Job Vacancy: Editorial Assistant

At Parents Avenue Magazine we are focused on creating the best parenting magazine, providing useful information and parenting tips for families.

The editorial team at Parents Avenue Magazine researches, creates and packages content to provide useful information, entertainment and inspirational articles to our readers in their parenthood journey. We are looking for an editorial assistant with entry-level journalism/publishing experience to join our team. 

If you are planning or have recently begun a career in editorial and are looking to gain experience in a professional and dynamic content organization, this is the opportunity for you. You'll learn the ropes with a small, friendly team, and you'll get a ton of hands-on experience with the administrative side of editorial: interview transcription, content syndication, cold-calling leads and more. 

Working Hours
Mondays to Fridays 
From 8.30am to 4.30pm
Candidate must be able to work from our office in Inanam Capital.

What You'll Learn

• How to adapt to the myriad jobs of a small editorial team
• How to research a given subject in necessary depth
• How to conduct and fact check an interview
• During your down time, how to produce a reported series of articles about a relevant topic of your choosing (subject to editor’s approval)

The Gig/Responsibilities

• Weekly upload of entire print issue to web (this is the most important)
• Email newsletter formatting
• Transcribing interviews
• Produce 2-3 original article monthly (topic of your choice with editor's approval)
• Fact-checking industry articles
• Researching industry contacts
• Photoshoot on-site assistance (depending on experience)
• Other project management
• Other administrative tasks as needed, such as completing weekly editorial reports

Training Provided

• Working one-on-one with editor on the team to learn about their field of specialty
• Training in tools used to create daily web content and print magazine

Requirements

• Must be extremely detail-oriented and willing to take on very admin-oriented tasks as the bulk of the work
• Must have own transport and willing to travel for interview features
• The ideal candidate is is self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, communicative, receptive to feedback, learns quickly, and never, ever misses a deadline. 
• Applications will only be reviewed if they include a cover letter and writing sample. 

Parents Avenue Magazine is East Malaysia's first locally based parenting magazine. We are currently available mainly in Sabah, then Sarawak and Labuan. With plans to further develop our online media solution, this position is crucial in the team. We are a small close knit team of graphic designer, editor, admin assistant, photographer and freelance writer who share a tight bond and believe that collaboration creates a better experience for our readers, our clients and our team. 


Kindly email to us your latest resume, cover letter and writing sample to parentsavenue@gmail.com