Minimum mandatory criteria:
Education: Certificate, diploma or degree in English, writing, journalism or other related field from a recognized CanadianFootnote* post-secondary institution.
Experience: 24 months relevant experience.
Typical duties may include:
- Planning and preparing page layouts and positioning articles and photographs or other illustrative materials
- Reading and editing more complex materials prior to publishing or broadcasting to detect and correct errors in spelling, grammar and syntax
- Shortening or lengthening material as space or time requires
- Conferring with authors, writers and others regarding revisions to materials
- Verifying facts, dates and statistics using standard reference sources
