About Western

Western University delivers an academic experience second to none. Western challenges the best and brightest faculty, staff and students to commit to the highest global standards. Our research excellence expands knowledge and drives discovery with real-world application. Western attracts individuals with a broad worldview, seeking to study, influence and lead in the international community. Since 1878, The Western Experience has combined academic excellence with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social and cultural growth in order to better serve our communities.

About Us

The Morrissette Institute is working with the Morrissette Advisory board to advocate for entrepreneurship across Canada. As part of this, the Advisory board is funding the launch of Scale Here, an independent, online, entrepreneurship magazine. Scale Here exists to build a more entrepreneurial Canada — region by region, founder by founder. We are an independent advocate for Canadian startups and scaleups. We shine a credible light on the people, policies, and decisions that determine whether entrepreneurship thrives or stalls — and we tell the honest stories of what it actually takes to build and scale here.

We are proudly regional. We believe entrepreneurial momentum is built from the ground up, in the cities and communities where founders live and work. We cover those places with the depth they deserve, and we champion the conditions that keep Canada's best companies at home.

Scale Here is powered by the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurial leaders — students who don't just report on the future of this country's innovation economy. They help shape it.

Responsibilities

Student Senior Editor

EDITORIAL STRUCTURE

Scale Here’s editorial structure includes a leadership layer (this role), an editorial layer, a contributor layer and a support layer. In addition, there is an oversight layer of two Co-Editors-in-Chief — experienced operators with deep backgrounds in scaling companies that help guide, not manage — and a governance board of seasoned executives.

The Senior Student Editor is the operational editorial leader. You run the day-to-day: managing contributors, maintaining standards, driving the editorial calendar, and ensuring every piece we publish meets the bar.

This structure gives you genuine editorial authority and real accountability, while connecting you directly to practitioners who have done what our readers are trying to do.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a substantive student leadership role. It is suited to a university student with genuine intellectual curiosity about Canadian entrepreneurship, a commitment to rigorous journalism, and the confidence to lead and develop a team of peer contributors.

You will set and uphold editorial standards, shape coverage across three content pillars, develop student writers into responsible journalists, and contribute original reported work that informs Canada's most ambitious builders and the institutions that support them.

Our three content pillars are:

- Entrepreneurial Success in Canada.



The real stories of how Canadian startups and scaleups win — honest case studies of scale, failure, pivots, and exits that go beyond celebration to examine how success was actually built.
- Policy, Regulation & Structural Forces. Analysis of the federal, provincial, and municipal policies, tax structures, capital access conditions, and regulatory environments that shape what founders can build and where.
- Actionable Proposals for Ecosystem Actors. Evidence-based proposals directed at governments, large enterprises, investors, professional services firms, and other ecosystem actors — focused on practical changes that accelerate Canadian entrepreneurship.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Editorial Leadership

- Own the editorial calendar — assign, sequence, and manage coverage across all three content pillars
- Set and uphold editorial standards for sourcing, accuracy, tone, and structural quality
- Work with the Co-Editors-in-Chief to develop and evolve the platform's editorial voice and positioning
- Make final day-to-day editorial calls on what gets published, what gets revised, and what needs more work
- Bring story ideas grounded in original research, primary sources, and real events — not aggregation

Team Management
- Collaborate with the Editors-in-Chief recruit, onboard, and develop a team of student contributors
- Provide substantive editing feedback that helps contributors grow as writers, researchers, and thinkers
- Run regular editorial check-ins and maintain a culture of high standards and constructive critique
- Coordinate contributors to avoid duplication, maintain consistency, and keep the pipeline healthy

Writing & Storytelling
- Contribute original reported pieces — particularly high-impact features, profiles, and analysis
- Write and edit with clarity and precision, translating complex policy, business, and regulatory material into compelling, practitioner-ready prose
- Interview founders, operators, investors, policymakers, and researchers
- Collaborate with the Editors-in-Chief to develop stories that draw on their networks and operational expertise

Additional Morrissette Program Support
- Assist the Morrissette team with student programming over the summer included the Entrepreneurial Summer Internship, Shad Canada and Ivey Summer Leadership Program
- Support includes but is not limited to coaching of student entrepreneurs and teams, assisting with workshops and events, planning and executing events

Qualifications

Education

- Must be a student returning to studies in the fall. Candidates may come from business, economics, law, political sciences, public policy, or related fields.

Experience:
- Strong writer with demonstrated ability to produce clear, researched, and well-structured prose




- Comfortable working independently and asynchronously, with real accountability for outcomes
- Prior experience editing peers, leading a publication, or managing a team is a significant asset
- Familiarity with Canadian business, startup, or policy ecosystems is highly valued
- Ability to manage competing deadlines without close supervision
- Intellectual confidence — willing to push back on ideas, challenge assumptions, and hold the line on quality

Skills, Abilities & Expertise:
- Written and verbal communication skills to express ideas clearly, and adapt communication style to suit the situation and audience
- Ability to maintain a positive, outgoing attitude with genuine customer service orientation
- Reliable and dependable with the ability to consistently work assigned schedule
- Ability to follow processes and practices with high attention to detail
- Demonstrates integrity and works in accordance with Western¿s policies and procedures
- Ability to multi-task and maintain an organized work environment
- Computer skills with Microsoft Office, with the ability to learn and use recent software programs as required
- Personable and courteous in working relationships with colleagues, students and the public
- Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of the team to achieve department goals
- Ability to work in a manner that is compliant with confidentiality requirements as applicable

Why Western?

Western offers a broad and exciting variety of part-time and temporary employment opportunities with ample room for job exploration and growth. Within our beautiful campus, you are part of a progressive work environment that promotes work/life balance including access to our state-of-the-art recreation centre. Apply for an opportunity to be part of the Western community and contribute to its success!

Applying at Western

To ensure that your application is given full consideration, please complete all relevant sections of the application. In addition, you can choose to supplement your application with a cover letter and current resume. Consideration of applicants will include an assessment of previous performance, experience, and qualifications. Applicants should have oral communication skills in English.

Western Values Diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone (phone hidden).

Please Note:

This position is an existing vacancy, to be filled internally. This position is fully in-person, on-site. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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