James Martin
Editorial Project Manager at McGill University
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- Montreal, Canada Area
- Industry
- Higher Education
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James Martin's Overview
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- Editorial Project Manager at McGill University
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- Associate Editor at Maisonneuve Magazine
- Writer at Freelance
- Executive Editor at Spafax
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- McGill University
- The University of Calgary
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James Martin's Summary
I'm a writer and an editor.
In case you think this is one of those "Buddy's on Linkedin so he must be looking for another job" things, it's not. Here's why:
I love my job at McGill, but I also take on some freelance assignments. Why? Sure, the extra scratch is always welcome, but getting out of my bubble makes me a better writer (editor, too). It's nice to write about different subject matter every now and then, too. Variety being the spice of etc. etc. and all that.
So there.
James Martin's Experience
Editorial Project Manager
McGill University
Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry
July 2006 – Present (5 years 7 months) Montreal, Canada Area
Editor, Headway magazine (http://publications.mcgill.ca/headway)
I develop story ideas for the University's research magazine. Then I commission writers, do copy- and substantive-editing, work with the researchers to ensure accuracy and clarity in how their work is presented, coordinate translation into French....the full deal.
I also write, a lot: articles (non-academic articles about research in pretty much every discipline), blog posts, ad copy, video scripts, limericks--whatever's needed. (Not kidding about the limericks, either.)
Associate Editor
Maisonneuve Magazine
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry
January 2006 – July 2006 (7 months) Montreal, Canada Area
I was hired to edit magazine features, and that I did, but I spent an awful lot of time and energy dealing with a disturbed writer who'd been stalking the magazine for a few years. When I championed a piece of his, I became a hero. When I questioned his over-enthusiastic editing of the magazine's Wikipedia page, I became a villain--and subjected to a campaign of weird insults. It all came to a head when the fellow left a long message on the office voicemail, signing off with a chipper "I hope everyone at Maisonneuve has a GREAT day [voice deepens]...except James Martin." The implication was, clearly, that I should have a bad day. I showed him, though, by having a merely mediocre one.
Writer
Freelance
1999 – 2006 (7 years) Calgary, Montreal
In addition to magazine and newspaper freelancing, I've written some things that have ended up between book covers and on movie screens:
Contributor: The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour (Penguin Canada, 2006)
Six of my goofy essays appear alongside work by Stephen Leacock, Douglas Coupland and other heavy CanLit hitters. Talk about being the poor cousin at the table. Some reviewer on Amazon.ca begrudgingly called my work “kind of clever, I guess.”
Editor/researcher: Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers & Unabashed Grafters: A Bob Edwards Chrestomathy (Brindle & Glass, 2004)
I compiled, and wrote the introductory essay to, this trade paperback collection of writings by Robert Chambers Edwards, the legendary Western Canadian satiric newspaperman. This book did not sell well, to say the least.
Writer: Calgary: The Unknown City (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002)
This trade paperback compendium of historical and contemporary oddities in and around the Stampede City is an expanded version of my bestseller Calgary: Secrets of the City (1999). Oh, and when I say "bestseller," I'm talking 5,000+ copies sold, not a million or something. Apparently there isn't a hard and fast rule as to what constitutes a bestseller in Canada, so pretty much anyone can claim to have a bestseller--but the rule of thumb is that if you crack 5K, nobody's going to bust your chops.
Co-screenwiter: waydowntown (Odeon Films, 2000)
The New York Times called this feature film “A smart, sardonic satire.” The Blockbuster clerk in Pickering, Ontario who sold me a previously viewed VHS copy for $4.99 called it "I haven't watched this. But I LOVE Canadian film."
Executive Editor
Spafax
Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry
September 2004 – October 2005 (1 year 2 months) Montreal
My main duties revolved around editing onAir, Air Canada’s monthly bilingual travel e-zine, which was sent to over 700,000 subscribers.
I also wrote the movie synopses for the inflight entertainment guide. It was actually a pretty fun exercise trying to distill a plot into 25 words or less. (No, I didn't watch all the movies first.) Later, in library school, I realized that finding the throughline in a convoluted Bollywood epic was really good training for writing journal abstracts. (Seriously.)
James Martin's Skills
James Martin's Education
McGill University
MLIS, Library + information studies
2002 – 2005
The University of Calgary
BA, English literature
1988 – 1993
James Martin's Additional Information
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2011: Silver Medal, Best Writing (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)
2011: Silver Medal, Best Magazine (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)--team award for Headway
2010: Gold Medal, Best Magazine (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)--team award for Headway
2009: Bronze Medal, Best Magazine (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)--team award for Headway
2008: Gold Medal, Best Writing (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)
2007: Gold Medal, Best Magazine (CCAE Prix d'Excellence)--team award for Headway
2005: Silver Award, Best Interview or Profile, Magnum Opus Awards (Missouri School of Journalism/Publications Management newsletter)
2000: Best Canadian Screenplay, Vancouver International Film Festival--shared with co-writer, for the film "waydowntown"
2000: Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival--team award, for the film "waydowntown"
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