Volunteer Position: Managing Editor

ACM seeks a managing editor for leadership of magazine operations. ACM comprises approximately 20 staff, all of whom contribute on a volunteer basis. 

Core responsibilities include the following, for which the time commitment should equal roughly 20 hours per month.

• Guide decision making with executive editor and assoc. managing editor; participate in monthly staff meetings and weekly operational meetings with executive committee
• Collaborate on developing quarterly external newsletter
• Pinch hit to read submissions as necessary
• Manage our small budget
• Seek and apply for grants
• Manage process for anthology submissions (Best American Essays, Pushcart Prize, anthologies, etc.)
• Copy edit and proofread content before it is published (as needed)
• Participate in Zoom calls/in-person meetings with staff candidates
• Supervise interns
• Occasionally provide coverage with posting content to Wordpress site
• Nice to have: operational management of softwares and tools (Bookshop.org commissions, Stripe, PayPal, general programs needed to manage Wordpress, etc.)