Positions available: 1

We would like to work with a student in order to provide support to the Executive Creative Director throughout the different phases of the publishing season. The tasks and responsibilities will be broken into different projects, each lasting for 8 weeks of part-time work.

For Phase 5, the student will be focusing on will be to support with planning the next season's books, submitting grant applications, and outlining the next year of work.

With guidance from the Executive Creative Director, the manager and assistant creative director will work in a highly flexible and collaborative role to fortify, support, and lead student efforts to produce written and recorded works of high quality and integrity. Roles of the manager and assistant creative director include:

• Developing long-term plans and logistical strategies for implementing program procedures, policy, and approaches.
• Develop roles, terms of employment, and draft job-descriptions prior to student hiring.
• Hiring, interviewing, and onboarding students through interviews, dedicated trainings, and tutorials.
• Creation and assignment of novel book outlines, article topics, and audiobook ideas.
• Placing students into appropriate streams and/or cohorts to match their aptitudes and interests with projects they are likely to succeed in.
• Mentor and support students requiring project guidance, conflict resolution, or adaptations to their terms of employment.
• Monitor students and projects to ensure constancy in quality and productivity.
• Liaise regularly with Executive Creative Director, Riipen representatives, and all other relevant personnel for purposes of program governance/administration.

The student will have direct access to the Chair on an ongoing basis by email and phone.