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Employment at House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books
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Current Openings
Data Management Intern
Deadline for applicants: July 23, 2025 - Apply here
Job Type: Full-time, one-year contract
Job Category: Data Management
Location: 128 Sterling Road, Toronto (Hybrid: Minimum 3 days/week in office)
Year(s) of Experience: No publishing experience required
Salary: $41,860 for the 12-month period
Are you tech-savvy, detail-oriented, and curious about how books are published and discovered? House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books is looking for a Data Management Intern to join our Integrated Solutions and Data Management department for a one-year contract.
This is a great opportunity for recent grads or emerging professionals looking to gain hands-on experience in technology, data, and publishing workflows—no prior experience in publishing required.
We pride ourselves on the range of voices represented in our publishing list and seek to reflect that diversity in our staff. We recognize that an inclusive workplace is essential to promoting excellence and allowing all staff to reach their greatest potential. We will ensure that every job applicant is treated fairly in respect to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, religious belief, educational background, geographical location, marital status, and parental status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the application process and while working at Anansi and Groundwood.
Role Summary
You'll work alongside a supportive team and gain exposure to a variety of systems and tools used in publishing, including Shopify, Booksonix, and Acumen. You'll learn how publishing data flows through platforms and how digital information shapes the discoverability of books.
Responsibilities
• Update website content and curate digital collections
• Troubleshoot metadata issues with vendors and aggregators (e.g., BookNet Canada)
• Maintain title database: changes to prices, formats, publication dates
• Manage digital assets: cover images and interior files
• Write alt text to aid in accessibility
• Optimize metadata keywords for discoverability
Skills and Experience
Required:
• Tech-comfortable and eager to learn new systems
• Organized, reliable, and attentive to detail
• A clear communicator
Preferred:
• Experience with content management systems (e.g., Shopify or WordPress) or bibliographic metadata management systems (e.g., Booksonix or ONIXEdit)
Co-op
We regret that we are not able to offer any high-school co-op placements this year.
Class visits
Occasionally we are asked by teachers if we can host short informational visits for their classes who want to learn more about the business of writing, publishing and bookselling. We are open to these requests but ask for plenty of advance notice and advise that we may not always be able to accommodate every request. If you would like to inquire about scheduling a visit, please send an email to careers@houseofanansi.com.
Other
If you have an employment-related question that is not addressed above, please send an email inquiry to careers@houseofanansi.com. Thank you.
Internships
House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books offers one or two specialized internships each year, and when we have an internship available we will post the details on this page. We are not able to offer internships otherwise.
