Assistant Director of the Publications Unit

Nashville Public Radio; Normal (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nashville Public Radio in Normal, IL seeks an Assistant Director who trains and supervises undergraduate and graduate students, and teaches the Introduction to Professional Publishing course within the English Department.

The role edits and proofs text for scholarly publications, assists with newsletters, journals, and books, manages content on the Unit website, and helps with grant writing and fundraising.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting publishing projects in a university setting.
• Proven ability to manage multiple editing and layout tasks.
• Strong collaboration with faculty and editors across departments.

Responsibilities

• Train and supervise undergraduate and graduate students in publication workflows.
• Instruct the Introduction to Professional Publishing course and related classes.
• Edit and proof text for newsletters, journals, and books.
• Assist with production of newsletters, journals, and books.
• Manage Unit website content and online store operations.
• Assist with grant applications and fundraising activities.
• Oversee marketing projects for creative journals.
• Collaborate with Director in organizing Unit activities.
• Proofread/edit and work with layouts for newsletters, journals and books.
• Use Adobe Creative Cloud including Acrobat, InDesign, and Photoshop, plus FileMaker and MS Word on Mac.

Skills

Teaching

Supervision

Editing

Proofreading

Content management

Grant writing

Fundraising

Marketing

Layout design

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

InDesign

Photoshop

Acrobat

FileMaker

MS Word

Mac OS

Job description

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more Information, Please See https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13644787

The Assistant Director trains and supervises undergraduate and graduate students, instructs the Introduction to Professional Publishing course and other courses in the assistant director's areas of expertise, edits and proofs text for all creative and scholarly publications supported by the Unit, assists with production of newsletters, journals, and books, manages content on a Unit website, assists with writing grant applications and fundraising activity, oversees marketing projects for creative journals, manages an online store and fulfills orders, and collaborates with the Director in organizing Unit activities. The position also requires proofreading, editing, and working with newsletter, journal and book layouts, the Adobe Creative Cloud including Acrobat, InDesign, and Photoshop, FileMaker, MS Word, and Mac platform computing. This position carries a 1-1 teaching load in the Department of English.