Call for applications: Publishing and editorial assistant, Theater News

Launched in 2016 by The Company Theatre to address the ongoing decline of performing arts coverage in legacy media outlets, Intermission is an online magazine covering theatre and other performing arts in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and select other Canadian locations. Our content includes feature articles about productions and industry issues, news stories, profiles of theatre artists (including our signature Spotlight series, a deep-dive interview collection that highlights major artists with custom photography by Dahlia Katz), first-person Artist Perspectives, and our weekly newsletter, the Friday Folio. In March 2022 we added theatre and dance reviews to our coverage. The magazine team includes publisher Suzanne Cheriton, editorial advisor Karen Fricker, digital manager Janice Peters Gibson, senior editor Liam Donovan, and staff writer Nathaniel Hanula-James.

Intermission works with a partnership business model in which much of our feature content is supported by partnerships with arts organizations. Reviews are separately funded and independent of partnership relationships. Many of Toronto’s leading theatre organizations, including Canadian Stage, Crow’s Theatre, and Toronto Fringe, are Intermission partners, and coverage is growing in geographical scope thanks to partnerships with companies such as Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton), the Grand Theatre (London), the Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa), and Theatre Calgary (Calgary).

We are seeking a dynamic and collaborative individual to join our team.

Publishing and editorial assistant duties

The assistant will:

• Support and coordinate partnership relationships, as a key point of contact with partners around deliverables including images and ads
• Monitor and keep up internal documentation around partnership deliverables
• Assist with marketing
• Coordinate content for the Friday Folio
• Write news articles
• Edit Artist Perspective articles
• Write social media copy and manage social posting schedule

There is potential for more extensive writing assignments as the job develops.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will:

• Have studied or practiced writing about theatre 
• Have some publishing experience
• Be familiar with CP Style
• Be knowledgeable about the Canadian theatre scene
• Have experience drafting social media copy
• Have basic graphic design skills
• Have a demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, decolonization, and inclusion
• Interest in and experience with social media strategy will be a plus
• Experience with WordPress, Buffer, and/or Canva will be a plus

Terms of employment

This is a part time position paying $25 per hour for roughly 12 hours per week of work. Other than bi-monthly virtual team meetings, the work is independent and the hours flexible. The position does require occasional evening and weekend work. 

Intermission provides four weeks of paid vacation per year, including two weeks off over the winter holidays. 

This position has a preferred start date of February 10, 2025, or earlier if the hired candidate is available. Candidates should ideally be based in Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area. 

How to apply

Please send your CV and a cover letter addressing your interest in the position and addressing the desired qualifications, along with writing samples and (if available) graphic design samples, to [email protected] with the subject line “Application: Publishing and editorial assistant” by 5 pm Eastern Standard Time on Friday, January 17, 2025. 

Please send any questions about the position to [email protected].