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Volunteer Opportunity at O:JA&L
Wanted: Contributing Editor for Theater Arts
OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L), recently lost a valued team member. As a result, O:JA&L must now actively recruit a skilled and diplomatic (and politically neutral) volunteer to serve as Contributing or as Associate Editor (DOQ) for Theater Arts.
Qualifications:
The qualified candidate would have a degree, training, or commensurate experience in a field directly associated with the theater arts or the film industry (including theater arts education) and have a verifiable IMDb profile. The ideal candidate will be a retired or semi-retired theater arts professional and will have substantial verifiable performance credits or producer’s or director’s credits or credits as a writer for screen and/or stage.
Duties:
The qualified candidate would be able to:
- contribute an average of up to three (3) hours per week of documented volunteer service
- assist with development of submission guidelines for screen plays of several types, staged productions and closet dramas, stage/set design, and related theater-specific specialties, including performance arts
- develop and issue calls for submissions in all theater arts categories, including video and audio submissions of performance arts
- receive and accept or decline submissions in all theater arts categories and including video and audio submissions
- identify industry awards/honors and nominate appropriate O:JA&L contributors for same
In addition to the core tasks listed above, the ideal candidate would be able to:
- contribute an average of more than three (3) hours of documented volunteer service per week
- contribute a minimum of three 300- to 1000-word original essays or articles per year on topics of interest to the theater arts community
- assist with fundraising for O:JA&L theater arts awards, online publishing and/or print projects
Compensation:
This is a volunteer position.
Application:
Respond with questions or with letter of interest and CV to ojal.associate.editor@gmail.com
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