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The DSC is hiring for Position of Adjunct Project Coordinator

The Doctoral Students' Council is accepting applications for the DSC-sponsored position which advocates for the interests of adjunct academic labor both within CUNY and in the New York area in general. The Adjunct Project coordinator will be expected to be knowledgeable of issues regarding graduate student labor and to disseminate information to students who teach as adjuncts or work part-time for CUNY.

Duties will include attendance at all plenary meetings of the DSC (which are held once a month on a Friday at 6 p.m.) with occasional reports made to the plenary. The Coordinator will be required to staff the Adjunct Project office for no less than three hours a week and to attend events sponsored by the PSC (Professional Staff Congress).

The employment period begins in mid-August and continues until the end of the academic year. Please submit an electronic résumé with a brief cover letter detailing adjunct experience as well as organizational/motivational activity experience. Interviews will be held on Monday, May 16th and Tuesday, May 17th in the late afternoon and evenings. Please submit materials to Paul McBreen at pmcbreen@gc.cuny.edu.

The DSC seeks to hire an
Editor-in-Chief for The Advocate

The Advocate will have an opening for the position of editor-in-chief. Interviews will be held during the last week of classes for the position which begins in mid-August (to prepare for the first edition of the new academic year).

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for collecting news items submitted by students and for advertisements. The overall content of the newspaper is determined by the Editor-in-Chief. The first duty of this newly-hired Editor will be to hire a Layout and Online Editor.

The payment for writers and commissions for sales of advertisements are directed by the editor-in-chief. Other duties include the general management of the office and personnel of The Advocate; currently the staff consists of three other members.
Please submit an electronic résumé with a brief cover letter which includes details of past experience with student or commercial publications as well as management experience. Submit materials to Paul McBreen at pmcbreen@gc.cuny.edu ASAP. Brief interviews will be held on Monday May 16th and Tuesday May 17th in the late afternoon or evenings.

The Advocate is hiring an
Online Editor and Layout Editor

The Advocate has openings for both an Online Editor and a Layout Editor.

During the week of May 23rd, interviews will be held for the positions of on-line editor and layout editor. Please send a résumé and a cover letter detailing your experience for either position below.

On-line editor

This editor is responsible for the electronic posting of the editions of The Advocate to the website (http://web.gc.cuny.edu/advocate/). As an integral member of the staff, this editor is expected to work closely with the other editors to insure that all print and graphics are in proper format for expeditious posting. Proficiency with Dreamweaver is a prerequisite as is knowledge of html.

Layout Editor

The Layout Editor works in The Advocate office designing all aspects of each edition of the print paper. This Editor must work closely with the Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief to construct each issue. Previous layout experience in Quark XPress is required, along with basic Photoshop skills (Illustrator knowledge a plus, but not required). Samples will be required.

These positions will be hired by the editor-in-chief of The Advocate. Please send résumé and cover letter to advocate@gc.cuny.edu.