About Us
Foothills is the University of Denver's Visual and Textual publication. It was founded by the English Department in 1946. At Foothills, we recognize the vitality that art brings to a community and strive to showcase high-quality and innovative works produced by undergraduate students. Every spring we publish a journal that highlights these works.
Foothills is the University of Denver's Visual and Textual publication. It was founded by the English Department in 1946. At Foothills, we recognize the vitality that art brings to a community and strive to showcase high-quality and innovative works produced by undergraduate students. Every spring we publish a journal that highlights these works.
Interested in Joining the Staff?
Every spring quarter, a new Editor-in-Chief is selected by the academic advisor; every fall quarter, the Foothills staff is selected by the Editor-in-Chief. If you are interested in becoming part of the Foothills team you can contact us.
The following are the positions and responsibilities:
Editor-in-Chief/President – Is responsible for hiring a staff and communicating with the academic advisor. He or she decides the overall direction and goals of the publication, ensures that a quality magazine is published on time and in budget, leads staff towards fulfillment of goals, makes decisions and assigns duties, attends mandatory P.E.A.K. summits and USG meetings. He or she is responsible for filling out the funding application and applying for re-licensing by the fifth week of spring quarter.
Creative Director/Vice President – Works with Publicity Manager on designing flyers and promotional materials, assist in whatever help is needed for other staff members; helps design, layout and publish magazine on time and on budget; works with Editor-in-Chief on design goals; is responsible for overall look and feel of all communications. If the Publicity Manager is not available, the Creative Director will set up tabling and events. He or she will also review all submissions.
Managing Editor/Treasurer – Will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief on all of the overarching duties— reviewing submissions, drumming up interest, communicating with Art and English departments to get submissions, communicating with the publisher, signing off on activities of section editors. He or she also helps manage the budget, and attends the P.E.A.K. summits with the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Assistant (1-2) – The Editorial Assistant’s duties include but are not limited to: overseeing content design, proofreading submissions, settling split votes on submissions, setting up events, distributing flyers throughout campus, and communicating with other staff editors.
Publicity Manager- He or she is responsible for increasing the visibility of the organization and circulation of the publication. This person manages the Foothills Facebook page and other online media outlets. He or she organizes tabling promotions and works with the Creative Director to design flyers and other promotional materials.
Design Editors (2) – This position will be responsible for using InDesign to create the book's interior, which will be sent to publisher. They are also responsible for working with Publicity Manager to create pamphlets and informational material to be distributed during tabling and other PR opportunities.
Prose Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all prose submissions and notifying those people who do and don't get accepted. They are responsible for reviewing all prose submissions in the final mock-up to be sure there are no mistakes.
Poetry Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all poetry submissions and notifying those people who do and don't get accepted. They are responsible for reviewing all poetry submissions in the final mock-up to be sure there are no mistakes.
Visual Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all visual submissions and insuring their accurate portrayal in the final publication. They are also responsible for notifying those people who do and don't get accepted.
Every spring quarter, a new Editor-in-Chief is selected by the academic advisor; every fall quarter, the Foothills staff is selected by the Editor-in-Chief. If you are interested in becoming part of the Foothills team you can contact us.
The following are the positions and responsibilities:
Editor-in-Chief/President – Is responsible for hiring a staff and communicating with the academic advisor. He or she decides the overall direction and goals of the publication, ensures that a quality magazine is published on time and in budget, leads staff towards fulfillment of goals, makes decisions and assigns duties, attends mandatory P.E.A.K. summits and USG meetings. He or she is responsible for filling out the funding application and applying for re-licensing by the fifth week of spring quarter.
Creative Director/Vice President – Works with Publicity Manager on designing flyers and promotional materials, assist in whatever help is needed for other staff members; helps design, layout and publish magazine on time and on budget; works with Editor-in-Chief on design goals; is responsible for overall look and feel of all communications. If the Publicity Manager is not available, the Creative Director will set up tabling and events. He or she will also review all submissions.
Managing Editor/Treasurer – Will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief on all of the overarching duties— reviewing submissions, drumming up interest, communicating with Art and English departments to get submissions, communicating with the publisher, signing off on activities of section editors. He or she also helps manage the budget, and attends the P.E.A.K. summits with the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Assistant (1-2) – The Editorial Assistant’s duties include but are not limited to: overseeing content design, proofreading submissions, settling split votes on submissions, setting up events, distributing flyers throughout campus, and communicating with other staff editors.
Publicity Manager- He or she is responsible for increasing the visibility of the organization and circulation of the publication. This person manages the Foothills Facebook page and other online media outlets. He or she organizes tabling promotions and works with the Creative Director to design flyers and other promotional materials.
Design Editors (2) – This position will be responsible for using InDesign to create the book's interior, which will be sent to publisher. They are also responsible for working with Publicity Manager to create pamphlets and informational material to be distributed during tabling and other PR opportunities.
Prose Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all prose submissions and notifying those people who do and don't get accepted. They are responsible for reviewing all prose submissions in the final mock-up to be sure there are no mistakes.
Poetry Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all poetry submissions and notifying those people who do and don't get accepted. They are responsible for reviewing all poetry submissions in the final mock-up to be sure there are no mistakes.
Visual Editors (2) – This position is responsible for reviewing all visual submissions and insuring their accurate portrayal in the final publication. They are also responsible for notifying those people who do and don't get accepted.