Proofreader

**Division**: Content

**Department**: Production Planning

**Reports to**: Manager, Production Planning

**Location**: Toronto, Ontario

**Status**: Full-Time

Meet SJC. We create, publish and print best-in-class content. As Canada’s largest privately owned communications company, we partner with our clients to provide marketing solutions that inform, inspire and empower audiences across every platform. Owner and publisher of Canada’s most iconic portfolio of media brands (_Toronto Life, Chatelaine _and_ Maclean’s_ to name a few), we provide incredible reach to an influential audience. SJC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the last 18 years.

Are you ready to join a forward-thinking, creative and collaborative team? Then come join us at SJC Content in the role of Proofreader.

**Do you have eagle eye that can spot an error from miles away. Spelling? Check. The right font and point size? Check, check. Client changes? Definitely check.**

As a Proofreader, you read everything. Literally. Nothing escapes your eye, and red pen. You strive for the utmost accuracy in everything you do, from correcting spelling errors to spotting non-compliant specs. In a nutshell, you help ensure media pages are correct and adhere to the quality standards and requirements of our internal teams and external clients.

**Responsibilities**:

- Proofread all pages moving through the quality checking process and ensure page designers have implemented corrections
- Mark up obvious errors (copy, graphics, images, etc.) and ensure that all pages adhere to style guidelines
- Ensure images to related copy blocks on the printed page correspond
- Compare all final PDF files from the imaging department to the final corrected pages submitted from the proofreading department to ensure that they match and images or copy have not dropped off
- Ensure consistency of execution and content across multiple ongoing projects
- Develop a catalogue of common usage to build into production guidelines

**Education & Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary degree or diploma in an English or related program, or equivalent experience
- English-French bilingualism is an asset
- Minimum two years experience in a similar capacity (preferably retail-oriented proofreading)
- Strong working knowledge of Mac OSX operating system and Adobe software (InDesign, Acrobat Pro) and Microsoft Office
- Extremely detail-oriented, accurate, efficient and organized
- Excellent professional interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills and astute with e-communication
- Superior time-management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work according to deadlines
- Willingness to see projects through to the end and be accountable
- Ability to identify problems and suggest potential solutions
- Quality focused

**SJC Values**
- **Amaze our customers**: We put our customers’ evolving needs at the heart of the business and inspire through our ideas, quality and service.
- **Be relentlessly curious**: We take the initiative to learn, try new things and brainstorm the next big idea.
- **Respect every individual as equal**: We value diversity as the means to creativity and cultivate a collaborative environment where everyone belongs.
- **Innovate and adapt with urgency**: Forward-thinking and flexible, we react quickly and boldly to change.

**SJC Perks**
- Health and Dental Benefits
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and online health & wellness resources with Homewood Health
- Scholarship program for employees’ children
- Exclusive employee magazine subscription rates
- 1-year complimentary _Toronto Life_ Insider membership
- Discounted annual GoodLife membership
- Perkopolis Perk Program and employee pricing at major retailers

**Accommodations at SJC**
- SJC is an equal opportunity employer. SJC is committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise the Human Resources department if any accommodations are needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially._

**Inclusion at SJC**
- Equality and respect for all is one of our founding values and core beliefs at SJC. We are a diverse group with associates of all ages, orientations, races and talents. We celebrate this diversity and we draw strength from it. Inclusivity at SJC means fostering a culture that welcomes and respects each individual as equal - both inside our walls and within the larger community._