TELLING CAPTIVATING STORIES TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE
Blue Ant Media (TSX: BAMI) is an international streamer, production studio, advertising sales and rights-management business. The company operates a diverse portfolio of free streaming and pay TV channels internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, and Love Pets, as well as the subscription streaming service MagellanTV. Its studio business produces and distributes a wide range of premium content across key genres for streaming and broadcast platforms worldwide. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with a presence in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Singapore, London, Washington, Sydney, Halifax, and Ottawa. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
Senior Editor
The award-winning team at Cottage Life is looking for a Senior Editor with 7-10 years of experience producing exceptional content for print and digital. The ideal candidate will be able to work independently handling substantive edits on features, columns, and front-of-book stories; developing content ideas and editorial packages for print and online; recruiting and assigning stories to writers; and participating in other aspects of the editorial process, including copy editing and proofreading. In addition to handling print stories, they’ll have sharp digital skills, in particular experience in newsletter strategy and production, and thorough knowledge of Mailchimp. They will
also be a WordPress wizard and understand the importance of SEO, with experience using tools to optimize content.
Ideally, we are looking for a cottager or someone with deep cottage experience, but most importantly, the successful candidate will understand what is so special about cottage living in Canada and have big ideas about how to make our magazine feel fresh and relevant to our audience of cottagers and cottagers-to-be. Since we want our stories to offer both good advice and a good read, they’ll also have a sense of fun and a lively imagination.
A flexible, can-do attitude is a must, as is the ability to problem solve and find solutions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
This role will report to the Editor-in-Chief of Cottage Life and is a hybrid position requiring in-office attendance at our head office in Toronto for a minimum of three (3) days per week.
The anticipated salary range for this role is $65,000 - $75,000 per year, with final compensation determined by experience and qualifications.
Core Responsibilities & Duties
- Act as the handling editor, championing stories, including profile features, service stories, and front-of-book pieces, through each stage of the editing process from assigning to sign off
- Researching and developing story ideas for print and digital
- Contributing to pitch and strategy meetings
- Copy editing and packaging digital stories using SEO best practices for cottagelife.com
- Writing and curating a weekly newsletter
- Meeting the highest journalistic standards of transparency and accuracy for all content
Qualifications and Experience
- Thorough knowledge of publishing trends, including in the digital space
- 7-10+ years of editing experience, including work at a print publication
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe InCopy on Mac
- The ability to communicate a clear editorial vision while working collaboratively across the editorial and art teams
- Digital and newsletter experience, including working with a CMS (preferably WordPress) and on Mailchimp
- A network of contributors and creatives to help shape and develop stories
- A strong passion for Canadian magazines
- Project management experience is an asset
Skills Required
- 7-10+ years of editing experience, including experience at a print publication
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Thorough knowledge of publishing trends, including digital publishing
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe InCopy on Mac
- Ability to communicate a clear editorial vision and collaborate across editorial and art teams
- Digital and newsletter experience, including CMS and Mailchimp experience
- Experience with WordPress, preferably
- A network of contributors and creatives
- Strong passion for Canadian magazines
- Project management experience
- Understanding of Canadian cottage living and its audience
What We Do
Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international content producer, distributor and channel operator. We own and operate numerous production companies in North America and Asia-Pacific, creating content for broadcasters and streaming platforms in multiple genres including factual entertainment, natural history, documentary and adult animation. Our distribution business, Blue Ant International, offers a substantial catalogue of content, including one of the world's largest 4K natural history offerings. Blue Ant Media operates linear and free streaming channels under several brands including Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth (Canada), BBC First (Canada), HauntTV, CrimeTime and TotalCrime. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with seven international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Washington and Beijing.
