Associate Editor

The primary responsibility of the Associate Editor, Mindful Communications, is to help with the production of Mindful.org and Mindful Magazine. The associate editor assists in the building and scheduling of mindful.org articles, newsletters, and social media posts while supporting editorial calendars and production flows. The associate editor also assists in the production, copyediting, and writing of articles for Mindful magazine and other Mindful products. The person in this position executes their duties under the supervision of the Executive Editor and may be assigned duties beyond the scope of this description.

Key Duties: 

• Builds articles in CMS and schedules them
• Brainstorms and pitches content ideas for the website, the magazine, and other Mindful products
• Edits and/or proofreads manuscripts and other forms of copy for publication in the magazine and online, making stylistic, structural and grammatical corrections, as well as other substantive changes as needed.
• Creates and tracks invoices for digital assignments
• Assists in the creation of content for internal presentations
• Assists with social media scheduling and post creation
• Supports Art team by researching stock images 
• Participates in team meetings and presentations
• Participates in production of editorial events and initiatives (eg. Mindful30 meditation challenge, Mindful courses, Mindful Live events etc.)
• Collaborates with business development, circulation, advertising, marketing, and print teams
• Helps transition the website for each new issue publication: building issue posts online including new heds, deks and images as required
• Moderates social media comments, Mindful social group pages, and live events
• Assists in the production of the email campaigns including Monday Weekly Wakeup Newsletter and the Tuesday Weekly Newsletter, as well as advertising, marketing, and business development newsletters

Recommended qualifications:

• A familiarity with (and ideally experience practicing) mindfulness and meditation 
• Strong writing skills – able to write for daily deadlines
• Content management system experience
• Experience and enthusiasm for posting to social media platforms
• Basic proficiency in audio and video production and editing
• Basic knowledge of photo editing for online use

Skills and qualities: 

• Digitally savvy
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and prioritize tasks
• Fast, fluent writer 
• Time management
• Willingness to learn new digital technologies
• Research and analysis
• Decision-making 
• Communication
• Working both independently and collaboratively

Helpful Notes:

• Our office is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While preference may be given to qualified, local candidates, we are open to remote applicants as well.
• Mindful is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, as well as members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
• We cannot sponsor applicants for immigration to Canada at this time.

Interested in Applying? Please send your resume and cover letter to HR@mindful.org
Applications will be accepted until Monday August 31 at 5 PM AST.

Thank you for your interest in working with Mindful.

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