PRODUCTION TEAM

MAIN OBJECTIVE: To develop an engaging and innovative layout and cover design for the issue, within the constraints of our budget. Aim to be a winner or runner-up of the AWP Prize for Undergrad Lit Mags. 

MEASURABLE GOAL: To meet all best practices for book design, as listed in the Canvas modules.

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Production Team Lead

*Two semester commitment preferred

• Provides leadership of the production team. Facilitates team meetings. Ensures that the guts and cover templates are designed by the due date. Ensures the book is typeset and the proofs are generated by due dates. 
• Acts as a liaison between Production Team and Digital Publishing Specialist Sarah Godlin, who assists Toyon with book design and production. Schedules and records team meetings with Sarah throughout the semester.
• Acts as a liaison between Production Team and Marketing and Communications (Marcom). Makes decisions about binding, paper quality, use of color schemes, etc., for the print issue, in acknowledgement of Toyon's fixed budget and in consultation with Marcom, the staff, and the faculty advisor.
• ​Supports the typesetter with changes to the proof suggested by the staff and requested by the authors during the months of December and January.
  
• Provides a final check of the proof at Marcom before going to print.

Lead Editor, Visual Art & Cover Designer

• Generates an advertisement tailored specifically to solicit visual art submissions.
• Ensures that the call for submissions is advertised in all relevant contexts, such as art classes and local community art organizations and studios. Seeks out local and global opportunities beyond campus to advertise the call for visual art submissions.
• Generates a scoring rubric for evaluating visual art submissions to the magazine.
  
• Decides on the recipient for the award in the visual art category, in consultation with the staff.
• Ensures that there is an appropriate balance of content in the issue, that a diverse body of work is represented.
• Designs the front and back covers (i.e., the jacket) for the upcoming issue in collaboration with the typesetter and staff. Submits at least three options for cover design to the staff for review.
• (Optional) Uses the visual art submissions to generate new promotional materials—such as bookmarks, buttons, etc.  Designs letterhead, bookmarks, buttons, and other promotional items for Toyon, as resources allow.

Typesetter & Book Designer

• Designs the "guts" of the issue, including the front and back matter of the journal.
• Creates a template for the forthcoming issue before the submission deadline (Sept. 30).
• Collaborates with the cover designer to design cover jacket options that are consistent with the guts of the book. 
• Typesets the copyedited manuscripts and generates the first proof. Ensures that all content is included and is well-formatted. Checks margins. Sets drop caps, etc.
• Submits the first proof of the forthcoming issue to the staff for review and proofreading. ​Makes all changes to the proof suggested by the staff and requested by the authors during the months of December and January.