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Sports Multiplatform Editor
The Seattle Times
Remote, USA
Full-time
Entry
Remote
USD 63900-95100 yearly
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- Curating and producing the Seattletimes.com sports homepage.
- Copy-editing sports stories for web and print publication.
- Producing digital news alerts and email newsletters.
- Writing web headlines with SEO and audience engagement in mind, and when necessary, print headlines that expand on them.
- Posting Seattle Times stories to social media and engaging with readers.
- Monitoring trends and readership analytics in real-time and providing the sports department with relevant information on SEO, trending topics and follow-up stories based on trending/breaking news.
- Supporting accurate and timely updates and info during breaking news. This could include a range of responsibilities, including running or contributing to live updates or providing SEO advice to editors.
- Maintaining a consistently high-quality product with sharp grammar and unfailing accuracy.
- Multitasking with the demands of production work — editing on deadline as well as communicating continually on Slack and email.
- Upholding our ethics code and standards of fairness, independence and inclusion.
- Staying up to date on digital best practices to optimize our content.
- Practicing a commitment to coverage that is inclusive. This means considering in our stories, headlines, photos and other display type the full range of human diversity with respect to race, sexual orientation, ability, language, culture, gender, age and identity.
- Experience : At least 1 year experience working on a sports digital or copy desk at a major metro news organization.
- Education : College degree, or equivalent combination of education and/or professional experience
- Strong copy editing skills
- Strong interest in and/or familiarity with pro and college sports.
- Solid news judgment
- Expertise in digital production
- Ability to thrive in high-pressure situations when big news hits
- Strong communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Familiarity with tools for web publishing and analytics, such as WordPress, Chartbeat, Google Analytics or Marfeel.
- Ability to work collaboratively under deadline pressure
- Ability to respond constructively to direction, suggestions and feedback
- Predictable and reliable attendance is required for this position.
- Medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Optional life and AD&D insurance and long-term care insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 10 days of annual vacation accrual, increasing with tenure up to 20 days
- 10 days of annual sick accrual; unused sick pay accrues to an extended illness bank
- 9 paid holidays
- Monthly internet stipend for predominately remote employees
- Subsidized transit cards and parking costs
- Complimentary Seattle Times subscription
- Wellness program
- Fertility coverage (with lifetime limits) for eligible employees
- Parental leave options
About The Seattle Times
Publishing827 employeesFounded 1896
Publishes regional news and provides commercial printing and advertising.
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