go to Harvard, but still insist on trying to distinguish themselves from the school.
THIS SITE BLOWS, LET THIS COMMENT REPRESENT THE LAST TIME I VISIT IVYGATE AGAIN
January 17th, 2009 at 9:14 am
This site bashes everyone equally, not just Harvard. If you can’t take well-meaning (although at times poorly executed) jokes about your school, you’re probably the type of person harboring the insecurity/feelings of inferiority of which you speak.
And yes, privately, many Harvard students may agree with sentiments #1 ad #2, but they at least try to have some sense of noblesse oblige. Frankly, I haven’t really enjoyed my time all that much at Harvard, so I don’t know where the rabid pride is coming from.
April 12th, 2009 at 4:40 am
i love her song womaniser but she mimed it on xfactor and didnt want nowt to do with the contestants on xfactor but she was a really good dancer on xfactor and she is very bonnie
October 20th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Britney Spears is simply the best pop singer. i like her superb stage performance and her sexiness