Description
FanSided is looking for its next professional fan!
FanSided, a brand of Minute Media, is one of the fastest growing networks of fandom-focused sports, entertainment and lifestyle sites on the internet. FanSided consists of a thriving collection of more than 300 communities dedicated to bringing together fans to share their common passions. For more information, check out https://fansided.com/
We are looking for a creative-minded college sports expert who thrives in an exciting, fast-paced environment to join our FanSided editorial team as a Staff Writer.
As a Staff Writer, you will produce quality content across multiple NCAA network sites. Your primary goal will be to yield a high number of readers with daily content. You will do this by posting multiple articles per day that include viral trending topics, opinion pieces, long-form lists, and more. You’ll also monitor analytics to pick up on trends and ensure informative, entertaining, and timely content is delivered to readers.
What you’ll do:
- Write 30-40 articles per week, emphasizing well-crafted and timely features. Copies should be clean, interesting, and engaging.
- Be aware of major storylines surrounding popular players, coaches, and teams, and use that knowledge to produce intriguing content quickly.
- Use existing knowledge and research abilities to produce quality assigned content and generate your content ideas.
- Collaborate with your fellow editors and team leaders to create content that’s optimized for search engines (SEO) and Google Discover.
- Work with contractors to help guide and coach them to make improvements in their content and sites.
- Complete assignments from directors based on editorial needs, to maximize real-time traffic, hitting projected team goals, and executing content strategy.
- Be a great teammate - support your fellow editors, assume positive intent, and approach your work with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
Where you’ll be:
- We follow a remote-first approach to give you more options!
The expected salary range for this position is between $50,000 - $55,000 annually. Actual pay will be determined based on skills, experience, and location. The benefits available for this position include flexible vacation policy, 15 paid holidays, paid parental leave, health insurance, 401(k) retirement plan.
Requirements
What You Have
- 1-2 years of digital sports editorial writing experience with basic knowledge of SEO and a passionate love of multiple college sports. Your fandom isn’t seasonal – it’s year-round.
- Extensive knowledge of college sports, including current trends and viral issues, history, and players/events that generate buzz for college football, basketball, and some non-revenue sports.
- A confident voice - Pitch relevant stories to editors for approval by keeping your finger on the pulse of the fan conversation.
- Strong communication skills - Whether brainstorming new ideas, asking questions, or discussing content strategies, you’re always eager to share with others.
- Ambition - You are always on the lookout for new ideas and innovative ways to achieve your goals.
- Agility - You have the ability to quickly brainstorm, produce, and edit clean and interesting analyses on a variety of trending viral topics multiple times a day in a timely manner.
- Ability to multitask - You have the ability to prioritize different objectives utilizing a content plan while also having the flexibility to cover necessary breaking news stories outside its confines.
- Adaptability - You know working in sports means sometimes needing to work nights and weekends, especially during the season and big events.
Not sure that you're 100% qualified but are up for the challenge? We want you to apply!
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