Senior Editor — Hybrid, Digital & Print Magazine Lead

Detroit Institute of Arts; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cottage Life is seeking a Senior Editor with 7-10 years of editing experience to lead print and digital content from concept to publication. You will edit features, columns, and front-of-book pieces, develop editorial packages, recruit writers, and participate in copy editing and proofreading.

The role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence at our Toronto head office for part of the week, and you will bring strong WordPress, Mailchimp, and SEO skills to optimize content and newsletters for

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of publishing trends, including in the digital space.
• 7-10+ years of editing experience, including work at a print publication.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe InCopy on Mac.
• The ability to communicate a clear editorial vision while working collaboratively across the editorial and art teams.
• Digital and newsletter experience, including working with a CMS (preferably WordPress) and on Mailchimp.
• A network of contributors and creatives to help shape and develop stories.
• A strong passion for Canadian magazines.
• Project management experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Act as the handling editor, championing stories, including profile features, service stories, and front-of-book pieces, through each stage of the editing process from assigning to sign off
• Researching and developing story ideas for print and digital
• Contributing to pitch and strategy meetings
• Copy editing and packaging digital stories using SEO best practices for cottage life.com
• Writing and curating a weekly newsletter
• Meeting the highest journalistic standards of transparency and accuracy for all content

Skills

Writing & editing

Digital publishing

WordPress CMS

Mailchimp

SEO

Project management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe InCopy

Job description

Cottage Life is seeking a Senior Editor with 7-10 years of editing experience to lead print and digital content from concept to publication. You will edit features, columns, and front-of-book pieces, develop editorial packages, recruit writers, and participate in copy editing and proofreading.

The role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence at our Toronto head office for part of the week, and you will bring strong WordPress, Mailchimp, and SEO skills to optimize content and newsletters for