Rebellion Media is seeking a high-energy, strategic-thinking
Sports Editor to lead the content strategy for its portfolio of sports
websites. This role will include organizing
and leading a team of freelance writers and bloggers in creating dynamic and
engaging content for the portfolio. The
Sports Editor must have a passion for sports and be driven to stay abreast of
the latest in sports and sports entertainment.
Role Summary
The Sports Editor is responsible for developing,
implementing and managing the content strategy behind Rebellion Media’s
portfolio of sports websites. This role includes
planning the daily content requirements for each site in the portfolio, ensuring
the appropriate coverage of various sporting events, managing a diverse set of
writers and other content producers to deliver the content, and evolving the
ongoing and long-term publishing strategy of a growing portfolio. Initial focus
will be on mixed martial arts, wrestling and hockey. Additional sports will be added in the very
near future.
This individual must be passionate about sports, have the
experience and knowledge of the subject matter to be capable of contributing to
Rebellion Media’s overall sports strategy and be willing to roll up their
sleeves to make things happen.
A major focus of this role will be continuous improvement of
content quality by working with writers to improve their sports writing and topic
coverage and to ensure that this high quality content is published in a timely
manner and leveraged across the Rebellion Media Sports network in order to
increase page views and revenue.
Major
Responsibilities
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and execute the editorial plan across Rebellion Media’s portfolio of sports
websites
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promotion and linking of content across the Rebellion Media Sports network
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to leverage content multiple times across many sites
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and manage coverage plans for various sports events, including prioritizing
which events should be covered in detail versus which can be reported in a summary
format
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with web designers and developers as required to add or improve site features
and functionality
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with SEO, SEM, social media and advertising teams to synchronize content,
traffic and monetization strategies
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for meeting website traffic and revenue targets
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and manage both freelance and internal writers and bloggers for content
creation on sports websites and ensure training of new staff
Organizational
Relationships
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by Vice President Publishing
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of a growing team of sports writers
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with technical teams running websites including web designers and developers
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with teams responsible for traffic acquisition and monetization including SEO,
SEM, social media and advertising
Required
Hours
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business hours
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time outside of business hours as required to ensure coordination and coverage
of sporting events
Qualifications
Degree in journalism or English; or 5+ years related experience and/or training
or equivalent combination of education and experience.
years’ experience in sports industry, preferably having worked within an online
publishing organization
journalistic reporting, writing and editing skills including impeccable grammar
and exceptional word usage
and experience in print and web publishing
savvy with a strong understanding of current and emerging trends, web
technology and SEO practices
Please
forward applications via email only to careers@rebellionmedia.com including
a cover letter - stating you found this job on Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board - and resume no later than September 7, 2012. Indicate the
position title Sports Editor and position reference RM001 in the email subject
line. All applications will be kept confidential.
About Rebellion
Media
Rebellion
Media is a leading digital media company.
Rebellion creates and acquires digital media properties within the key
verticals of health & wellness, technology, entertainment and sports. We power these properties with an innovative
content, traffic and monetization platform.
Our
Vision
Engaging Content + Targeted Traffic =Robust
Communities + Diversified Monetization
We
believe a truly diversified digital media company needs to have expertise in
SEM, SEO, social, mobile, email, pay-per-click, display, affiliate and
ecommerce. We also believe in the
importance of maintaining a team of expert writers that can produce truly
engaging content, in addition to the integration of user-generated and
algorithmically-developed content.
Our
vision for Rebellion Media is to combine our digital media expertise with an
aggressive acquisition strategy, with the ultimate goal of creating robust
products with substantial audience engagement and revenue opportunities within
our targeted verticals.
We
believe in taking risks, we never fear failure and we think it’s a mistake to
build a business if you can’t have some fun along the way. Who’s with us?
Our
Advantage
Our
office is located in the heart of Waterloo Region's booming technology sector
with endless amenities in walking distance to the office including café’s,
restaurants, and retail shops. Rebellion
has a cool office space featuring a kitchen area stocked with hot and cold
beverages, including an assortment of pop, water, mineral water and
RedBull. We have a large patio area
great for ad hoc meetings or BBQ’s, and have mixed entertainment including
video games, 60” TV’s featuring PS2 and Apple TV, or you can challenge a
teammate to a game of foosball.
Location: Ability to work in Waterloo or flexible remote work agreement.
Sasha Shannon
Rebellion Media
150 Caroline St. Unit 406
Waterloo
, ON
N2L 0A5
, Canada
Tel: 5198271999 2046
Fax: (519) 837-9320
Jeff Gaulin Media -
9 months ago
