Associate Digital Editor

This is a Full Time Job

Job Summary:

This person will be trained in sending editorial news alerts to the ESPN App and the ESPN Fantasy App. This encompasses news, live events, written stories, highlights and more. Regular decisions about which audience will receive the notification, how to tee up the content, verifying the accuracy, tone and style while maintaining our industry-best expectations for speed to fans' lock screens. They will also have shifts where they will be responsible for programming the main news lane of the ESPN App, or the various fantasy index pages that appear on both web and app. This role is in Bristol, CT.

Responsibilities:
• Editing and maintenance for all of ESPN Mobile App's plus notifications and News programming.
• Daily assessment of content from a variety of sources (including wire services, partners, ESPN staffers, freelancers, plus interactive elements, social media, audio, and video) to determine how it fits into our daily news coverage and programming needs.
• Evaluating all sport page copy and headlines, provides feedback on all art and video, and works to package this content in a manner that is dynamic enough to entice users to delve deeper into the app.
• Must be an excellent headline writer and able to present and tell stories in a tight space.
• Must show good judgment in prioritizing all online content for a national audience.

Required Qualifications
• Experience in online media content preparation.
• Applicants must have the ability to work in a rapidly changing online environment and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A background in or ability to quickly become competent in HTML.

Required Education
• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Preferred Education
• Bachelor's Degree in communication arts, journalism or new media or equivalent combination of education experience.

Additional Information:
• Sports take place during nights, weekends, and holidays -- and those shifts will be regular and required. This job takes place in Bristol, CT with 4 days per week in office and one day available as Work From Home.