Magazine Jobs

Last updated on March 7, 2012

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Subscriber Services Manager, RedPoint Media Group Inc.

(posted March 6, 2012)

Deadline to apply: March 16, 2012

RedPoint Media Group Inc. provides publishing and communication solutions that engage, inform and inspire target audiences. Our award-winning magazines include Avenue, Calgary’s city magazine, up!, WestJet’s in-flight magazine, and Wine Access, Canada’s wine and food magazine. We have grown over the past 15 years to become one of the largest and most celebrated independent publishing companies in Western Canada, with talented professionals in editorial, design, productions, photography and publishing. As a RedPoint employee, you would play a vital role in shaping the future of our company.

Description:

RedPoint invites applications from outgoing, organized individuals for the position of Subscriber Services Manager. This position reports to the Circulation and Distribution Manager.

Overall responsibilities include:

• Customer service — handling phone calls and emails from subscribers with questions, renewing subscriptions, address changes, new subscription orders, requests to mail issues and other inquiries.
• Database management — all new subscriptions, renewals, address changes, cancellations, etc. must be entered into our databases and hard copies filed and maintained.       
• Renewal mailings/e-mailings sent on a monthly basis.
• Monthly mail merges, envelopes labelled and stuffed, packaged and shipped to mailing house.
• Assist in marketing strategies to grow readership for several publications.
• Updating subscription order pages on our websites.
• Other duties will include helping prepare for audits, shipping magazines, filing, assistance with producing subscription forms, checking newsstands, etc.
• Representing RedPoint magazines by selling subscriptions at shows/events.
• Maintaining and organizing our garage/storage space.

As a creative company, RedPoint provides a stimulating, supportive work environment with a vibrant atmosphere and excellent benefits. We offer employees a flexible work schedule and competitive compensation. Employees are encouraged to give back to the community and the industry and to pursue their professional development.

RedPoint has been proud to be named one of Alberta’s Top 50 Employers since 2008.

Qualifications: 

Required skills and qualifications include:

• Experience in circulation or subscriber services is valued but not required, as we will train.
• Fast and accurate in data entry
• Comfortable using custom databases
• Skilled with Microsoft Office — specifically Excel and utilizing mail merge functions
• Excellent communication skills

 

In order to fit into our team and be a strong contributor to the RedPoint team, you are:

• Smart, professional and a lot of fun to work with.
• Very organized and good at helping other people find solutions for time management.
• Passionate about the quality of your work, but don’t take yourself too seriously.
• Curious about everything with an ability to think of story ideas for a variety of audience.
• A self-starter with a reputation for doing what you say you will do and getting things done on time.
• Able to work in a team and across teams to pull the skills and energy of many departments together.
• Excellent presentation and listening skills.
• Dedicated to improving quality and concerned about the details. 

How to apply:

This posting is open until March 16, 2012.

Interested candidates should apply in confidence by e-mail to: careers@redpointmedia.ca

We thank everyone for their interest in joining our team. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly.

 

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Managing Editor, Avenue magazine

(posted March 6, 2012)

Deadline to apply: March 23, 2012

One Year Contract Starting May 28, 2012

Avenue magazine is Calgary’s award-winning city lifestyle magazine, delivering an intelligent and provocative perspective on the city. Engaging with the active and sophisticated reader, Avenue showcases Calgary’s architecture, personalities, arts and culture, fashion, dining, outdoor and urban life.

Description:

As managing editor you will be responsible for maintaining the budget, invoicing, scheduling and workflow of Avenue magazine, as well as its related products (newsletters, events etc.) and coordinating the efforts of the editorial team to successfully complete all procedures and assignments in a timely manner.

Overall responsibilities include:

• You will work with the executive editor, creative director and publisher to help prioritize the editorial tasks and ensure accurate and timely reporting of the budget and schedule to the whole team.
• You will be responsible for maintaining and elevating Avenue’s high standards for accuracy by coordinating all the fact-checking on the magazine’s content, ensuring the process is timely, accurate and properly executed by working with a group of interns and freelance fact-checkers, as well as maintaining clear fact-checking records.
• You will complete the first proof of the magazine, checking grammar, spelling, punctuation and general layout, and ensure the proper entering of changes on all proofs.
• You will liaise with the Publisher and Director of Sales to report on the magazine content and proposed story lineups and to establish the page counts and budgets for each issue.
• You will maintain the contributor database, create the contributor mailing list for each issue and manage the contributor bios in the magazine.
• As part of the Avenue editorial team, you will attend brainstorming sessions and make suggestions for story and theme ideas.
• In addition to your responsibilities for the style content, you will also compile and write the monthly arts notes and sales reports.

Qualifications:

In order to fit into our team and be a strong contributor to the Avenue Magazine brand and publication, you are passionate about the people, cultures, and lifestyles that define this city; used to finding ways of looking at concepts, trends and ideas from new and unexpected angles; and able to work in a team and across teams to pull the skills and energy of many departments and writers together to produce a great product — every time.

Required skills and qualifications include:

• Degree in journalism or writing, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 2 years experience in a magazine editorial department.
• Proven organizational and time-management skills, with a demonstrated ability to prioritize and problem-solve on the fly.
• Experience proofreading and fact-checking for magazines.
• An ability to manage a group of people working on a variety of tasks to complete short-term and long-term projects.
• A track record of results and a reputation for outstanding organizational, writing and editorial skills in a fast-paced environment.

