The Assistant Editor works closely with the Editor to produce four quarterly editions of The Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada, in March, June, September, and December. Generally, the Assistant Editor’s work involves laying out each issue of the Bulletin using the edited material provided by the Editor. The time commitment can range from about 25 to >40 hours of work for each issue, depending on the amount and complexity of material.
Duties include formatting the annual cover for the Bulletin, using photos provided by the photo contest committee; formatting and preparing the edited material received from the Editor in Chief for publication; laying out the edited material from the Editor in Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software (provided), following instructions from the Editor; distributing the proof copy to contributors to proof their contributions, and making necessary corrections; arranging to have the corrected copy uploaded to the website; arranging to have an e-blast message sent to members of the Society to notify them that the Bulletin has been uploaded to the website; clipping articles from the Bulletin to distribute e-prints to contributors; clipping book reviews from the Bulletin to send to the Chair of the Publication Committee; and clipping In-Memory pieces from the Bulletin to send to the Webmaster for posting on the Obituaries page of the website.
The applicant should be familiar with and have access to a current version of Microsoft Word. Experience with Adobe InDesign is an asset, but training can be provided.
Interested parties should contact the Publications Committee Chair, Dezene Huber (huber at unbc.ca), or the Editor, Bernie Roitberg (roitberg at sfu.ca), for further discussion.
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