The Managing Editor will oversee NFL news coverage, manage reporters, generate story ideas, and collaborate with producers for cohesive content.
About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About the Role
This is a senior role providing comprehensive editorial oversight of our NFL news coverage, driving our unique reporting to produce distinct storytelling around the most prominent NFL topics and partnering with stakeholders across the editorial organization to optimize performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong affinity for the constant news cycle of the NFL and be driven to compete in that landscape.
Responsibilities
- Manage a staff of reporters with an emphasis on the delivery of news and distinct reporting.
- Drive creative ideas around the daily NFL storylines to advance current news, explore new angles and provoke thoughtful discussions.
- Collaborate closely with video and audio producers to create a cohesive experience for the audience across all platforms and maximize the reach of our storytelling.
- Connect our national and beat reporting to elevate our coverage of what is happening in the NFL.
- Assist with big-picture, conceptual vision for the vertical, including generating and planning story ideas, and looking for opportunities to expand our coverage.
- Work to bring a distinctive, compelling, and authentic voice to all digital media products.
- Maintain an understanding and proficiency of engagement and subscription metrics.
- Maintain proficiency and knowledge of what makes a story successful with various audiences and platforms.
- Coordinate staffing assignments, editorial resources and process.
- Edit and publish stories via WordPress.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in digital sports journalism, with experience at a management level.
- High-end knowledge of the NFL and drive to compete in a highly competitive landscape.
- Advanced ability to generate story ideas that result in solid growth in engagement.
- Works well with writers on strengthening ideas; strong sense of how to advance a single idea into a deeper story.
- Advanced understanding of the following editing tasks: reporting standards, copy editing, story structure, recognizing problematic sentences, style guidelines.
- Ability to add context to stories, edit in the writer's voice, ensure fairness.
- Expert ability to mentor writers and more inexperienced editors.
- This is a remote-based position based in the United States or Canada.
The annual base salary range for this role is $120,000.00 - $130,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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