EAST Magazine 2015-16 Application Process
EAST Magazine 2015-16 Application Process
EAST Magazine is the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department’s own student-run publication. Its content covers anything and everything to do with East Asia, however the dedicated team that produce it changes each year, and so the time has come for us to find a new EAST Magazine team.
The team members can come from within any department of the university. To ensure that motivated, creative individuals work on next year’s magazine, the current committee will be personally selecting the new team. We hope that a group of enthusiastic and dedicated students will make it even more of a success than it has been this year, and find it as rewarding a project as we have.
The magazine allows considerable scope for you to put your own stamp on it, in terms of design and content. In 2013, we published online for the first time, dramatically increased our funding and stepped up our social media presence. These initiatives continued through 2014/15, and we evolved to produce two, lighter issues per year, as well a bi-monthly newsletter. We hope that the new committee will continue in this vein and take the magazine from strength to strength.
EAST Magazine has enjoyed international repute, with our renowned readership including Snow Flower and the Secret Fan author Lisa See, The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan, publishers Penguin Books China, plus of course our numerous students both past and present of Leeds East Asian Studies.
If you wish to become part of the next stage of EAST Magazine’s exciting future, please submit a brief cover letter to by Sunday 17th May 2015. Please briefly outline the position you are applying for and why, any relevant skills and experience you already have, and any future ideas you have for the magazine.
In the meantime, you can check out our Winter 2014/15 edition online ( which was the first issue to contain sections in East-Asian languages, and keep an eye out for our Summer 2015 issue due this coming June, featuring insight into Thailand’s LGBT community, commentary on China’s urban sprawl, opinion on WWII’s “comfort women” and much more.
Thank you for your interest, and good luck!
The EAST Magazine Team
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Editor (x2)
Key responsibilities:
-Selecting content for the magazine.
-Editing and re-writing articles, some of which may be rejected or returned to the writer for revision.
-Overseeing the layout, appearance and content of featured articles
-Generating ideas for features with contributors.
-Sending out briefs to writers which can include word count, deadline, and writing style.
-Proof-reading all pages before going to press.
Online Co-ordinator
Key responsibilities:
-Managing social media channels e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Mixcloud, Instagram.
-Managing and uploading Word-press website content (experience with Word-press desirable).
-Sourcing and sharing news articles of interest to readers.
-Editing online content.
-Additionally, our website needs a facelift! If you’re interested in web design, this will be a great project to undertake.
Finance Co-ordinator
Key responsibilities:
-Sourcing sponsorship.
-Negotiating advertising space.
-Co-ordinating payment for printers.
Marketing and Administration Co-Ordinator
Key responsibilities:
-Keeping minutes and setting timeframes for publication and distribution; negotiating advertising space.
-Sourcing new opportunities/ collaborations for the magazine.
-Producing advertisement materials to encourage submissions and keeping people up to date
-Liaising with writers and lecturers to source and agree on final content;
-Assisting other members of the team with admin needs.
Designer (x2)
Key responsibilities:
-Creating consistent design style and interesting layouts for the magazine.
-Sourcing photography/graphics to accompany articles.
-Liaising with printers and the Finance Co-ordinator.
-Using design software, such as Adobe Indesign. If you are applying for this position, please state clearly what previous experience you have of using design packages. Although it’s not a strict requirement, we do require someone who is willing to learn how to use them if they don’t already know.
General responsibilities to be shared by the team:
-Although the committee has set roles, this is a team project and everyone helps out with each other’s responsibilities, especially in the run-up to publication.
-The team is not hierarchical in organisation, and everyone has equal say on the final publication.
-Everyone must attend regular meetings and actively contribute ideas, enthusiasm and time in order to make the magazine a success.