10/09/2020
Love poetry? Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine is hiring!
At the Poetry Foundation, we exist to celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. POETRY, an independent literary magazine published by the Poetry Foundation, is committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.
We believe it is our duty to better serve the poets who entrust us with their work, creative or otherwise, and serve audiences who find solace, joy, insight, catalysts for change, and more in poetry.
Our job search seeks to develop a broad and diverse applicant pool of candidates who share a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and building a culture of inclusion, as well as a passion for poetry and supporting poets.
As part of this commitment, we are inviting Guest Editors to edit several issues of POETRY. Guest Editors would be responsible for:
• Bringing new perspectives to the magazine and providing support as we select our next President
• Working with the editorial team in reading submissions and editing the magazine
• Audience outreach and strengthening relationships with poets
• Helping to deepen the magazine’s commitment to antiracism
We're also looking for a POETRY Editorial Assistant who will be responsible for a variety of administrative and editorial tasks to keep the magazine’s production on track.
• Administrative: Keep various magazine files and databases organized and up-to-date while ensuring all necessary paperwork and correspondence is completed and filed correctly to meet internal deadlines.
• Editorial: Assist the magazine team in typesetting and proofreading each issue of the magazine and confirm accuracy of digital versions in advance of publication.
We are also currently on the search for a Product Manager, responsible for:
• Driving the success, efficiency, and continued improvement of poetryfoundation.org and our various digital projects
• Product management of all digital platforms
• Project management across teams and tools
• Digital development
