Editor

About Us

INKspire is a non-profit organization that strives to empower youth voices by providing a curated web platform where young people can share their ideas and perspectives on various relevant and contemporary issues across Canada and around the world.

Job Description

Do you know what makes a story worth sharing? Do you believe in inspiring and educating through written articles?

INKspire is looking for passionate, well-informed youth editors to work with our editorial team. Reporting to the lead editor, the editor will moderate and edit submissions posted to our site.

Responsibilities

• Specialize in editing articles
• Work closely with our editorial team and lead editor to provide revisions and feedback to INKspire’s writers
• Edit articles from our users and community partners by reading and detecting errors in grammar, spelling, and syntax
• Participate in regular publishing / team meetings
• Evaluate suitability and validity of articles for publication and recommend changes in content, style, and organization to ensure consistency amongst articles and alignment to INKspire’s brand

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong command of the English language with exceptional writing and editing skills, as well as the ability to adopt the style, tone, and voice of INKspire’s content
• Strong passion for and experience in Journalism, Writing, Publishing, Online Media, Current Global Affairs, Science and Technology, or any other related field
• Demonstrated ability to pay close attention to detail
• Demonstrated efficient time management skills

The successful volunteer will work remotely from home for 4-6 hours a week.

Application Instructions

• Indicate which platform you are interested in editing.
• Upload your resume and one writing sample (indicate context in which it was written).
• Complete editing sample exercise in platform you are interested in editing (with annotations and comments).

Due to the large volume of applicants we receive, only short-listed applicants will be contacted.