Prism Student Co-Editor

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?