Jacob Alvarado

Accomplished publishing professional and writer with a wide array of experience with independent publishers and magzines, including:

► Promoting products and co-managing a website for an independent Canadian poetry press (knife | fork | book)

► Collaboratively launching a student-led art magazine as its first poetry editor (B222)

► Overseeing the submissions process and selection process for a Canadian literary magazine (The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing, Issue #3)

► Writing commissioned book reviews for a Canadian literary magazine (The Ampersand Review) and contributing poetry to various publications (Serendipity NewsMag, Tessalate: An Anthology)

Specialties: Writing, Copywriting, Editing, Research, Communication

Events & Communications Assistant (Knife Fork Book, Toronto, ON) 2023-Present

• Collaborates with volunteers and publishing staff to host and/or participate in literary events (directing guests, describing products, overseeing sales booths).
• Maintains website by updating webpages, cataloguing data, and writing website copy.
• Advertises and promotes the company and its products via social media posts (Instagram, X/Twitter) and attending literary events (in-person and virtual).

Poetry Editor (B222 Journal, Mississauga, ON)2023

• Oversaw the poetry selection process for the journal’s first issue (reading and cataloguing submissions, selecting submissions, setting and enforcing deadlines).
• Performed line editing, copy editing, and proofreading on accepted poems in collaboration with accepted authors.
• Collaborated with fellow editorial staff both remotely and in-person on the fact-checking, proofreading, and copy editing of a journal issue.

Editorial Intern (The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing, Mississauga, ON)2022

• Coordinated with editorial staff, authors, and a layout designer to maintain and prepare a magazine issue from inception to publication.
• Created, updated, and fact-checked web content including descriptive copy, purchase pages, and online book reviews.
• Assisted in the selection process, copy editing, and substantive development of a variety of pieces in the magazine’s third print issue (interviews, book reviews, short fiction, poetry).

Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing (GPA: 3.94)

Sheridan College2019-2023Board Undergraduate Certificate in Creativity and Creative Problem Solving

Sheridan College2019-2023