Editor

The Athletic Media Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Athletic Media Company is seeking an experienced digital sports journalist to lead a small team of reporters, delivering news, features and enterprise pieces across soccer, football, and other sports.

The role requires edit and copy-editing, SEO proficiency, and WordPress publishing, with collaboration to maximize audience reach. Hybrid work with in-office presence three days a week; occasional weekends may be required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in digital sports journalism.
• Experience editing and publishing across multiple sports.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of reporters with emphasis on delivering news, features and enterprise.
• Assist in generating and planning story ideas across soccer/football and key events.
• Maintain SEO proficiency and implement best practices.
• Edit and publish stories via WordPress and collaborate with social/programming teams to maximize reach.
• Hybrid role with in-office presence required 3 days per week; weekend/early-morning shifts as sports calendar demands.

Skills

News editing

Copy editing

Story planning

SEO knowledge

Team leadership

Audience engagement

Tools

WordPress

Job description

This is a full-time staff role working on soccer, global sports, tennis, F1 and North American sports as required.,

• Manage a small team of reporters with an emphasis on the delivery of news, features and enterprise
• Assist on generating and planning story ideas across soccer/football, particularly around key events in the sporting calendar
• Maintain proficiency and knowledge for SEO (best practices available)
• Edit and publish stories via WordPress and work with social and programming teams to make sure they reach the largest possible audience.
  The successful candidate will have a news-driven outlook, experience in copy-editing and sub-editing across our key sports, and be comfortable editing in UK and U.S. English. They will be adept at identifying and commissioning writers, working with the news and live teams, and publishing engaging copy. This role has a hybrid working schedule and in office presence is required 3 days per week.,
• 3+ years of experience in digital sports journalism
• Advanced ability to generate story ideas that result in solid engagement
• Work well with writers on strengthening ideas; strong sense of how to take a single idea and develop it into a broader package
• Advanced understanding of the following editing tasks: copy editing, story structure, recognising problematic sentences, style guidelines
• Ability to add context to stories, edit in the writer's voice, ensure fairness, provide story structure
• High-end knowledge of football/soccer and other sports
• This is a remote role with a willingness to work weekends, early mornings and evenings when the sporting calendar requires.