About the Role
3 is building the definitive digital platform for Third Culture Individuals and seeks a Digital Editor to lead its editorial. This is a unique opportunity to shape a publication's digital voice during its formative stages. The role emphasizes a deeply human point of view, sharp writing, and beautiful production, catering to a global, discerning audience. The position utilizes modern editorial systems and technology to enhance writer and editor productivity, focusing on craft and human connection over AI-generated content. This hands-on role requires a writer-editor with a distinct perspective, cultural fluency, and the skill to meet high standards efficiently, managing the digital editorial calendar from concept to analytics.
Responsibilities
- Conceive, develop, and produce digital features for 3’s website, newsletter, and subscriber platform, owning the work from idea to publish.
- Write, draft, and edit at a craft level, ensuring your byline carries the publication's authority.
- Utilize 3’s editorial skills system as a creative collaborator for drafting, structural editing, line editing, copy editing, and producing social and newsletter derivatives.
- Translate quarterly print features into digital content using the established print-to-digital workflow.
- Develop and ship digital franchises, creating recurring formats that build reader habit and platform identity.
- Maintain editorial calendar discipline and protect deadlines.
- Own the digital voice of 3 across web, email, and platform copy.
- Apply 3’s voice rules and brand standards to every piece.
- Make editorial decisions on content selection.
- Review all content to ensure it reads as genuinely human work, free from generative tool patterns.
- Write headlines and deks optimized for search, newsletter, and social media.
- Own newsletter editorial direction, edition cadence, and structural integrity.
- Collaborate with the Art Director on visual direction for every story.
- Analyze analytics weekly to inform content strategy, identifying successful and unsuccessful content for repetition or retirement.
- Integrate subscriber conversion into the editorial product.
- Use technology to support drafting, editing, and production.
- Build and refine automations and workflows to eliminate repetitive tasks and preserve time for editorial craft.
- Identify system gaps and propose new tools, skills, or processes.
- Stay current on relevant tooling and adopt selectively based on editorial usefulness.
- Partner daily with the Art Director on visual treatment, hero imagery, and social derivatives.
- Coordinate with the Partnerships team to align branded content with editorial voice and reader experience.
- Brief the EVP regularly on calendar, performance, and strategic shifts.
Requirements
- 5+ years of digital publishing or editorial experience, preferably at a reputable publication (e.g., Monocle, The Atlantic, Vogue Business, Kinfolk).
- A portfolio showcasing published byline work that demonstrates range, voice, and craft.
- Demonstrable AI fluency in editorial work, including experience with prompt libraries, custom GPTs, Claude skills, automations, or workflow tools used in production.
- Strong editorial instinct for an over-informed, globally mobile reader.
- Proficiency in SEO and analytics, comfortable using tools like GA4, search performance tools, and newsletter platforms (Substack, Beehiiv, Mailchimp, or equivalent).
- Canadian English fluency or the ability to write in it cleanly, adhering to Canadian spelling as house style.
- Experience translating long-form content into digital and platform-native formats.
- Familiarity with at least one major CMS (e.g., WordPress, Webflow).
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated craft.
- Cross-cultural fluency, with experience living, working, or studying across multiple markets, languages, or cultural contexts.
Skills
- Digital publishing
- Editorial production
- Content creation
- Writing
- Editing
- AI fluency in editorial work
- Prompt engineering
- Custom GPTs
- Claude skills
- Workflow automation
- Editorial voice development
- Brand standards application
- Headline writing
- SEO
- Analytics (GA4)
- Newsletter platforms (Substack, Beehiiv, Mailchimp)
- CMS (WordPress, Webflow)
- Cross-cultural communication
- Systems thinking
- Adaptability
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years digital publishing or editorial experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated craft
About the Company
- 369 Publishing produces 3 magazine, a quarterly publication and multimedia platform for Third Culture Individuals (TCIs).
- 369 Global is a Canadian-based group of companies focused on skills training, workforce development, media, and international business services.
- 369 Global operates at the intersection of people, business, and global opportunity, focusing on legacy, scale, and sustained impact.
- 369 Global's values include Dream to Reality, Drive, Innovation, Bring People Together, and Change the World, with an entrepreneurial and nimble spirit.
Equal Opportunity
- 3 Magazine is an inclusive work environment with a workplace accommodation policy in place.
- Accommodations are available upon request for the interview process and other selection stages for job applicants with accessibility needs.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to assist in screening and assessing applicants.
