Additional: Funding for relocation will not be provided.
Closing Date:
Geographically Restricted: Funding for relocation will not be provided.
BC Pension Corporation is one of the largest professional pension services organizations in Canada. Doing meaningful work and with a challenging mandate, we provide comprehensive pension services to five BC public sector pension plans. In addition, the corporation is executing on a forward-thinking, transformational strategy that will change the way we serve plan members and employers. Our strategic plan, From 12 to 21, is an ambitious program of business transformation that supports high service levels and cost-effective delivery through better use of technology, improved business process and continued attention to staff training and development. It’s the ideal setting for a consultative team player who thrives in a collegial, results-oriented client service delivery environment.
Reporting to the Manager, Communications, the Copy Editor edits and proofs communication products to ensure clarity and standardization. Communication products can be complex, controversial and sensitive in nature. The potential for content to be miscommunicated may have a negative impact on the Pension Corporation and exacerbate sensitive circumstances and cause embarrassment to the Corporation. The Copy Editor provides feedback to the writer on all aspects of the written product. The position must establish strong relationships with all levels of staff across the Corporation.
Selection Criteria:
Diploma in a related field such as communications or journalism or an equivalent combination of related education, training and experience.
A minimum of two years’ editing and proof reading or related experience which encompasses multiple communication channels and products suitable for the level of the position.
Experience using computer applications including MS Office, Excel, Outlook, Adobe and in internet researching.
Experience with the Chicago Manual of Style.
Your resume must provide detailed information about your education and employment history in order to clearly demonstrate how you meet the required job qualifications as listed in the selection criteria above. Please ensure your resume includes the month and year(s) for each job in your employment history as well as the job related responsibilities.
Lesser qualified applicants may be appointed at a lower level. An eligibility list may be established. Testing may be required.
Only applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted to move to the next stage (at-home written assessment and/or an interview). All candidates are notified of the outcome of the competition once it has been completed.
In addition to coursework and a final project report, the Master of Publishing Program also includes one four-month professional placement, which can be completed anywhere.
Students take the lead in arranging their own professional placement (with the support of the faculty and the industry), with the process beginning as the first semester of school comes to a close. In January and February students begin to finalize the details, and by April most students have their placements arranged. The placements typically run May to August (around 12 weeks). Students enter their placements at a higher level than traditional interns, and have more input in how the placement will work. For example, students are encouraged to brainstorm challenges in a particular area of publishing they are interested in and then present solution-based proposals.
Professional placements are arranged in consultation with the faculty in the Department of Publishing, who help students determine what their goals and aims are and then suggest professional placements that may be a good fit or industry professionals they should connect with.
So what steps do you take to find a placement?
Determine your interests. What type of publishing are you drawn to? The list of areas to explore is very long—starting with book publishing in the first semester and ending with magazine publishing in the second semester. Be open to plans changing and to new ideas coming your way.
Connect with guest lecturers. Introduce yourself to them after class, send them a thank you email or tweet, or invite them out for coffee. This is the time to grow your network and connect with many people who will support you throughout your career.
Research different publishers. Check out their websites, go to their events, and and become familiar with the types of books they publish.
Set up informational interviews with publishers that pique your interests. An informational interview is very similar to a regular job interview, except you are the one asking the questions. Call or email publishers you are interested in doing your professional placement with and ask if you could arrange an informational interview to help you get to know more about the company because you are interested in working for them.
You can ask things like:
What kind of work do you usually have students do?
Are there any interesting projects going on that I would be able to be a part of?
What kind of instruction would I receive here?
How many students do you usually have at once?
What is the culture of the workplace like?
Why do you like about working here? Is there anything you don’t like?
What are you able to offer in terms of compensation?
Are there opportunities for employment following my placement?
Is there anything else you think is important for me to know?
Make sure to follow up the interview with a personalized thank you email or card.
Watch the Quill & Quire job board and follow SFU Publishing on Twitter and Facebook for professional placement postings. Some placements are competitive and you will need to apply for them as you would a regular job. Other placements are arranged more casually, but you will still need to send your placement your resume for them to have on file.
Update your resume and cover letter. SFU has Career Education Specialists available at each campus to help one-on-one with resume and cover letter writing, mock interviews, networking strategies, and more.
Remember that it is going to be okay. Everyone finds a placement and that faculty are here to support you throughout the process.
Do you have a keen eye, a sharp red pencil, and a passion for avant-garde Canadian literature? If so, Talon Books needs you! Come help Talon publish its Fall 2017 books and prepare to publish its Spring 2018 books.
Talonbooks seeks a Copy Editor/Proofreader for a full-time, three-month contract position between September 15 and December 15, 2017 (approximately).
Opportunities to work part-time or in a freelance capacity with Talon may extend beyond contracted dates.
Figure 1 Publishing is seeking a fulltime editor for its Vancouver office.
Figure 1 Publishing is Canada’s leading publisher of high quality illustrated books, with a focus on art, architecture, photography, design, and food + drink. Figure 1 also publishes business books in the areas of finance, management, leadership, and corporate and personal memoir.
The successful candidate will have a passion for beautiful books, and strong organizational and author management skills. The editor will be responsible for developing and editing five to eight projects every year, and will also be responsible for copyediting and proofreading another eight to ten books every year. Prior experience editing complex illustrated books is required, as is the willingness to work in close collaboration with our authors and publishing partners, as well as our Figure 1 team.
Please email a cover letter and resume to info@figure1pub.com by September 5, 2017. Applications and queries will be kept confidential. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Interviewing will take place in September. The position starts in September/October 2017.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Figure 1 also offers a health benefits package.
A special Sesquicentennial show celebrating our finest Fiction Writers
With the help of superb author portraits by Anthony Jenkins appearing on-screen, publisher and author Doug Gibson roams the stage talking about our finest authors down through the years. Decade by decade, he chooses our best authors, English and French, and selects their very best books.
Each decade begins with a burst of Canadian music from the time. Then a contemporary photo reminds us of the historical setting, and a series of iconic works of art remind us of the wider artistic scene in which our writers worked. The result is a celebration not only of our writers and storytellers, but of our artists in general. The resulting reading list is now in great demand, and will be distributed at the show.
Already he has given this hugely ambitious show (with an Intermission when we reach 1967, the year when Gibson himself came to Canada) in the nation’s capital, Ottawa, and at the Toronto Launch in the Lieutenant Governor’s Chambers in Queen’s Park. After this Vancouver Launch, he will be taking the show across Canada for the rest of 2017, as his own tribute to our country and its writers, culminating in his praise of his author, Alice Munro.
WHERE Vancouver, at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre, Room 1400
Vancouver Public Library is looking to host a resident graphic novelist between Aug. 28 and Dec.15, 2017.
The Writer in Residence will develop exciting public programs and provide advice to emerging writers through one-to-one consultations and group workshops, as well as outreach to targeted communities.
The deadline is May 22. Email programs@vpl.ca for more information.
