Data Management Intern

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)

Who We Are

House of Anansi Press is Canada’s leading independent publisher. We specialize in finding, developing, and publishing writers of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, as well as works in translation. Groundwood Books was founded in 1978 with a mandate to publish children’s books of the highest possible quality for all ages, which has grown to include fiction, picture books, graphic novels, and nonfiction.

We publish very good books, and we also like to think that our physical/virtual office is a very good place to work! We work hard and love what we do, but we also make time for fun: lunch clubs, ‘Summer Friday’ work hours during the warmer months, and of course, book launches!

Compensation and Location

The salary for this full-time one-year contract position is $41,860.

We are interested in hearing from applicants who are available to join us at least 3 days a week in our Toronto office, with the remaining days being a flexible/hybrid/remote option.