NFL Editor

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The FOX Sports Digital Team is looking for a Lead NFL Editor to join our family in Los Angeles. As the NFL Editor, you will direct our daily coverage of the National Football League (NFL). The position will maintain an editorial calendar for the NFL while planning, assigning, and executing all content and working to distribute it cross-platforms.

A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Spearhead FOX Sports Digital's content plans for the NFL and communicate the strategy throughout the digital group and other segments of the company
• Coordinate storytelling efforts for the FOX Sports App and FOXSports.com
• Establish the overall editorial vision and content strategy for planned original content, blending the written word, video offerings, social content, and graphics to engage NFL fans with smart and surprising stories
• Manage a team of editors, writers, and freelance contributors, sparking creative ideas and embracing new approaches to storytelling - provide constructive feedback to help writers grow and improve their craft
• Assist in maintaining FOX Sports Digital's editorial calendar and content budget for NFL, planning for upcoming events, major milestones, and content themes
• Spearhead the coverage of the Super Bowl LVII and coordinate coverage in concert with TV production
• Embrace a truly cross-platform storytelling approach, combining text, video, audio, photos, and graphics into a cohesive and compelling user experience
• Work with the Deputy Editor to establish an overall editorial voice and tone for NFL content.
• Utilize analytics, research, and other data to help shape the editorial strategy for FOX Sports Digital
• Regularly track personalization efforts to generate daily content around the most-followed teams in the FOX Sports app, managing a team of reporters to generate daily NFL content around every team
• Collaborate with the design team to plan and execute all art for stories, including original photography, art, and informational graphics
• Work in partnership with the social team to extend the reach of NFL storytelling efforts, using social channels to grow the audience, extend the reach of stories and engage users with compelling bite-size content
• Coordinate storytelling efforts with the digital video team and FOX Sports TV properties, incorporating video into stories and producing companion material that can run on all video platforms
• Work to extend linear NFL content into the digital space and surround it with complementary content
• Serve as a conduit to ad sales to help monetize content for the NFL coverage by creating content that appeals to advertisers and can be smartly bundled on all platforms
• Create cross-platform content themes that can extend to TV, social and other platforms for monetization

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 5+ years of work experience managing content teams for a major editorial outlet
• Experience directing content strategy and managing a team of writers and content creators
• Exceptional knowledge of the NFL and storylines throughout the league
• Ability to strategically direct a team at a live event, solving problems and communicating messages throughout the team
• Outstanding news judgment, skilled storytelling abilities, thorough knowledge of digital best practices (including SEO, social platforms, and content sharing), and a strong knowledge of journalistic principles and methods
• Availability after hours and weekends – the role will be tied to the sports calendar and major tentpole events, along with coordinating coverage as news breaks around the clock
• Outstanding organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT A DEAL BREAKER
• Bachelor's degree

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