Editorial Assistant Internship - Toronto, Canada - Navigatr

Navigatr

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Navigatr Group is a privately held company that invests in travel companies that elevate the customer experience and drive innovation.

Our expansive and growing group of brands empowers seamless access to a comprehensive range of luxury travel options and services globally with over $1 billion transactions annually.

Navigatr Group's goal is to create a more purposeful travel industry through its strategic investment, best-in-class services and philanthropy.

We are looking for several Editorial Assistants to help collect and synthesize local travel knowledge from around the world to generate insightful, encyclopedic guides and tools for a luxury travel recommendation site.

This site will be _the_ go-to source for how best to travel, highlighting everything from the hottest destinations to the most coveted hotels, restaurants and more.

Primary Responsibilities

Help collect and synthesize local travel knowledge from around the world to generate insightful recommendations, guides and lists.
Work with a team of content editors to produce accurate, engaging travel guides, recommendations and servicedriven articles designed to educate, inform and enhance audience engagement.
Interview local destination experts worldwide to get local insight, compelling quotes and the most uptodate information.
Conduct additional internet background research.
Transcribe interviews and extract most relevant and compelling details.
Write, edit and perform data entry as needed.
Factcheck travel guides and recommendations on a routine, ongoing basis.
Upload content on to our CMS platform

Qualifications

College or university degree in journalism, or working towards a degree or diploma.
Extensive experience interviewing sources for digital and print articles.
Proven expertise in researching and fact checking.
Published clippings demonstrating exceptional storytelling.
Strong attention to detail and superior organizational and time management skills.
Able to manage deadlines in a fastpaced, constantly changing workplace.

NOTE:
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.