Soccer Editor

This is a Full Time Job

The FOX Sports Digital Team is looking for a Lead Soccer Editor to join our team in Los Angeles. As the Soccer Editor, you will direct coverage of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, all international soccer leagues and tournaments, and Major League Soccer. The position will maintain an editorial calendar for the sport while planning, assigning, and executing all content and working to distribute it cross-platforms.

A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Spearhead FOX Sports Digital's content plans for soccer and communicate the strategy throughout the digital group and other segments of the company
• Coordinate storytelling efforts for the FOX Sports App and FOXSports.com
• Establish the overall editorial vision and content strategy for planned original content, blending the written word, video offerings, social content, and graphics to engage soccer fans with smart and surprising stories
• Manage a team of editors, writers, and freelance contributors, sparking creative ideas and embracing new approaches to storytelling - provide constructive feedback to help writers grow and improve their craft
• Assist in maintaining FOX Sports Digital's editorial calendar and content budget for soccer, planning for upcoming events, major milestones, and content themes
• Play a critical role for FOX Sports Digital in leading its coverage of World Cups, planning a full year of preview content, and then spearheading the daily planning process and all reactions during the tournament
• Embrace a truly cross-platform storytelling approach, combining text, video, audio, photos, and graphics into a cohesive and compelling user experience
• Work with the Deputy Editor to establish an overall editorial voice and tone for soccer content.
• Utilize analytics, research, and other data to help shape the editorial strategy for FOX Sports Digital
• Work with the design team to plan and execute all art for stories, including original photography, art, and informational graphics
• Collaborate with the social team to extend the reach of soccer storytelling efforts, using social channels to grow the audience, extend the reach of stories and engage users with compelling bite-size content
• Coordinate storytelling efforts with the digital video team and FOX Sports TV properties, incorporating video into stories and producing companion material that can run on all video platforms
• Work to extend linear soccer content into the digital space and surround it with complementary content
• Serve as a conduit to ad sales to help monetize content for the World Cup by creating content that appeals to advertisers and can be smartly bundled on all platforms
• Create cross-platform content themes that can extend to TV, social and other platforms for monetization

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 5+ years of work experience managing content teams for a major editorial outlet
• Experience directing content strategy and managing a team of writers and content creators
• Exceptional knowledge of men's and women's soccer
• Ability to strategically direct a team at a live event, solving problems and communicating messages throughout the team
• Outstanding news judgment, skilled storytelling abilities, thorough knowledge of digital best practices (including SEO, social platforms, and content sharing), and a strong knowledge of journalistic principles and methods
• Availability after hours and weekends – the role will be tied to the sports calendar and major tentpole events, along with coordinating coverage as news breaks around the clock
• Outstanding organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEAL BREAKER
• Bachelor's degree
• Previous coverage of World Cups experience

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