About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About the Role
The Athletic is seeking a Senior Editor for its National Football League desk. This is a senior role in a fast-paced environment contributing to comprehensive editorial oversight of our NFL coverage, using data analytics to optimize performance, and partner across the editorial organization and business teams on a range of initiatives.
Responsibilities
Manage a staff of reporters with an emphasis on the delivery of news and distinct team analysis; generate and plan story and video ideas.
Establish process and priorities to balance content assignments that include breaking news, daily coverage, live blog contributions, long-form projects and video filming and editing.
Assist with the big-picture, conceptual vision for the vertical, including long-term direction; generating and planning story ideas; expansion opportunities.
Assist with overall NFL news decisions, coordination and editing.
Work to bring a distinctive, compelling, and authentic voice to all digital media products.
Maintain an understanding and proficiency of subscription and engagement metrics.
Maintain proficiency and knowledge of SEO (best practices available).
Contribute to oversight of staffing assignments, editorial resources and process.
Maintain an updated and accurate forward-looking editorial budget on Airtable.
Collaborate with staff on story and video ideas.
Collaborate with the Visuals team on best execution for stories with a clear visual element.
Collaborate with Audience team on headlines, URLs and best publication times.
Edit and publish stories via WordPress
Requirements
4+ years of professional experience in sports journalism, including direct editorial management of writers.
High-end knowledge of the NFL.
Ability to work nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada
