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Web Content Assistant

Program stream:
Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
Job title:
Web Content Assistant
Organization name:
Art Gallery of Ontario
Job location:
Toronto, Ontario
Length of assignment:
2018-06-04 to 2018-08-24 (12 weeks)
Hourly wage:
$18.00
Web Content Assistant
2018 Young Canada Works Program

ART + ACCESS + LEARNING

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is among the most distinguished art museums in North America. We celebrate creativity, advocate for artists and shape the conversation about art in our local and international communities. We connect to the world through collaborative and innovative partnerships which provide opportunities to share fresh ideas and discover new voices.

Do you believe that art is for everyone? That art can inspire, engage and create a community? If you are seeking a dynamic, multi-faceted work environment then the AGO may be the right challenge for you.

This position is a part of the Government of Canada’s Young Canada Works program which is an initiative of the Department of Canadian Heritage in support of the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy.

To be eligible, candidates must register on the Young Canada Works website (https://young-canada-works.canada.ca/). Candidates must be between the ages of 16 and 30 at the start of employment and have been a full-time student in the Winter 2018 semester and intend to return to full-time studies for the Fall 2018 semester. Candidates must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have refugee status in Canada and be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The Art Gallery of Ontario seeks a Web Content Assistant to provide support in the following areas:

• Provide content, design and development support to the AGO’s web, mobile and interactive properties
• Work with internal stakeholders on the creation and migration of content to the AGO’s new content management system

If you have the following qualifications, we’d love to hear from you!

• Post-secondary degree/diploma in Media and Design areas of study, Web Design, Web Development, Digital Media, Media Production, or Digital Design
• 1-2 years related experience in web design, website management or content editing and publishing
• Knowledge of standards-compliant web markup languages such as html and CSS
• Demonstrated experience with web applications such as WordPress and Drupal


• Mac OS/PC; MS Office, including: Excel and PowerPoint; demonstrated experience with Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator)
• Excellent attention to detail, and highly developed organizational and communication skills

This is a temporary full-time position (Monday to Friday), working up to 35 hours per week. Visit our website at www.ago.net/jobs to see additional details and to complete your online application profile.


We invite individuals who reflect the diversity of our visitors to apply. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act & the AGO’s Recruitment & Selection Policy for Staff, a request for accommodation will be considered throughout the hiring process.



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