Managing Editor of the Bennington Review

Bennington College welcomes applications for a Managing Editor of the Bennington Review, a faculty-edited, nationally-distributed biannual print literary magazine of innovative fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction housed at the College, facilitating the week-to-week operations of the magazine. 

Reporting to the Editor of Bennington Review, this position works closely with staff departments, including but not limited to alumni relations and communications, as well as external partners such as; subscribers, contributors, and submitters of work to the magazine; magazine distributors and printers; the cover artist; the journal’s designer and freelance proofreader; and external foundations. This is a part-time position, working fifteen (15) hours per week year-round. 

Major Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Facilitate the week-to-week operations of the Bennington Magazine. Help the editor in day to day organizational and clerical duties as well as manage the design, layout, and production of the magazine. Manage the workflow and production schedule of Bennington Review.
2. Meet weekly with the journal’s editor
3. Assist the editor in proofreading and ordering each issue of the magazine
4. Prepare each issue for copy editing and publication.
5. Oversee website content.
6. Manage publicity and social media. Develop and implement publicity for the magazine, including strategizing a social media and marketing campaign.
7. Liaise with contributors, subscribers, distributors, the designer, the cover artist, the printer, and any external copy editor, as well as with the external Board and the external foundation.
8. Fulfill subscriptions.
9. Oversee and reconcile the budget; record sales and expenditures.
10. Maintain up-to-date subscription and shipping databases.
11. Very occasionally help organize readings and issue launches.
12. Promote the journal at the annual AWP Associated Writing Programs Conference;  periodically conduct bookstore outreach. Prepare for and work at any applicable book fairs, such as AWP and potentially the Brooklyn Book Festival.
13. Help develop strategies and projects to expand and diversify the magazine’s reach, visibility, and impact.
14. Assist with the supervision of student interns.
15. Assist with other Bennington Review projects as needed.

Bennington serves a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically/racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. Our staff and faculty also reflect diverse and intersecting backgrounds and identities. All employees are expected to be respectful and responsive to these differences in the service of building community that promotes student and employee success and community cohesiveness. Each individual (faculty, staff and students) will be accountable for upholding these values.  The College’s approach to pluralism and inclusivity—both as fields of inquiry and practice—is to prioritize flexible thought, and to invite the examination of access, value, power, and privilege through its institutional policies and areas of study. We encourage applicants from diverse realms of interest, backgrounds, experience, and accomplishment to apply. 

Qualifications 

1. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required; an MFA in creative writing is strongly preferred.
2. Prior experience working for a literary journal, press, or publicist is preferred.
3. Familiarity with the contemporary literary landscape, as well as with literary magazines and/or small press publishing.
4. Well-organized, flexible, and efficient multi-tasker and problem-solver who excels at working collaboratively, as well as independently and remotely.
5. Ability to become quickly proficient with SquareSpace, social media platforms, Google Sheets, Word and Excel, is expected, in addition to proofreading and bookkeeping skills.

The College

Bennington College is a small residential liberal arts college in southern Vermont, long distinguished for its progressive approach to higher education. The College was founded in 1932 on the principle of active engagement in learning, which is manifest in individualized plans of study developed by students together with faculty. We serve a diverse student population, and our faculty and staff also reflect diverse backgrounds and identities.  Our aim is to educate students towards self-fulfillment and constructive social purposes, and we believe that equity, diversity, and inclusivity--in community and in curriculum--are vital to achieving those aims.

Nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the campus consists of approximately 370 acres. The College was named one of ten with the best architecture by Architectural Digest.  From campus, it is a short drive to the cultural offerings of the northern Berkshires in Massachusetts, Albany, New York, and many of Vermont’s top recreational centers. New York City, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont are all within three and a half hours by car.