Football Editor

**_ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE_**

The Sporting News is seeking a creative and driven Senior Football Editor to join its growing global editorial team.

At TSN, our Senior Editors are involved in all aspects of our content creation operation. As part of our team, you will be responsible for identifying, writing and sub-editing compelling stories that engage our users on different digital platforms.

You must be plugged into current sporting events, with a curiosity about what is happening both on the pitch and off it. And you will have an enthusiasm for the fun, weird and inspiring moments that drive conversation around a game — plus the instinct to recognise them before anyone else.

Daily duties could range from editing a breaking news burst to writing SEO-focused content on a game or an explainer that advances a story in real time. You will also contribute to daily planning and ideation around the global football and wider sports agenda. You should be able to tackle each with an expert’s authority and voice, creating content that informs, entertains, or otherwise adds value to the conversation.

You must also be comfortable writing in formats that transcend traditional newspaper-style articles, including live blogs, explainers and ‘How to Watch’ content, incorporating storytelling enhancers such as embedded video and social media posts, bullet points, tables, graphics and data.

**_ HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU’LL (PRIMARILY) DO_**
- Line edit written content for accuracy, focus and style/grammar
- Curate and write essential stories for football and potentially other sports that give SN a distinctive voice
- Utilise SEO best practices to create content that fits with SN’s audience strategy and partnerships
- Lean on your extensive football knowledge to write and contribute article ideas at daily editorial meetings and in Slack topic channels
- Collaborate with other Editors on tentpole planning and budgeting, across our global English-language editions
- Contribute to site and app management, including executing link strategy, updating homepages, writing push notifications, etc
- Support SN’s social media team, including by suggesting creative copy/ideas for article sharing
- Contribute ideas for original multimedia content, both on and off platform

**_ DO YOU HAVE THESE ESSENTIALS?_**
- Excellent sub-editing and writing skills
- In-depth knowledge of European and international football, as well as a familiarity with other key global sports
- Understanding of SEO tools and best practices, and how to farm Google Trends for content ideas
- At least 3 years of digital sports media experience, preferably in a newsroom setting
- Mastery of writing clean, concise copy that explains to readers what is happening and why
- Adept at writing engaging headlines that stand out — and how to make a boring one better
- Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced digital news environment
- Sharp and creative news judgement instincts
- An eye for smart data, graphics and other visual ideas to enhance storytelling
- Ability to use all major social media platforms and know what content works best with each
- Willing to work nights and weekends, as required, to meet the needs of the global sporting agenda
- Ability to learn new roles and adapt in a constantly evolving industry

**_ NOT ESSENTIAL BUT GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAVE_**
- University degree in journalism or a related communications field
- Social media management or content marketing experience
- Podcasting or video production experience, including as potential talent on screen
- Familiarity and experience of producing betting-related content
- Understanding of how to use audience data and tools to shape content strategy

**_ ABOUT SPORTING NEWS, THE COMPANY_**

The underlying ethos of Sporting News is positivity and passion for sports. To help drive those tenets, we have three core objectives:

- Create the best media experience for sports fans. Wherever you are in the world, whatever device you choose, we want Sporting News to offer the best fan experience possible through the creation of quality, interesting content.
- Develop a work experience that people want to be part of. We want to identify talented, motivated staff who work hard, enjoy their job, support their teamand have fun while doing it.
- Build a fantastic, growing business. We want to deliver for our brand and our partners while achieving our commercial goals, ultimately using our scale for good.

**_ ABOUT SPORTING NEWS, THE BRAND_**

One of the world’s most iconic sports brands, The Sporting News was founded in 1886 as a weekly U.S. newspaper. Later transitioning to a magazine, it became the dominant sports publication, acquiring nicknames like "The Nation's Oldest & Finest Sports Paper" and "The Bible of Baseball."

Sporting News is now a dynamic digital publisher offering a trusted perspective across multiple sports and topics all over the world. It features localized editions in