NCAA Digital Editorial Post Grad Program

Job Description

Your New Role...

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports is seeking an energetic and versatile editorial sports intern for NCAA Digital. This is a great opportunity for candidates looking to gain experience in digital sports journalism as well as gain an expectation of what the day-to-day work is like. NCAA Digital Editorial interns write, edit and produce original content for NCAA Digital covering all 90 NCAA championships.

NCAA Digital oversees the operations, day-to-day production, marketing and sales of NCAA.com, the official website of the NCAA. In addition to NCAA.com, the NCAA Digital team oversees products for the Division I Men's Basketball Championship, including March Madness Live. NCAA Digital is part of WBD Sports, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. This role is designed to provide real-work experience in a desired professional field.

This is an eleven-month, benefits-eligible paid program. Start date is July 31, 2023. Application deadline is April 18, 2023.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• In this role, you'll be asked to produce a wide range of work - from the very basic publishing of press releases and weekly polls to generating your own original stories.
• You'll learn how to best lure readers with effective headlines and teases for all delivery - desktop, mobile, newsletters or partners.
• You'll be asked to use a balance of news judgment, partner priorities and real-time audience engagement metrics to curate and display content, including articles, videos, live streams, live blogs, rankings, scores and other assets.
• You'll be asked to write quick daily news items across a variety of subjects.
• You may be asked to cover NCAA Championships on-site for the website and digital products.

Qualifications & Experience...
• All candidates must be recent graduates (within 2 years post-graduation) of a four-year NCAA member institution.
• Former NCAA student-athletes are also strongly encouraged to apply.
• We're looking for someone ready to keep their feet moving and work independently.
• Enthusiasm, risk-taking and collaboration are highly valued.
• It's also important that you're versatile and able to adapt to the fast-changing digital landscape.
• Passion for sports and digital media
• Skilled social media scavenger who can find and write engaging copy about eye-catching, viral sports moments.
• Excellent editing skills and knowledge of AP style
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Energetic and enthusiastic self-starter who enjoys working under pressure
• Experience working for media organization or student web/print publication
• Basic Photoshop and HTML skills a plus

NCAA Digital Postgraduate Internship Program
• This is an eleven-month, benefits-eligible paid program: July 31, 2023 to June 28, 2024
• Deadline to apply is April 18, 2023
• Full-time schedule (40 hours/week) plus overtime eligibility
• This job will require regular weekend work and nights.
• Company-owned laptop provided for the duration of the program
• All candidates must be recent graduates (within 2 years post-graduation) of a four-year NCAA member institution.
• Former NCAA student-athletes are also strongly encouraged to apply.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r03yzj-3-14-248-120-42 in your application.