Assistant Editor Jobs

Do you love to write? Love learning? Have a knack for making stories interesting and fun?! We have an opportunity for a talented writer to join our fast-paced team.

Media Matters is seeking an Assistant Editor. The successful candidate will learn to manage, assign, write and edit both online and print content to meet the highest editorial standards. You will be responsible for helping plan magazine content and ensuring it fits with our ideals for the magazine's vision, mandate and editorial objective. You will ensure consistency of the magazine's focus, tone and content.

We are looking for someone who is capable of working on their own, but can be a strong team player and works well with others to come up with useful, creative ideas that are imperative to the functions of the magazine. In addition to writing original news and features, the Assistant Editor will work with freelance writers and photographers to research and develop news stories and features of vital interest to the collision repair industries. This role includes building relationships with representatives from major industry associations and attending conventions, trade shows and other events.

The Assistant Editor also works closely with our in-house production department and with advertising sales representatives. Computer literacy such as Word and InDesign are important, and excellent knowledge of the English language and grammar. Knowledge of CP Style and grammar is an asset, and you must have a keen eye to make sure no mistake goes unnoticed.

Your positive, get-it-done attitude is paramount and welcome here... we are looking for someone with great judgement, integrity, ability to work with others, passion to succeed and a strong work ethic.

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• Interview and write feature stories
• Move our stories seamlessly to all social media platforms
• Create videos for news use
• Plan magazine content
• Generate original stories & contribute to our daily coverage of industry news
• Include SEO techniques
• Develop, write, edit and proofread for each publication and their websites
• Write industry product spotlights

The ideal candidate is:

• Detail-oriented and organized
• Enthusiastic and bright with the right attitude.
• Polite, presentable and professional
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to work independently and a team player
• Desire to learn
• Excellent writing skills

Qualifications:

• Video editing experience an asset
• Knowledge of SEO posting to social media, Word press (considered an asset)
• InDesign, Adobe Photoshop (considered an asset)
• Journalism degree preferred
• Microsoft Office applications
• CP knowledge (considered an asset)

For more information on us, please visit collisionrepairmag.com and mediamatters.ca.