Positions Open at Crossroads

Background Information

Crossroads is a student-run magazine published by the Association of
Computing Machinery (ACM) in print and online at the
Crossroads web site (http://www.acm.org/crossroads/). We are currently
looking for students interested in joining the Editorial
Staff. Crossroads is published quarterly and has a print circulation of
about 15,000; the Crossroads website receives (on average)
about 1,000 hits per day.

Positions Open -- Apply by November 1, 1998

Assistant Graphics Editor

The Assistant Graphics Editor is responsible for helping the Graphics
Editor solicit graphics and edit graphics for Crossroads. They
will also produce graphics or artwork as needed, design promotional
materials as needed, and help format all graphics in the
appropriate format.

General Editor

The General Editors are responsible for the solicitation and collection of
all articles and columns. Specific responsibilities include:

     Invite submissions of articles
     Participate in deciding which articles to select for each issue
     In charge of the first phase in editing each article chosen for
publication
     Maintain contact with authors about the status of their submission
     Participate in the general administration of Crossroads

Assistant Business Manager

The Business Manager is responsible for the business aspects of running a
magazine. The Assistant will aid in the following
responsibilities, in coordination with the Business Manager:

     Develop and implement a plan to solicit print and web-based
advertising
     Act as liason between the Crossroads editorial board and the ACM
headquarters business manager
     Assist the ACM headquarters business manager in soliciting
advertising for Crossroads
     Maintain the rate card
     Maintain the web-based advertising (receiving banners from
advertisers, formating Crossroads web pages to house the ad,
     etc.)

Assistant Publicity Manager

The Publicity Manager will coordinate activities to help promote
Crossroads. The Assistant will help the Publicity Manager with
the following activities:

     Develop and implement a plan to publicize Crossroads both in print
and online.
     Submit Crossroads to appropriate search engines, design flyers to
announce calls for articles, find appropriate awards to
     nominate Crossroads for, write press releases, etc.
     Research and list appropriate mailing lists, university research
labs, usenet groups, etc. for each issue so that calls for
     articles can be targeted to these resources
     Maintain the xrds-announce mailing list and send appropriate messages
over it
     Act as liason between the Crossroads editorial board and the ACM
headquarters personnel who track the popularity of
     Crossroads

Managing Editor

The exact description of this job is about to change, but here is a rough
idea of what would be involved:

     Recruiting new staff members as needed
     Helping to maintain the Crossroads web site
     Tracking and reporting status of submitted articles, corresponding
with authors as necessary
     Assisting other staff as requested

For more information

More information about Crossroads can be found at our web site,
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/. The Staff Policy can be found
at: http://www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/information/staff_policy.html. If
you would like more information, please contact us at
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Sincerely yours, Crossroads Editorial Staff

To apply for these positions, go to our online application at
www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/posapp.html