National High School Sports Desk - Affiliate Writer

Advance Local; United States; Remote; USD 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a passionate National High School Sports Desk Affiliate Writer to join their remote team. This exciting role involves crafting engaging articles that guide high school sports fans on streaming options, merchandise deals, and event tickets. The ideal candidate will have a strong journalism background, excellent communication skills, and a knack for audience engagement metrics. Join a forward-thinking organization where your writing can make a real impact in the sports community, helping fans connect with their favorite events and teams. If you're ready to take your journalism career to the next level, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years’ journalism experience with content optimization.
• Familiarity with audience engagement metrics and translating data.

Responsibilities

• Write high school sports-focused affiliate articles driving engagement.
• Build content calendar and communicate with local teams.

Skills

Journalism

Content Optimization

Audience Engagement Metrics

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Tools

Google Analytics

Parsely

Job description

Description Strengthening and empowering all of the communities we serve. This is a remote position.

Advance Local has an exciting opportunity for a National High School Sports Desk - Affiliate Writer. This position is in a new national high school sports team writing articles that help High School Sports fans learn the best places where they can stream events, reviews and costs of streaming services, how to get tickets to high-profile events and where to get the best deals for merchandise.

A great candidate must be a fanatic about High School Sports coverage who sees themselves as a concierge to readers looking to immerse themselves in the High School Sports experience.

This role primarily writes articles and can include weekend hours, when necessary.

This is a remote job.

The base salary range is $43,000 - $52,000 per year.

What you’ll be doing:

• Write timely high school sports-focused affiliate articles that drive engagement and monetization. Core topics include video streaming services (“how to watch”), merchandise and tickets.
• Build out a content calendar of key events and communicate that calendar with local high school sports and affiliate marketing teams.
• Contribute to the planning and execution of major affiliate marketing initiatives.
• Track key metrics to ensure content is performing to goal.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or communications or related field preferred
• Minimum two years’ journalism experience, including familiarity with content optimization
• Familiarity with audience engagement metrics across platforms (Google Analytics, Parsely, etc.) and an ability to translate them into actionable data
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize work
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Able to make sound decisions and produce accurate work on deadline
• Solid understanding of journalistic ethics

Extensive computer use required.