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How much do entry level publishing jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for entry level publishing in Quebec is $45,189.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $34,000.00 and $49,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are some typical tasks and responsibilities for someone in an entry level publishing role?

In an entry level publishing role, you can expect to support the editorial team with tasks such as proofreading manuscripts, coordinating with authors, handling administrative duties, and managing digital assets. You may also be involved in fact-checking, preparing materials for publication, and assisting with social media or marketing campaigns. Collaboration with editors, designers, and production teams is common, and the work environment is often fast-paced with tight deadlines. This exposure provides valuable experience and insights into the overall publishing process, which is beneficial for career growth in the industry.

What is the difference between Entry Level Publishing vs Entry Level Editorial Assistant?

AspectEntry Level PublishingEntry Level Editorial Assistant
Required CredentialsHigh school diploma or bachelor's degree, relevant internshipsBachelor's degree in English, Journalism, or related field; internships preferred
Work EnvironmentPublishing houses, media companies, online platformsPublishing houses, magazines, online media
Employer & Industry UsageUsed broadly across publishing sectorsCommonly used in editorial departments of publishing companies
Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding entry-level roles in publishingClarifying roles related to editing and content management

Entry Level Publishing and Entry Level Editorial Assistant roles often overlap, especially in publishing companies. While both require a bachelor's degree and internships, Entry Level Publishing is a broader term encompassing various entry roles in the industry, whereas Entry Level Editorial Assistant specifically focuses on editing and content support. Understanding these distinctions helps job seekers target the right positions based on their skills and career goals.

What are entry level publishing jobs?

Entry level publishing jobs are positions designed for individuals who are new to the publishing industry, often recent graduates or those transitioning from other fields. These roles typically include editorial assistants, marketing assistants, production assistants, and rights assistants. People in these positions support more senior staff by performing tasks such as proofreading manuscripts, coordinating schedules, handling administrative duties, and assisting with marketing campaigns. Entry level publishing jobs provide valuable experience and exposure to various aspects of the publishing process, helping employees build a foundation for future career growth in the industry.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in an entry level publishing role, and why are they important?

To thrive in an entry level publishing role, strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and a relevant bachelor's degree (such as English, Communications, or Journalism) are generally required. Familiarity with editing software, content management systems (CMS), and basic design tools like Adobe InDesign is often expected. Organizational skills, adaptability, and teamwork help candidates stand out in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. These skills ensure accuracy, efficiency, and effective collaboration throughout the publishing process.
What are the most commonly searched types of Publishing jobs in Quebec? The most popular types of Publishing jobs in Quebec are:
What job categories do people searching Entry Level Publishing jobs in Quebec look for? The top searched job categories for Entry Level Publishing jobs in Quebec are:
Infographic showing various Entry Level Publishing job openings in Quebec as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 84% Full Time, 11% Part Time, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 83% In-person, 7% Hybrid, and 10% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $45,189 per year, or $21.7 per hour.
Legal Publisher

Legal Publisher

THOMSON REUTERS

Montreal, QC • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Retirement, PTO

Posted 21 days ago


Thomson Reuters rating

8.9

Company rating: 8.9 out of 10

Based on 19 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

17th of 426 rated business services


Job description

Titre du poste : Responsable de publication - Doctrine

Joignez notre equipe mondiale de doctrine juridique pour rechercher, creer, reviser et maintenir un contenu juridique de haute qualite pour des livres imprimes et numeriques ainsi que pour des plateformes telles que La reference et Westlaw. Ce poste de debut de carriere exige de solides competences redactionnelles et editoriales ainsi qu'une gestion efficace des relations afin de maintenir notre collection de doctrine. Le poste est hybride, avec une presence au bureau requise 1 jour par semaine. Il est offert a Montreal ou a Toronto.

A propos du poste :
Dans ce role d'Editeur juridique, vous serez amene a:

  • Rechercher, examiner et maintenir le contenu de doctrine juridique, en soutenant les flux de travail et les projets pour les produits en ligne, imprimes et numeriques.

  • Gerer les relations avec des auteurs et d'autres interlocuteurs afin de respecter les calendriers de publication et les normes de qualite, et de garantir la livraison ponctuelle du contenu.

  • Rester a jour sur les tendances juridiques et les developpements du marche.

  • Faire preuve d'expertise, d'efficacite et de curiosite dans l'utilisation de La reference et d'autres technologies de recherche juridique.

  • Creer, reviser et mettre a jour de la documentation juridique. Identifier et organiser les principales questions juridiques. Verifier l'exactitude et l'exhaustivite du contenu juridique.

