Weekend Sports Editor Position Available In [Unknown county], New Jersey
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Job Description
Heavy Sports is looking for a hard-charging sports editor to drive weekend audience growth and engagement across several team-specific pro-sports verticals.
Candidates who demonstrate the following will have a leg up:
Availability and desire to work weekends, manage weekend coverage and own weekend outcomes — piloting coverage and engagement on Saturdays and SundaysNewsletter acumen: history of successful performance in improving open- and click-through rates
Organization:
a penchant for planning, tracking and analytics Sports guru: deep knowledge of the “big 4” American pro sports – especially NFLAbility to spot breaking news and pilot instant coverageDialed in to team fans: ability to key on the storylines that each team’s fan base most cares about day-to-day and iterate angles that resonatePeople skills: comfort collaborating with lots of writers across many team beatsVisual acumen: skilled in selecting and using images to drive interest and engagement
Polish:
clean, professional wordsmith and photo editor comfortable being the last eyes on work seen by millions
Ethical:
Drive tons of clicks without clickbaitTo apply, EMAIL a cover letter, resume and examples of your work to Managing Editor Tom Cleary at tom.cleary@heavy.com with “Weekend Sports Editor” in the subject line. Heavy Sports (heavy.com) is a digital media platform that reaches millions of sports fans each month through its website and email newsletters. The brand is the flagship of Heavy Inc., a national digital media company founded in 1999. Heavy Inc. also publishes EntertaintmentNow.com, an entertainment news and information site and AhoraMismo.com, a Spanish-language news and information site.
