Local Editor

AskMen, the world’s largest men’s lifestyle site with over 20 million readers a month (part of the IGN Entertainment Group, subsidiary of News Corp.), is looking for an energetic, dedicated and innovative editor to join our team. This editor position is a rare opportunity for an English-language editor in Montreal:  You will be working at the cutting edge of the online content world in a company with an international reach – you’ll have opportunities to interact with brilliant colleagues in NY, LA, SF, London, and Sydney. AskMen boasts a young and vibrant staff, and our offices are based in the exciting Plateau area of Montreal.

What does that mean exactly?

• You will be responsible for overseeing the production and promotion of content across the world, including the U.S., UK and Australia. It's an opportunity to work with an international assembly of talent and to make contacts outside the country!
• You will have the freedom - and even the mandate - to completely reinvent how we produce and distribute local content. It's an opportunity to reshape a product according to YOUR vision!
• You are a man of the world, a man about town: You don’t need to be a man, but you do need to be in the know -- about your city, and about the world. A real 21st century cosmopolitan.
• You have a hyper, obsessive cultural awareness: You are always the first to know when anything new/cool/man-centric hits the web.
• You have a professional knowledge of men’s affairs and interests: A combination of insight, expertise, instinct and enthusiasm.
• You have a good eye for great writing: You’ll be responsible for recruiting and managing a globe-straddling group of freelance writers.
• You have amazing writing skills: You are a fast, funny writer -- clever, quick and highly readable.
• You have sound journalistic knowledge: You will be an expert at sourcing, creating, editing and optimizing a wide variety of web content -- blogs, photos, interviews, features.
• You are resourceful/cool under fire: You get great things done quickly and inexpensively

What will get you in the door?

• You have a thorough command of the English language.
• You have three or more years’ professional experience as an editor, or in a relevant online environment.
• You have a university degree.
• You must live in or be willing to commute to Montreal.

It would be extra awesome if...

• You have high-level engagement with social media.
• You're knowledgeable of basic coding and familiarity with SEO practices.
• You have experience finding, cropping and optimizing images.