Digital Sports Coordinator

Lee Enterprises • Omaha, NE

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About The Position

The Omaha World-Herald seeks an ambitious, innovative content creator and newsroom leader to coordinate the newsroom’s digital sports offering.
This is a key leadership role for our nationally recognized sports staff, and one of the signature roles in our newsroom. Sports coverage is at the heart of what we do at The World-Herald, and the heart of what people care about in Nebraska.
Nebraska is home to the most passionate college sports fans in the country, and University of Nebraska and Creighton University athletics are at the core of our coverage mission. The state is also home to a vibrant preps scene, top-level professional volleyball, and a thriving recreational sports scene that includes some of the best golf courses in the country.
We have a digital-first newsroom that aims to meet readers’ and viewers’ constantly evolving needs. The digital sports coordinator will play a key role in shaping our next phase of growth
The digital sports coordinator will be accountable for the newsroom’s sports performance and empowered to drive growth in various ways. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with other staffers and creating their own content on multiple platforms, with a mix of text-based content, audio/video content, reader interactives, and whatever comes next.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience as a sports reporter, editor, or digital producer
• A proven track record delivering or facilitating a high volume of high-quality coverage
• A proven track record of engaging with fans and readers on social media
• A proven track record writing engaging, clickable, accurate web headlines
• Comfort talking in front of a microphone or camera in various capacities
• Comfort working with digital audience metrics
• A relentless desire to innovate, experiment, and help chart the newsroom’s next phase of digital growth

Benefits

• Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities.
• We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
• In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match.
• We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work.
• This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees