Two Hawks Quarterly Editorial Assistant - K. Pope Study England

Start Date:

5/3/2025
End Date: 5/1/2026
Number of Positions: 3 - We have had three student workers in this position. One student graduated. A second worker took a hiatus from their degree. The volume of submissions for the journal has increased significantly, while the publication is becoming more well‑known in the literary community. Workers are doing more outreach to writers. This increase requires additional hours.
Hours per Week: 60 hrs/3 students
Weekends

Required:

No
Evenings

Required:

No

Supervisor:
Kathryn Pope / Undergraduate Studies

Alternate Supervisor:
Audrey Mandelbaum

This position allows for remote work Yes/No:
Yes

Percentage of time that could be remote (0-100%): 100% of the work will be held via online Zoom meetings, the Submittable portal, and the Word Press site

• All the work product is available and visible on Submittable and/or Word Press.
• Weekly meeting to set goals and assess progress
• Work studies usually attend the Two Hawks Quarterly editorial meetings weekly

• Work studies train new student editors
• Assign the readings to the editors
• Manage incoming submissions
• Maintain editorial turnaround time of two months or less
• Correspond with authors
• Post to the Word Press website
• Follow‑up with authors

The overall outcome for workers is the production and promotion of a new issue of the literary journal.

• The editorial assistant will be responsible for assisting in preparing and publishing each issue of Two Hawks Quarterly, the undergraduate program's literary journal.
• During non‑production quarters, this will involve reading submitted works (10 hours/week; communicating with supervisor and fellow students and attending Zoom sessions of Two Hawks Quarterly if at all possible (5 hours); copy‑editing and preparing work for posting (5 hours)).
• During production quarters, the work will shift to reading submitted work (4 hours/week); copy‑editing in conjunction with supervisor and fellow students (6 hours); posting work to Word Press (8 hours); proofreading posted work (2 hours).
• These hours are approximate and may shift depending to which tasks are taken on by the journal's student editors.
• Most important are tech skills in posting the issue to Word Press. Posting the issue to Word Press is primarily the responsibility of the work/study student.

• Technical proficiency with Word Press or similar platform
• Good critical reading skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team; familiarity with reading literary works
• Diplomacy in interacting with authors; openness to learning new skills
• Problem solving capacity
• Good upbeat attitude

Please send an email with a CV or resume to both: kpope and dlott

Email: dlott

Position Type:
Work Study

Department:
Undergraduate Studies / Creative Writing Concentration