  • Mettre a profit vos connaissances et votre experience juridiques pour tester et valider des solutions d'IA en collaborant avec diverses equipes afin de creer des donnees de reference ( gold data ) et de tester et noter les resultats des modeles.

  • Etablir les priorites et communiquer efficacement avec les parties prenantes dans le cadre de la production de contenu juridique, en comprenant les roles et responsabilites de chaque collaborateur ou membre de l'equipe et l'incidence de chaque role sur le travail.

  • Faire preuve de maitrise des systemes propres a l'entreprise necessaires a l'execution de vos fonctions et developper votre connaissance du contenu et des produits de Thomson Reuters, ainsi que de ceux des concurrents.

A propos de vous :
Vous correspondez au profil recherche pour le poste d'editeur si vous possedez / etes:

  • Un diplome en droit delivre par une faculte de droit accreditee (un diplome en droit civil quebecois est un atout important) ou un diplome en techniques juridiques

  • Une experience en pratique juridique ou en edition juridique, ou une experience equivalente, fortement souhaitee

  • Un esprit d'initiative avec une aptitude pour la recherche et la redaction juridiques, y compris une experience avec La reference et d'autres produits utilises pour la recherche juridique

  • Un esprit analytique utilisant la logique et la collaboration pour resoudre des problemes complexes

  • Capacite a prendre des decisions de maniere determinee, avec un souci de qualite, d'efficacite et de productivite

  • Capacite a interpreter, analyser, organiser et communiquer un materiel juridique complexe

  • A l'aise dans un environnement en mouvance, dynamique et au rythme soutenu

  • Capacite a etablir des priorites entre les taches et les projets et a les mener avec energie et determination

  • Un coequipier positif et flexible, pret a travailler efficacement dans un environnement collaboratif

  • Excellentes aptitudes de communication, a l'oral comme a l'ecrit, avec tous les interlocuteurs, tant a l'interieur qu'a l'exterieur de Thomson Reuters

  • Maitrise et bonne connaissance de Microsoft Office 365

  • Excellente maitrise de la langue francaise, a l'oral et a l'ecrit;

  • Le bilinguisme francais/anglais constitue un atout important

Joignezvous a nous pour avoir un impact significatif sur la communaute juridique en offrant un contenu de doctrine de tout premier plan.

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Legal Publisher - Commentary

Join our Global Legal Commentary team to source, create, edit, and maintain high-quality legal content for platforms like Westlaw, print, and Proview. This entry-level role requires strong editorial skills and effective relationship management to maintain our world-class Commentary collection. The position is hybrid, requiring in-office work 1 day per week. It is available in Toronto or Montreal.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Legal Publisher, you will:

  • Source, review, and maintain legal commentary content, supporting workflows and projects for online, print, and e-book products.

  • Manage third-party and internal relationships to adhere to publishing schedules and quality standards and ensure timely content delivery.

  • Stay current with legal trends and market developments.

  • Demonstrate expertise, efficiency, and curiosity in using Westlaw and other legal research technology.

  • Create, edit, and update secondary legal content, including appendices, highlights, and other features. Identify and organize key legal issues.Verify accuracy and completeness of legal content.

  • Leverage legal knowledge and experience to test and validate AI solutions by working across teams to create gold data, and test and grade model outputs.

  • Prioritize work and communicate effectively with stakeholders in the production of legal content and understand the roles and responsibilities of each collaborator/team member and how each role impacts the work.

  • Demonstrate competence on company specific systems necessary to perform your job functions and develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters content and products, as well as those of competitors.

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Legal Publisher if you have/are:

  • Law degree from an accredited law school required (Quebec Civil Law Degree preferred)

  • Practice experience or legal editorial experience, or equivalent, strongly preferred; law review or journal experience preferred

  • Self-starter with aptitude for legal research and writing, including experience using Westlaw and/or Practical Law and other products used for legal research

  • Analytical thinker who uses logic and collaboration to solve difficult problems

  • Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions efficiently and productively

  • Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material

  • Comfortable working in a fluid, dynamic, and fast-paced environment

  • Ability to prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive

  • A positive teammate who is flexible and adaptable and will work successfully in a shared environment

  • Strong communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts, both in and outside Thomson Reuters

  • Proficiency in and familiarity with Microsoft Office 365

  • Excellent command of the French language, both spoken and written.

  • Bilingual in French/English is an asset

Join us to make a significant impact on the legal community by delivering top-tier commentary content globally.

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What's in it For You?

  • Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

  • Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

  • Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

  • Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  • Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

  • Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

  • Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com


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