Senior Programming Editor (Remote)
United States
About Us
The Athletic is a digital sports media company that brings true sports fans closer to the athletes, teams and leagues that captivate their attention. We serve a multi-faceted audience that craves a richer connection and understanding with immersive storytelling and a like-minded community of fans. Founded in 2016 and with major operational hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and Melbourne, we empower a truly global team of more than 600 creators and cover more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams across the United States, Canada and the UK. Our newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth reports along with more than 120 podcasts and other forms of premium content. Put simply, The Athletic is at the center of a sports fan’s universe.
About the Role
The Athletic is looking for a passionate, analytical individual with an eye for great content to join our team as a Senior Programming Editor. In this role, you’ll be responsible for curation, packaging and distribution of original content across various channels including, but not limited to, The Athletic web home page, app feeds, New York Times platforms and newsletters. The Senior Programming Editor will be an expert on content produced by our staff of 400+ national and local journalists, be an excellent copy writer, have a strong editorial sense and be expected to lead on high-level platform strategy. This role will be remote and will have night and weekend shifts.
This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Click here to review our Applicant Privacy Notice, which describes how and when The Athletic Media Company collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees.
Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use careers@theathletic.com exclusively. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information, such as bank accounts or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a recruiter with The Athletic but operating from a different email address about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to the law enforcement and to people@theathletic.com. Apply
The Athletic is a digital sports media company that brings true sports fans closer to the athletes, teams and leagues that captivate their attention. We serve a multi-faceted audience that craves a richer connection and understanding with immersive storytelling and a like-minded community of fans. Founded in 2016 and with major operational hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and Melbourne, we empower a truly global team of more than 600 creators and cover more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams across the United States, Canada and the UK. Our newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth reports along with more than 120 podcasts and other forms of premium content. Put simply, The Athletic is at the center of a sports fan’s universe.
About the Role
The Athletic is looking for a passionate, analytical individual with an eye for great content to join our team as a Senior Programming Editor. In this role, you’ll be responsible for curation, packaging and distribution of original content across various channels including, but not limited to, The Athletic web home page, app feeds, New York Times platforms and newsletters. The Senior Programming Editor will be an expert on content produced by our staff of 400+ national and local journalists, be an excellent copy writer, have a strong editorial sense and be expected to lead on high-level platform strategy. This role will be remote and will have night and weekend shifts.
This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada.
Responsibilities
- Curation and distribution of articles, live blogs and videos for multiple high-impact verticals.
- Assist in shaping The Athletic’s short-term and long-term programming strategy across channels to drive subscribers, content views and retainment.
- Identify appropriate content and channels to broaden The Athletic’s reach to subscriber and non-subscriber audiences.
- Shape The Athletic’s day-to-day communication and promotion on various New York Times platforms, as well as during tentpole events.
- Serve as a curation expert across the The Athletic's home page, in-app and on web.
- Write and send daily push alerts for local and national stories, as well as analyze key metrics that shape programming decision-making.
- Monitor real-time analytics (Chartbeat) and engagement metrics to inform curation and homepage/feed strategy, as well as multi-platform programming strategies for specific verticals.
- Assist in planning and strategizing multi-platform campaigns around priority content and key events.
- Lead discussions with editors from across the newsroom to proactively identify high-performing content, plan programming strategy across channels and provide meaningful feedback on content performance.
- Collaborate with product, marketing, design and our newsroom to align brand and voice across all platforms.
Requirements
- 3-5 years experience in journalism/media, content programming, digital marketing, or similar (sports media preferred).
- Experience writing headlines and homepage packaging.
- Data-driven and analytical; ability to think critically around metrics.
- Extensive knowledge of major professional / collegiate sports (NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, Major global Soccer leagues, + CFB / CBB, Olympics).
- Strong news judgment with the ability to identify the biggest stories of the day and how they relate to the larger news cycle.
- Strong communicator and can disseminate information clearly and concisely to various stakeholder groups.
- Experience with working as a homepage editor at a digital news organization a plus.
- Experience working in content programming or digital content management in the non-sports entertainment industry a plus.
- This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Click here to review our Applicant Privacy Notice, which describes how and when The Athletic Media Company collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees.
Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use careers@theathletic.com exclusively. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information, such as bank accounts or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a recruiter with The Athletic but operating from a different email address about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to the law enforcement and to people@theathletic.com. Apply
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Benefits/PerksDental Medical Non-cash rewards Paid parental leave Paid Time Off Parental leave Savings accounts Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses Sick Leave Unique perks Vacation Vision
Tasks- Analyze metrics
- Collaborate with teams
- Curate and distribute content
- Lead discussions with editors
- Shape programming strategy
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