Volunteer Intern Position: Publications Manager for Citizen’s Journal
Description of the position:
The Peter-McGill Community Council is looking for candidates for the volunteer intern position of Publications Manager for our Citizen’s Journal.
The Citizen’s Journal is a co-operative journal that strives to promote the voices and opinions of the residents of Peter-McGill in the Ville-Marie borough. This journal is open to all residents and friends of the neighbourhood and accepts multimedia forms of publication.
The Publications Manager will be in charge of receiving submissions, editing and accepting submissions as well as publication of said submissions on our various platforms.
Duration of the position: 6 months, approximately 10-15 hours a month (flexible)
Pay: Volunteer position, honorarium
Supervision: Table de Quartier Peter-McGill (Viviane Cottle, mobilization officer)
Roles and responsibilities:
- Receive and manage submissions (communicating with Citizen Journalists, editing submissions, publishing submissions on social media)
- Develop and implement a recruitment strategy
- Communicate with mobilization team, liaison officers (Families, Seniors and Youth) and committees of the Community Council (Neighbourhood Life, Youth Action, etc.)
- Develop branding, logo and aesthetic
- Manage social media
- Aid in the search and application for future grants (research existing grants, help in application for grants)
Qualities/skills/expertise we are looking for:
- Bilingual (ability to read and edit submissions in French and English, ability to communicate with Journalists in French or English)
- Passion for local issues, advocacy and community wellbeing
- Experience with/openness to learning how to use Canva and Adobe Illustrator
- Comfort and moderate skills with graphic design (ability to render submissions aesthetically pleasing through graphics and visuals)
- Creativity (ability to think of creative ways to reach residents and of presenting publications)
- Ability to work independently and ask for help when needed
If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and letter of interest to Viviane Cottle at vcottle@cjemontreal.org