Editor / Writer / Graphic Designer
Julian is the Managing Director of Polyphony Lit, an international literary magazine for high school writers and editors. Since 2018, he has worked along every step of the editorial pipeline as Genre Editor, Executive Editor, In-House Editor, Teaching Assistant, and Editorial Training Instructor. Currently, he works as Managing Director at Polyphony Lit, and oversees a team of 150+ high school editors. He is thrilled to participate in the writing / editing community and to meet new people from all over the globe.​
About Polyphony Lit
Polyphony Lit is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2004 in Chicago. Since 2004, we have expanded to become a global platform with submissions from over 77 countries. We invite high school students worldwide to submit creative writing, join our editorial staff, take workshops, and grow into leadership roles. Since developing young writers is central to our mission, our editors provide feedback on every submission.
Workshops
Video Material created by Amanda Rodriques, Blanka Pillar, Cloris Shi, Emilie Guan, Jiye Back, Julian Riccobon, Neeraja Kumar, Nicole Itkin, Rafaela Pires, Ralph Lam, Sarah Fathima Mohammed, Shaliz Bazldjoo, Sara Mirzoyeva, Yolanda Wu, and Ziyaad Shaboodien.
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Julian has served as an instructor in Polyphony Lit's editorial training courses and creative writing workshops. Check out Polyphony Lit's workshop offerings below!
Work Experience
August 2021 - Present
August 2019 - August 2021
Managing Director
As Managing Director, Julian has coordinated a staff of 150+ editors, worked closely with the editors-in-chief to design a more efficient editorial pipeline, created/administered online creative writing programs, assisted with the development of marketing strategies, provided graphic design services, and communicated with customers regarding their workshop purchases.
Teaching Assistant / Assistant Managing Director
As Teaching Assistant, Julian has graded assignments, given direct feedback to over 50 editors-in-training, worked one-on-one with struggling students, and facilitated class discussions to deepen literary understanding.
February 2018 - December 2020
Executive Editor / In-House Editor / Genre Editor / Reader
As an Editor / Reader, Julian has reviewed over 180 submissions, provided thoughtful editorial feedback to the authors of all submissions, provided detailed feedback to new editors-in-training, and communicated directly with authors to make edits and prepare pieces for publication.