Editor-in-Chief

Position Title: Editor-in-Chief

Department: Student Media

Advertised Pay: 12.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

Editors-in-chief work together to make decisions about matters that impact the whole of Student Media. Student Media is a student-run entity that will hire editors-in-chief for four publications: Bod Magazine, Kaw Yearbook, Washburn Review newspaper, and Washburn Review website.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
EICs are responsible for the overall management of The Review, Bod Magazine or Kaw Yearbook or maintaining the website.
• They must: Hire, train and manage a staff of associate or assistant-level editors and staff members.
• Make decisions concerning the publication of all content.
• Write reports as requested for the Board of Student Media. Accept or reject advertising.
• Conduct weekly editorial meetings and maintain editorial policies.
• Supervise design and page layout.
• Determine the size of publications in consultation with the advertising manager, business manager and director of Student Media.
• Establish and enforce all deadlines necessary for publication.
• Establish a training structure for all staff positions.
• Work with the business manager and director to develop an annual fiscal budget.
• Maintain a recruiting program.
• Change messages on the voicemail system, check messages and ensure that the messages receive a timely response.
• Coordinate with other editors-in-chief to ensure joint staff meetings once a month.
• Hire and dismiss, with the Board of Student Media approval, staff members not hired by the Board of Student Media.
• Write or assign a weekly editorial board piece.
• Write a weekly column.
• Attend and report to the Board of Student Media at regularly scheduled meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by the Board of Student Media.

Required Qualifications:
Must have an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher
Must be a full time student enrolled at Washburn University
Previous Student Media experience or other relevant media experience.
Basic knowledge of computers.

Special Instructions to Applicants: 

Hourly   
Background Check Not Required