Member Communications Manager & Editor

About the Role

The ISCA Member Communications Manager & Editor position exists to create and ensure that informative, entertaining, educational and/or engaging content for the caricature community is published in the quarterly digital publication, Exaggerated Features, and in print as the Annual Compendium for ISCA professional members. This position will also participate as a member of the ISCA Education & Engagement committee, and may be part of other committees as needed. This position reports to the President of ISCA.

Quarterly Job Duties (estimated 30-35 hours/quarter)

• Create and distribute monthly newsletters to ISCA membership with pertinent organizational announcements
• Create and distribute 4 quarterly Exaggerated Features digital publications featuring a minimum of 8-10 articles (4 newly created) which may include, but are not limited to:
  • Features, articles, interviews, op-eds, columns and how-to’s
  • ISCA event recaps
  • Non-ISCA caricature-related event recaps
  • Editing and posting of ISCAcon panel and speaker videos
• Work directly with the Education & Engagement Committee to create new content and/or source archival content in time for quarterly Exaggerated Features publication (with a bank/reservoir of at least 2 quarters’ worth of content)
• Manage updates to the Exaggerated Features Digital Catalog, which include the following ISCA-owned assets:
  • Exaggerated Features Blog
  • ISCA YouTube channel
  • ISCAWiki
• Design, curate, and edit content for the Annual Compendium, ready for proofing by the Board of Directors each quarter (specific dates to be agreed upon)
• Report to the President each quarter on the status of the publications, content creation, content archiving, and other related duties.

Annual Job Duties

• Create and maintain an Editorial Calendar to proof, track and deliver content for both quarterly and annual publications over the course of the year
• Design, curate & edit the printed Annual Compendium to be delivered as follows:
  • Layout sent quarterly to the Board of Directors for proofing and approval (specific dates to be agreed upon);
  • Final version to be sent no later than September 30th for approval by Board of Directors;
  • Order for print publication sent to the printer by the first week of October to ensure timely delivery for the annual ISCAcon without incurring expedited shipping costs.
• Actively participate in Education & Engagement committee meetings and chats
• Communicate a complete anticipated annual budget, including print & shipping logistics with the Executive Director by December 31.
• Maintain job-related SOPs for this role.
• Maintain up-to-date files within the ISCA shared drive of all work completed for this role.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with commercial printers.
• Experience with design and working with web authoring software such as Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), Google Suite, Word and social media (primarily Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to include proofreading, spelling, and grammar on video chats, phone, email, and face-to face.
• Self-motivated and proven ability to work independently.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Motivated to learn new skills as needed to fulfill the requirements of this role.
• Successful problem solving and decision making skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, to include multi-tasking and time management.
• Ability to communicate and interact professionally with members, staff and board.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of caricature and experience in the caricature community.
• Experience providing prepress and production help to create print-ready files per the commercial printer's specifications.
• Knowledge of software systems such as Wild Apricot, Discord, Canva.
• Experience in video editing, including sound balancing/editing.

About ISCA

The International Society of Caricature Artists is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to elevating the art and artists of caricature.

ISCA Mission

• We celebrate caricature as an art form.
• We promote caricature as a valuable commodity on a global and local scale.
• We strive to be the definitive professional resource for all those seeking knowledge about caricature.
• We cultivate a diverse, global community that connects, inspires and entertains through caricature.

For more information about ISCA, visit caricature.org

ISCA is not responsible for any benefits, unemployment or worker’s compensation to this position. The ISCA Board of Directors may terminate this position if the service by the Member Communications Manager & Editor is unsatisfactory.

This role is a contractor/freelance part-time role. ISCA is not responsible for any benefits, unemployment or worker’s compensation to this position.

English - fully fluent

ISCA is an international organization with members from over 17 countries outside of the U.S. Any additional language exposure and/or fluencies would be excellent.