Senior Editor, NFL (Remote)

About the Role

The Athletic is seeking a Senior Editor for its National Football League desk. This is a senior role in a fast-paced environment contributing to comprehensive editorial oversight of our NFL coverage, using data analytics to optimize performance, and partner across the editorial organization and business teams on a range of initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage a staff of reporters with an emphasis on the delivery of news and distinct team analysis; generate and plan story and video ideas.
• Establish process and priorities to balance content assignments that include breaking news, daily coverage, live blog contributions, long-form projects and video filming and editing.
• Assist with the big-picture, conceptual vision for the vertical, including long-term direction; generating and planning story ideas; expansion opportunities.
• Assist with overall NFL news decisions, coordination and editing.
• Work to bring a distinctive, compelling, and authentic voice to all digital media products.
• Maintain an understanding and proficiency of subscription and engagement metrics.
• Maintain proficiency and knowledge of SEO (best practices available).
• Contribute to oversight of staffing assignments, editorial resources and process.
• Maintain an updated and accurate forward-looking editorial budget on Airtable.
• Collaborate with staff on story and video ideas.
• Collaborate with the Visuals team on best execution for stories with a clear visual element.
• Collaborate with Audience team on headlines, URLs and best publication times.
• Edit and publish stories via WordPress

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience in sports journalism, including direct editorial management of writers.
• High-end knowledge of the NFL.
• Ability to work nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
• This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada