Job Description

The Managing Editor position with Denver Quarterly is a non-benefitted part-time job. This twelve-month appointment (July – June) involves working closely with the journal’s Editor and Associate Editor to coordinate the journal’s business management and production workflow.

A summer stipend may be provided in recognition of dedicated work during the transition between academic years, working closely with the journal’s Editor and new Associate Editor, assisting with the journal’s forthcoming issues.

Appointments to and/or dismissals from this position will be recommended by the journal’s Editor to the Chair of the Department of English & Literary Arts. The journal’s Editor will review the Managing Editor’s work on a quarterly basis. Upon request, those evaluations may be reviewed by the Department Chair and/or the CAHSS Dean’s Office.

This is a non-benefited position not to exceed 1000 hours in a calendar year. We anticipate the total labor hours (July-June) to be <300 hours.

Essential Functions

Depending upon circumstances and availability, the Managing Editor’s responsibilities may include:

• Marketing: Coordinate marketing objectives, including subscriber renewal, social media, print & digital initiatives, and alumni outreach. (AWP activities may also be included.)
• Fundraising: Partner with internal and external resources to conduct fundraising initiatives focused on close allies of the journal as well as participate in determining and pursuing new financial opportunities, such as gifts, grants, and sponsorships. (AWP activities may also be included.)
• Subscriptions: Manage the subscription list to keep it accurate and up to date to ensure correct print runs. Liaise with subscription partners, such as EBSCO and Harassowitz, to maintain list health on a quarterly basis. Ensure that the subscriber list has been updated per quarterly NCOA scrubs.
• Publishing: Assist with the production process for the journal’s electronic and print volumes & issues, and for promotional materials.
• Distribution: Coordinate mailings and process returns. Correspond with contributors to alert them to issue shipments.

Required Qualifications

• The journal’s Managing Editor must be available during the fiscal year (July 1 – June 30)
• Previous experience with the publication process for literary arts journals.

Work Schedule

The duration of this position is from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. In accordance with the University’s flexible work policy, this position is eligible to be considered for partial remote work. Further details regarding this plan will be determined with the hiring manager and are dependent on the division and team specific needs.

Application Deadline
For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) Monday, June 8, 2026.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Compensation

Primary responsibilities for DQ’s Managing Editor will include Subscriptions and Distribution (as noted above) and Publishing (managing the production of new digital publications on FIVES). Salary will be set at $2,000 annually for dedicated work with Subscriptions and Distribution. Those payments (and the customary associated fringe costs) will be covered by the journal’s annual operating funds. Additional contract payments (including a summer stipend) may be available (depending upon budgetary constraints) for other levels of involvement (as noted above). Additional compensation will be provided for managing the production of new digital content on FIVES. That additional work will include:

• communications w/ our FIVES authors whose works have been accepted for publication
• coordinating w/ our authors & editors, re: the final edits & formatting for those accepted works
• publishing those works in FIVES, https://fivesquarterly.com/

Depending upon the journal’s budgetary constraints, non-benefitted contract payments may be provided to recognize this extra work:

• $1,000 summer stipend for dedicated work during the summer months, working with the journal’s Editor, training our incoming Associate Editor, and assisting with the journal’s publishing cycle from the previous academic year, ensuring that the cycle’s concluding issue goes to press during early-September.
• $500 for each new collection of materials published on FIVES (up to a maximum of $1,000 for two collections, one in fall/winter, one in spring). Decisions about the critical mass of accepted new materials for each issue of FIVES will be made collaboratively with the FIVES team (and with final approval by the Editor, Associate Editor, and Managing Editor).

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits

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Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non‑Discrimination‑Statement

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.