Editorial Production Editor - Toronto, Canada - Plan International Canada
Description
Reports to:
Senior Manager, Content and Editorial
- Grade: 5
- Join our team. Unleash your full potential.
- What can you expect from a leading organization in the global movement to advance children's rights and equality for girls?
- Plan International Canada is the first nonprofit organization to ever be inducted into Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame by Waterstone Human Capital
Here's why:
together, we have created a climate of trust and inclusivity - where diversity in people, ideas and approaches is not only respected, it's encouraged.
- We remain agile amid an everchanging global landscape. Though we continue to evolve, our mission and strategic ambition will not change and our work has never been so imperative. We will never stop believing in the multiplying power of girls and that every child deserves that right to learn, lead, decide and thrive. Our future success will be founded upon Plan International Canada's 80+ year history of focusing on our mission, our core values, responding to challenges and seizing opportunities with purpose, relevance and impact.
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The Position
- Plan International Canada is seeking an experienced and detailorientated Editorial Production Editor to join our creative editorial marketing team. In this role, you will work closely with the writers, editors, and other members of the editorial team to ensure that our content is of the highest quality and delivered on time. You will oversee the annual production of hundreds of pieces of content. This includes everything from 30+ Impact Reports to our Gift of Hope catalog to hundreds of different storytellinginspired multiplatform projects that we create for our various stakeholders and supporters.
What does success look like?
- Develop editorial workflow and schedules to meet multiple concurrent deadlines for multiple stakeholders.
- Track the team's production of multiplatform content from ideation to completion. This also involves setting deadlines and predicting deliverable dates that are based on ongoing analysis and tracking of the team's capacity.
- Work with copy editors to ensure all content produced follows our brand and style guidelines according to established guidelines.
- Notify writers and editors if there are changes to workflow or deadlines.
- Be able to identify editorial productionrelated problems swiftly and exercise good judgment in developing solutions and setting priorities.
- Continually recommend editorial production process improvements.
- Assist in tracking/recording KPIs associated with content performance.
- Stay uptodate with industry trends and best practices for editorial production
- Plan International Canada is a hybrid workplace. You will work from the office and from home.
Qualifications
Experience in a deadline-driven editorial production role
- Strong knowledge of publishing processes and workflows
- Proven skills in proofreading with a high level of accuracy
- Experience managing freelancers and suppliers
- Strong IT skills, including Word, InDesign/InCopy workflow model, and Excel
- Stellar organizational skills with the ability to multitask and work to deadlines
- A keen eye for detail and a meticulous, collaborative, and flexible approach to work
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to work independently
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, communications, or a related field.
- To express interest in this exciting opportunity, submit your resume and cover letter stating you found this job on Jeff Gauln's Journalism Job Board online here by April 17, 2023.
