SportTechie Senior Writer

Summary

Join our dynamic team at SportTechie as we seek a Senior Writer with exceptional research and story creation skills to produce compelling original content, expand our content quality and quantity, and make a name for yourself as a sports technology expert.

Requirements

• At least four years of previous writing and reporting experience at a digital publication
• Ability to juggle numerous ongoing assignments of varying time constraints
• Strong understanding of SEO, social media and online content strategy
• Thorough experience with conducting email, phone and in-person interviews with sports leaders
• Prior experience with CMS platforms, particularly wordpress, is a plus
• Exceptional communicator and team player
• An entrepreneurial spirit who truly wants to help build SportTechie
• Ability to execute regular job duties whether you are in a coffee shop, airport terminal or your home office

Responsibilities

• Expand both the quality and quantity of SportTechie’s content
• Produce exceptional content ranging from breaking news to original longform stories
• Work with our editorial team to manage the SportTechie newsletter and social media strategy
• Be involved in all phases of SportTechie content production including editorial, social media, podcast and video
• Make a name for yourself as a sports technology expert and thought leader
• Stay on top of the latest sports tech news, insights and analysis in order to create relevant and timely content and assignments
• Work with current editorial team to assist in editing content

Preferred Qualifications

• Video and multimedia storytelling experience is a huge bonus
• Hands-on knowledge of Adobe tools is a plus
• Event speaking and planning experience

Benefits

Competitive salary, benefits and equity package