After eleven years, Annemarie Haverkamp will retire from her position as Vox’s editor-in-chief. The university magazine is looking for a successor.

Annemarie Haverkamp started working at Radboud University in October 2011 as editor-in-chief for the university’s magazine Vox. Before that, she worked for De Gelderlander in various roles, including regional editor. Haverkamp will stay with Vox, but she will be switching to part-time work, and no longer in a leadership position.

Bronze Owl

Her disabled son Job, about whom she wrote columns and books for eighteen years, passed away almost a year ago. ‘It has drastically altered my life’, she says about the loss. ‘Since his passing I have a much clearer picture of where my passions lie, and that is writing. I want to take more time to focus on that.’

Over the past few years, Haverkamp released multiple books, including her novel De achtste dag. This book won her two debut awards: the Bronze Owl (Belgian) and the Anton Wachter award (Dutch). Haverkamp wants to use the time to work on her next novel and expand on her freelance work.

Job listing

Under Haverkamp’s tenure as editor-in-chief, Vox shifted focus from paper magazines to online. Vox was a monthly magazine when she started in 2011, but nowadays a magazine comes out roughly 5 times per year. In the interim, Vox also hired a video editor and several social media editors. Additionally, the website now has an English-language section. Vox is looking for a new, experienced editor-in-chief. The job listing can be found online.