Associate Editor

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 Magellan TV. 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.  Instagram Linked In

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.

The editorial team at Cottage Life is looking for a mid‑level editor with 5‑7 years of experience producing exceptional lifestyle 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 copyediting 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’ll also be a Word Press 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 cottager‑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 new role will report to the Co‑Publisher & VP, Content, 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 $57,000 – $62,000 per year, with final compensation determined by experience and qualifications.

• Researching and developing story ideas for print and digital
• Contributing to pitch and strategy meetings
• 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
• Copyediting and packaging digital stories using SEO best practices for
• Writing and curating a weekly newsletter

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of editing experience at a print magazine, preferably in lifestyle, or in digital editorial
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Journalism, English, or a related field
• Strong writing/editing skills
• A track record of managing freelancers
• Fluency with InCopy, Google Docs, Mailchimp, and Word Press
• Ability to take initiative and work…