 

In order to fit into our team and be a strong contributor to the Avenue team, you are:

• Smart, professional and a lot of fun to work with.
• Very organized and good at helping other people find solutions for time management.
• Passionate about the quality of your work, but you don’t take yourself too seriously.
• Involved in and interested in the direction of the city and excited about Avenue’s many topic areas including city life, profiles, arts & culture, events, dining, home decor, fashion, shopping, travel and mountain life.
• A self-starter with a reputation for doing what you say you will do and getting things done on time.
• Curious about the world around you with a way of looking at concepts, trends and ideas from new and unexpected angles.
• Able to work in a team and across teams to pull the skills and energy of many departments and writers together to produce great work.
• Dedicated to improving quality and concerned about the details.

 

 

How to apply:

This posting is open until March 23, 2012.

Interested candidates should apply in confidence by e-mail to: careers@redpointmedia.ca

As a creative company, RedPoint provides a stimulating, supportive work environment with a vibrant atmosphere and excellent benefits. We offer employees a flexible work schedule and competitive compensation. Employees are encouraged to give back to the community and the industry and to pursue their professional development.

RedPoint has been proud to be named one of Alberta’s Top 50 Employers since 2008.

 

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Assistant Managing Editor, 2R Inc

(posted March 5, 2012)

Deadline to apply: March 16

Description:

2R Inc, the publisher of Lethbridge's leading magazine Lethbridge living, is looking for an enthusiastic and organized person to join our team for a 1-year maternity leave contract.

Duties would include:

• Assisting in editing Lethbridge living, Lethbridge Home Trends and New Homes.
• Writing selected articles for all 2R Inc publications as required
• Writing blogs for lethbridgeliving.com
• Making use of social media like Twitter and Facebook
• Researching story ideas
• Assisting with administration duties
• Attending events representing Lethbridge living

How to apply:

This would be a full time position (35 hours per week) starting around April 4, 2012.

Please apply with resume and writing portfolio via email or at:

1518-3rd Ave. S.

Lethbridge, AB

T1J 0K8

We thank all applicants but only those invited to interview will be contacted.

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Editorial Intern, Avenue Edmonton Magazine

(posted February 27, 2012)

Deadline to apply: March 7, 2012

Edmonton, Alberta

Description:

Odvod Publishing Inc., the publisher of Avenue magazine in Edmonton, is looking for an editorial intern for a paid six-month term, tentatively commencing March 19, 2012.

We're looking for a tenacious writer and fact-checker interested in getting his or her hands into pretty much everything. Your responsibilities will run the gamut from writing, researching and fact-checking to various administrative intern-type tasks, including picking up items for photo shoots, database maintenance and a lot of frenzied running around. As well, you will be responsible for writing and updating online listings for AvenueEdmonton.com.

Avenue, Edmonton's pre-eminent city magazine publishes 12 issues annually. The magazine is produced by Odvod Publishing Inc., a company jointly owned by Odvod Media Corp. of Edmonton and RedPoint Media Group, publisher of the award-winning Avenue magazine in Calgary.

Qualifications:

A successful candidate will have a post secondary education in journalism or a related field and at least a year of experience in media. You write, edit and proofread effectively and have great communication skills. Your skill set includes fluency in Microsoft Office and website publishing. Adobe InDesign would be an asset.

The internship is subsidized by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. To qualify, a candidate must not have graduated before March 2010.

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only those who are considered for an interview will be contacted.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their resumes and cover letters along with three published articles by March 7, 2012 to editor@odvodpublishing.com.

Editorial Intern Position

Odvod Publishing Inc.

10221 123 St. NW

Edmonton, AB T5N 1N3

(780) 451-1379

 

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Circulation Administrator, Alberta Views

(posted February 24, 2012)

Alberta Views, the province’s leading magazine about politics and culture, is looking for a new circulation administrator to join our dynamic team.

Description:

• Data entry of subscribers’ names and addresses

• Writing and sending letters and other administrative duties

• Coordinate the mail out of the magazine every month

• Produce shipping instructions for the press

• Execute our distribution plan

• Send out renewal reminders

• Query our database and produce reports on our subscribers and our progress in finding new subscribers

• Liaise with our newsstand distributor and book promotions

• Develop booth promotions

• Organize launches and coordinate other campaigns  

• Participate in preliminary layout and post-mortem meetings

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in marketing, communications or a related field

• Three years experience in marketing or a related field

• Top-notch administrative skills including database management, fast typing and data entry speeds, good file management and experience with Microsoft Office

• Good interpersonal, critical thinking, oral and written communication skills

• Marketing know-how, including mining a database for information about customer demographics and using it to find new customers

• Some understanding of magazine industry-specific circulation wisdom (including direct-mail campaigns, renewal series, etc.)

• Website content management and maintenance experience would be an asset

How to apply:

What we can offer you

• Competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience

• The chance to contribute and be a part of an organization committed to responsible citizenship, the public good and independent journalism

Send your resumé, references and a cover letter explaining why you are interested in joining our team to resumes@albertaviews.ab.ca

 

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Advertising Sales Director, IMPACT Magazine

(posted February 13, 2012)

Description:

IMPACT Magazine, a leading Western Canadian health, fitness and sports performance magazine is looking for a senior-level sales manager to oversee the advertising sales operations of the Alberta publication, based in Calgary.

The candidate will be responsible for maintaining an excellent, established account list and finding and developing new clients for both print and Web.

Qualifications:

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a unique company, be part of an excellent team, and is ideally suited to candidates with previous print advertising sales experience.

Excellent customer relation and communication, sales and marketing skills, time-management, and dedication to meeting goals and deadlines are traits which are taken seriously at our magazine.

We need a person with a great work ethic, is fun and energetic, who enjoys learning about our clients’ business, and has a genuine interest in health, fitness and sports. If you are results oriented, professional, with knowledge of print, web and social mediums - come join our team!

We offer a base salary plus commissions, along with substantial bonuses for high performers.

How to apply:

Please send resume in confidence to: elaine@impactmagazine.ca.

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