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Anonymous · 9mo

What mods will you be looking for? I'd love to help. ^^

And do you have a tentative schedule in mind?

Hi there!
We currently have mods in the Head Mod, Social Media, Graphics, and Shipping positions.
I, the Head Mod, am also covering Finance but if someone with a lot of experience and a good reference from a past zine wanted to assist, I'd be happy to share the responsibility as it's always good to have multiple eyes on the finances.

We need a formatting mod (this one is really important as it's a BIG part of making the zine look good, although I have enough experience to format the zine if necessary), an organisation mod would be great, and a communications mod would also help.

Examples of their responsibilities below:
All Mods
-Actively participate in zine discussions
-Consistent communication with fellow mod team
-Support fellow mods as needed
-Help answer contributor questions related to your role(s)

Finances-
MUST be 20+ years old and have a reference from another zine/project due to recent issues with finance mods in other zines.
-Check over our current calculations for costs
-Assist in managing the finances (we have manufacturers and a budget plan but we could do with someone to keep an eye on this. As this is a non-profit zine, taxes are not a concern).

Organisation
-Keep track of the zine checklist (provided, although you can edit or add to it!) and schedule
-Make sure participants are handing in their Check-Ins and follow up with them if they do not
-Ensure other Mods are fulfilling their responsibilities. (And help them figure out a plan if they are struggling)!

Communications
- Keep an eye on emails and our Retrospring
-Ensure smooth conversation between buyers and mods
-Main point of contact between mods and participants

Formatting Mod (super important!!):
-Assemble the digital and physical zines according to the theme and manufacturer requirements, using the given fonts and artwork
-Needs experience with zine formatting and Adobe InDesign or an equivalent program

Additional optional responsibilities (to go with one of the above roles):
Art Feedback
-Give feedback (if requested) to artists after each check-in
-Needs a good understanding of anatomy, composition, etc

Writing Feedback
-Give feedback to writers (if requested) after each check-in
-Needs a good understanding of grammar.

Merch Feedback
-Give feedback to merch artists (if requested) after each check-in
-Needs a good understanding of formatting requirements

All mods will be given access to the Google Account and our Notion which has a beautiful calendar with all major events for their whole zine and then sections filtered by their roles listed in it.

I have written the schedule but I planned to release it after the interest check closed if we had enough interest.... Seeing as we've had over 120 responses to the check, however, I'd say it's probably alright for us to go ahead and publish it so I'll be putting that on our Carrd over the next few days.

I know that's a lot of information but I hope that helps!

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