Toronto, ON
Imagine working for an exciting entrepreneurial company where employees are committed to meeting big challenges and making a real difference. That’s Rogers, a leading communications and media company where people come to do great work. Right now we are looking for talented individuals to join our winning team where you will have a chance to innovate, grow and to do what really matters.
Primary Function
- Senior Editor
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of site verticals to maximize audience flow, engagement and loyalty
- Co-manage e-newsletter creation and deployment
- Work with web and print editorial teams to develop stories and story packages, including pitching ideas and their elements, writing and editing pieces and optimizing for online
- Analyze and deploy strategies to increase audience growth, engagement and loyalty
- Assign stories to freelancers and manage relationship
- Edit, copy edit, proofread and optimize content, including lists and rankings
- Maintain network of industry contacts and keep up to date on issues
Relationships
- Internal: web and print editorial teams, web operations, content director, Web sales
- External: industry contacts, freelance writers
Position Authority/Accountability
- This position is directly accountable to the content director of Canadian Business Online
- Will not be exposed to confidential company information
Working Conditions
- Some overtime and occasional evening/weekend hours may be required
Qualifications
- Post-secondary degree in journalism or equivalent
- 3 to 5 years’ experience working online in an editorial capacity
- Strong editing, proofreading and writing skills
- Ability to manage competing and rapidly changing priorities and deadlines
- Good research skills
- Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Passionate interest in business news and issues
- Strong understanding of online behaviour, usability, search engine optimization and web analytics is a definite asset
Rogers Publishing Limited is Canada’s largest and most dynamic and diversified publisher of magazines and communications products. We offer a rewarding and challenging career that fosters team spirit, ongoing professional development and training, and provides competitive compensation and benefits.
Rogers is an Equal Opportunity Employer