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Editor — ESSAY Magazine

The SA Board of Trustees is seeking applicants from the Fellowship for the position of Editor of the ESSAY magazine. The Editor has managerial oversight and responsibility for the ESSAY magazine and will report directly to SA’s Board of Trustees (BoT).

The ESSAY is to Sexaholics Anonymous as The Grapevine is to Alcoholics Anonymous and is guided by the principles of the SA Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts. The ESSAY serves as a source of information, strength, and hope to sexaholics, inside and outside the rooms of SA. The ESSAY provides a high-quality “meeting in print” (and now, multimedia) written by and for members of SA worldwide. The ESSAY also serves as an outreach tool to carry the message to those who have not yet found SA. (Have you ever considered leaving your already-read copy in a waiting room?) For a further description of the mission, vision, roles, and guidelines see Chapter 15 of the SA Service Manual (download at https://www.sa.org/sdm_downloads/the-sa-service-manual).

ESSAY Editor Qualifications and Expectations

Application is open to all members of Sexaholics Anonymous who have a minimum of three (3) years of sobriety, who agree with and fully support the SA sobriety definition, the SA Purpose, and the SA Statement of Principle.

Ideal applicants will have three-to-five years of experience as a Senior Editor with a proven record of accomplishment, a record of completing projects on time, and at least three years of corporate publications management (or comparable experience), with the ability to communicate with multiple volunteer authors, editors, artists, team coordinators, outside printer personnel, etc., and ability to effectively balance the various schedules and priorities of all parties.

The ESSAY Editor will have sole authority in deciding the theme and final content of each issue of the ESSAY.

Other key skills and responsibilities:

• Support, enhance, and further the current mission and vision of the ESSAY
  • Continue the international context of the ESSAY
• Manage the editorial and art departments of the ESSAY
  • Select and manage members from the Fellowship to serve on teams: editing, artistic, proofreading, voice talent (for recording articles), language translation, podcast, video production, and other teams as needed
• Time Requirement: A minimum of 40 hours per issue (6x/year) spent on preparation, editorial meetings, editing, formatting, proofing, and actively soliciting articles/artwork between issues
• Expert knowledge of editorial software such as MSWord, Adobe InDesign, or other publishing software currently in use at SAICO and the ESSAY
• Familiarity (or willingness to become familiar) with the SA Service Manual, especially Chapter 15 on the ESSAY
• Submit annual reports, budgets, and update proposals to the Board of Trustees and other committees

To receive an Application Form, compensation information, and more detailed Information regarding Editorial Guidelines for The ESSAY, please send emails to saico@sa.org or essay@sa.org. Completed application forms will be forwarded to the Board of Trustees, ESSAY team members, and the Editor Search Team.