FanSided seeks full-time Senior Features Editor
By Staff
FanSided is looking for a hungry, ambitious sport and entertainment fanatic that is willing to run through walls and perhaps, tackling dummies, to help us take our blogging game to a whole new level.
If you were to attend the annual FanSided sports and entertainment writer combine, you’d want to be near the top of the draft class in the following skills:
1-2 years writing and sports and/or entertainment editing experience, preferably at a digital publication
Comfortable editing sports, entertainment and lifestyle content on a wide variety of topics and subject areas
Enjoy working in a startup environment
Willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done; not a clock-puncher
Strong writing/blogging skills
Can write and edit quickly and at a high level
Organizational skills are a must as FanSided editors are often working on multiple projects at one time, while juggling knives
Strong eye for identifying stories that will perform well in the digital space
Creative mind that enjoys developing story ideas
Advanced communication skills
Basic knowledge of SEO best practices
Aptitude writing headlines that will grab hold of digital users and suck them into an awesome black hole of FanSided content from which they will never wish to depart
Willingness to grow and learn every aspect of FanSided’s editorial process
Leader
Live in or are willing to relocate to Chicago
Loves deep dish pizza and is willing to participate in office antics, such as an impromptu broad jump and games of horse
Duties:
- Generating and assigning story ideas for FanSided.com and for other FanSided Network sites
- Commissioning stories from freelancers and in-house writers
- Lead FanSided.com’s creative editorial brain trust to develop feature-length pieces and long forms
- Work closely with the editorial team at FanSided sister site, Sports Illustrated
- Assist in the management of the freelance budget
- Work alongside the editorial operations director and news desk team to develop and execute content strategies and meet growth goals
- Scout for and recruit talented high-level freelance writers
- Management and administration of the FanSided Chicago office
- Training and developing new writers both remotely and in-office
- Working with the sales team in the execution of sponsored content
- Occasional management of FanSided.com’s News Desk
- Literally anything else that needs doing because you love FanSided and getting to cover sports all the time
Salary is commensurate with experience.
Still interested?
Send a cover letter and resume to: apps@fansided.com
NOTE: We are aggressively interviewing candidates for this role. Interested parties should apply immediately.
About FanSided:
FanSided is one of the fastest growing network of fandom-focused sports, entertainment and lifestyle sites on the Internet.
FanSided is a family business, launched by two brothers who wanted to put their own spin on the coverage of their beloved Kansas City Chiefs.
Today, the company is a thriving collection of over 300 communities dedicated to bringing together fans to share their common passions. In May of 2015, the company was acquired by Time Inc.
FanSided believes everyone is a fan of something. That is why we’ve collected the most passionate, knowledgeable and dedicated editorial voices to lead our sites. Our thought-leading content creators belong to the fandoms they cover, giving our sites the best team-specific, sport-specific, genre-specific, and fanbase-specific coverage possible.
The results speak for themselves. FanSided has exploded in popularity in an era where people are using technology to connect, making it easy for fans to digest the content they want, when they want it across all of their favorite verticals.
And we’re just getting started.