University Of Lynchburg Lynchburg , VA 24501
Posted 7 days ago
Job Details
Job Location: University of Lynchburg - Lynchburg, VA
Position Type: Student
Education Level: None
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Entry Level
Description
Position Title: Prism Co-Editor
Reports to: Prism Faculty Advisor (Dr. Kelly Ann Jacobson)
Job Overview: Prism Co-Editors will work independently to run Prism reader meetings, organize submissions, and create and edit the content of the Prism.
Hours/Week: 2 - 5 hours per week
Responsibilities and Duties:
Raise interest in staffing and submissions
Organize submissions
Select art for the cover
Send out acceptances and rejections
Put together the Prism draft and edit proofs
Enter hours in the university's pay system
Organize the spring Prism reading
Communicate with the Faculty Advisor regularly about progress
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Co-editors should have taken at least one upper-division, creative writing class.
They must be available for an average of two hours every week and for longer amounts of time at key parts of the production schedule for quick editorial turnarounds.
Previous experience reading for Prism is strongly preferred.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting your editing experience and addressing the following questions to:
Are you available two hours per week on average and for longer amounts of time at key production schedule points?
Have you taken an upper-division creative writing class? Which class, and with whom?
Do you have experience reading for the Prism? If so, please describe that experience.
Do you have experience with leadership?
What is your editorial vision for next year's Prism?
University Of Lynchburg