Managing Editor, NBA (Remote)
$120,000–$130,000 year
RemoteUnited States or Canada
Job Summary
Manage a staff of reporters and editors to oversee NBA news coverage, driving creative ideas around daily storylines and collaborating with video and audio producers for cohesive cross-platform experiences. Coordinate staffing assignments and editorial resources while ensuring accuracy in breaking news reporting through close partnership with live blog teams. Generate story ideas to expand coverage, connect national and beat reporting, and maintain proficiency in WordPress for editing and publishing. Mentor writers and inexperienced editors to advance single ideas into deeper narratives while understanding engagement and subscription metrics. This senior role requires work on nights and weekends, with a strong preference for West Coast-based candidates.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in digital sports journalism, with experience at a management level
- High-end knowledge of the NBA and drive to compete in a highly competitive landscape
- Demonstrated experience recognizing, assigning and editing breaking news
- 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
- This position necessitates work on nights and weekends
Desired Qualifications
- There is a strong preference for candidates based on the West Coast
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