Managing Editor - The Cincinnati Review, University of Cincinnati

Managing Editor

The Cincinnati Review, University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Department of English, Arts and Sciences Hall Room 369
PO Box 210069
Cincinnati OH 45221

Job Type: ,
Compensation: $64,600 - $72,705
Posted Date: 06/22/2026
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Managing Editor

Job Description

The Cincinnati Review seeks a Managing Editor, a top-tier international literary journal based in the English Department at the University of Cincinnati. This individual works alongside the Senior Editor and the Web and Media Editor in the running of the journal and is responsible for overseeing the production of two print/digital issues per year.

This is a mentorship-heavy position that includes the recruitment, hiring, and supervision of graduate-level editors, as well as undergraduate co-op students and/or interns.

Candidate has excellent organizational skills and demonstrated mentorship experience, and is comfortable liaising with institutional departments, faculty across disciplines, and community members, as well as colleagues in the publishing industry.

Must demonstrate familiarity with, and mastery of, copyediting both prose and poetry using the Chicago Manual of Style, as demonstrated through a copyediting test.

 

Essential Functions

  • Manages three graduate-student editors during the academic year and another during the summer term, all recruited and hired in consultation with the Senior Editor and Web and Media Editor;
  • Communicates with the Senior Editor and Web and Media Editor about duties and task overlap;
  • Liaises with department business administrators, department head, Acre Books, and external university offices about needs;
  • Participates in departmental and university-wide training;
  • Liaises with vendors;
  • Purchases and manages all office supplies;
  • Manages payments to contributors and all associated paperwork;
  • Manages a production schedule for the journal;
  • When time allows, reads submissions and either rejects or sends along to genre editors/teams;
  • Copyedits accepted pieces based on industry-standard Chicago Manual of Style, our house dictionary, and our house style guide (which they also maintain), and sends the edits to writers for their review;
  • Prepares master document for typesetter, manages copyediting sessions, and liaises with mailing service to distribute copies of the journal to subscribers;
  • Prepares accessible e-book PDF versions of each issue;
  • Applies for awards and grants on behalf of the journal;
  • Manages coordination, with Web and Media Editor, of the journal’s presence at the AWP national conference;
  • Assists the Web and Media Editor in providing content for the website, planning assigned tasks for editors, curation of the miCRo series, and creation of social media posts;
    Works with the Web and Media Editor on local and virtual events.

 

About the Cincinnati Review

Established in 2003 at the University of Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Review has a threefold mission:

  • to publish the most exciting creative and critical work being written today,
  • to make sure our efforts reflect the diversity of the literary community, and
  • to educate UC graduate students in the art of literary publishing.

The CR publishes two print issues a year (with fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, drama, reviews, and a portfolio of artwork) and runs a weekly online series, miCRo, which features shorter poems and flash fiction/literary nonfiction/hybrid works.

The CR provide a venue for writers of any background, at any point in their literary careers, at any age, to showcase their best writing. We are invested both in finding promising new and emerging voices and in sharing the exceptional work of more established writers.

 

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