Artists

Art Department Chair, Deputy Chair
The Art Department leaders are responsible for updating Artists on deadlines, providing suggestions for what to illustrate for each piece that requires it, contacting any Artists who have not submitted in over 4 months, and onboarding new Artists. As a member of the administration they are not required to submit artwork every 4 months, but it is strongly encouraged that they do.

The Art Department is also responsible for managing cover art, layout, and providing feedback to all artists.

The Art Department leaders are responsible for keeping track of Artist staff and organizing any required scheduling.

How to acquire this role:  Generally artists gain this position, since they are most familiar with what the Artist staff are expected to do. Should an opening appear they may be contacted directly, or an opening my incur an open request for volunteers. In this case one would be chosen from the list of volunteers, with final say from the existing Art Department Chair.

Art Department Staff
Artists are broken into Artists and Layout Artists:

Artists are responsible with providing original artwork to accompany Writers’ work in Worldbuilding Magazine. This is most often done once Art Department Administration delivers instructions for suggestions as to what should be created for each approved article. If there is extra time or very few submitted works, Artists may work on extra items such as advertisements.

Layout Artists are responsible for assembling the written and visual content into the completed product. Each will tackle items separately, then one will compile them into the final issue.

Both are expected to create artwork/develop layouts in a timely manner. We request that Artists of both types assist in the process every 4 months (every other issue). If you cannot meet that, contact Art Department leadership. We would rather have you on the team and contributing a small amount than not having you at all.

How to acquire this role:  Request it from the Art Department Chair or Deputy and be prepared to share a portfolio of your work for review. Additionally, if you are requesting a Layout Artist position, you must have Adobe InDesign.