Program Assistant
“Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement”
University of North Carolina Press
Posted April 29, 2011
UNC Press seeks a full-time program assistant for its “Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement” project, a collaboration with the UNC-Chapel Hill Library and the Southern Oral History Program. This project is funded through December 2012 by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The program assistant, reporting to the project director, will assist the project director and one UNC Press acquisitions editor in all project-related activities during the grant period.
Duties include assisting the project director with meeting planning; drafting routine correspondence with project stakeholders; preparing memos, proposals, and regular reports to the project steering committee and project funders; preparing promotional and other materials related to the project; maintaining the project web site; research related to online publishing practices, author and customer content preferences, and market opportunities for new content products; and a variety of clerical and other tasks.
Working with the project’s acquisitions editor, the program assistant will also assist in communicating with prospective and existing authors; evaluating content proposed for publication; tracking the peer review process, soliciting readers, and initiating payment of honoraria and following up as necessary; preparing contracts; researching opportunities for new publications as well as sales and marketing figures for existing publications; reviewing and preparing documentation of permissions; photocopying, filing, and mailing; and other tasks as needed.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in a humanities or social science discipline; excellent writing, proofreading, and editing skills; superb interpersonal communication, organizational, and follow-through skills; strong word processing, database, internet, and other computer skills; flexibility; and a demonstrated ability to work under deadline pressure with minimal supervision, to work on many projects at once, and to prioritize tasks. Previous experience in academic publishing or a related field is strongly prefered, and candidates with a demonstrated interest in new technologies and methods of publication are strongly encouraged to apply.
This position begins immediately. Send cover letter, resume, and professional references to Sylvia K. Miller, Project Director, LCRM Project, UNC Press, 116 South Boundary St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 and lcrmproject@gmail.com.
The University of North Carolina Press is an equal opportunity employer.
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