College basketball editor — The Athletic

The Athletic is a subscription-based sports media company with an obsessive focus on smarter sports coverage for die-hard fans. Backed by Y-Combinator, Courtside Ventures, and other early-stage investors, our platform is uniquely unencumbered by ads, pop-ups, and auto-play videos, creating a differentiated digital consumption experience. Our talented roster of journalists (including Ken Rosenthal, Seth Davis, and Stewart Mandel) and contributors collectively offer national and domestic coverage in over 28 markets.

Position Overview
We are hiring an Editor to support The Fieldhouse, our college basketball vertical. A qualified candidate will provide comprehensive editorial oversight to the team, be comfortable with using data analytics to understand journalistic performance and to drive strategic initiatives, in addition to managing the vertical in other recruiting/financial/business development efforts.

This position reports directly to the Chief Content Officer.

Responsibilities

• Providing editorial oversight to our national college basketball coverage, including management of dedicated full-time staff
• Offering and taking ownership of big-picture, conceptual vision for the vertical, including: long-term direction, content idea generation, editorial platforms, and expansion opportunities
• Day-to-day management of the short-, mid-, and long-term edit calendar and assignments, including:
  • Editing, producing, and publishing stories via WordPress, and related promotion and curation
  • Collaborating with staff on story ideas and providing progressive feedback
  • Setting routine performance- and content-related goals for staff
  • Understanding SEO and associated best practices
  • Using real-time analytics to assess performance and making appropriate adjustments
• Coordinating credential requests for staff, as needed
• Leading administration of the vertical’s social media presence
• Overseeing the vertical’s financial budget, including projecting month-to-month expenditures
• Identifying and onboarding freelance writers, as needed
• Collaborating with local sites and their coverage of college basketball
• Collaborating with HQ on business/marketing initiatives

Editor - College Basketball

 

Big. Boy. Job.

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Over-under on resumes received? I'm going with 2,000.

 

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