Winter Editorial Intern
Avenue magazine is seeking an editorial intern for a four-month term from January 8 to April 30, 2024. This full-time contract position is an opportunity to work with an award-winning publication, gain invaluable experience in the magazine industry, expand your network of contacts and develop your skills through on-the-job training.
RedPoint Media Group Inc., Avenue’s parent company, is an award-winning publishing house and content-driven marketing studio in Calgary. You’ll be joining the team that creates our in-house brand Avenue, an award-winning city lifestyle magazine. Our company also creates custom publications for clients including the Calgary Foundation, the Alberta Cancer Foundation, Calgary Arts Development, and others.
RedPoint seeks out the best and brightest talent in the industry, and as a RedPoint employee, you’ll play a vital role in shaping our company’s future.
RedPoint Media has a hybrid office setup offering employees the opportunity to work from home or from the co-working space at CSpace Marda Loop. Some face-to-face meetings as well as event attendance will be necessary.
This position will be partially funded by the Cultural Human Resources Council Student Work Placement subsidy, and therefore we are looking to hire a current student.
Our Opportunity
This internship is a full-time, four-month contract position. The salary is based on a 40-hour work week at minimum wage, and you will be paid semi-monthly on the 15th and the last day of the month.
This is an opportunity to:
- Write, research, fact-check and interview while ensuring the accuracy and quality for which Avenue magazine and its digital brand extensions are known.
- Create digital content for social media, newsletters and web.
- Take part in Avenue’s editorial processes, from idea brainstorming sessions forward, and be a valued member of a magazine editorial team.
- Perform various administrative tasks, such as picking up items for photo shoots and providing general assistance to the editorial team.
- Take on other duties as assigned.
Our Ideal Candidate
As editorial intern for Avenue magazine, you are passionate about the people, cultures and lifestyles that define this city, and you are able to work in a team and across teams to produce a great product.
Your skills, knowledge and know-how:
- Ability to write, edit and proofread effectively.
- Great communication skills.
- Very organized, with exceptional time-management skills.
- Fluency in Microsoft Office, social networking sites and the Mac operating system.
- Experience working with WordPress and ClickUp is an asset.
- Currently enrolled in post-secondary education in journalism, electronic publishing or a related field.
In order to fit into our team and be a strong contributor to Avenue, you are:
- Smart, professional and a lot of fun to work with.
- Passionate about the quality of your work.
- Interested in the direction of the city and excited about Avenue’s many topic areas, including city life, profiles, arts and culture, events, dining, home decor, fashion, shopping, and regional travel and tourism in the mountains.
- 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.
- Dedicated to improving quality and concerned about details.
Our RedPoint Package
As a creative company, RedPoint provides a stimulating, supportive work environment with a vibrant atmosphere. 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.
This posting will be open until November 20, 2023. Applicants are asked to include three published articles, along with a cover letter and resume.
We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly.
Our Inclusion
RedPoint is committed to creating an inclusive workplace free from discrimination.
In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that different candidates can bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
We understand that we all have unconscious bias and are actively working to become aware of and overcome this. We offer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training to all employees and are consistently working on improvement. We are committed to creating a culture where employees can voice their opinions and offer suggestions on how we can evolve.
We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.
Please apply directly on our hiring website visit redpointmedia.bamboohr.com.
