Freelance Digital Writer - Editor

Versant•Stamford, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Versant Sports is hiring a Freelance Digital Writer/Editor to join their digital content creators and publishers on the Sports digital team. This role involves daily content creation and distribution of original sports written editorial and video content across Versant Sports platforms, with a primary focus on Golf Channel and other assigned sports. The ideal candidate will be creative, adaptable, and efficient in writing, editing, and optimizing digital-first Sports content for various platforms including site, app, social media, and mobile. Responsibilities include packaging Golf Channel's written and video content to maximize reach while ensuring editorial accuracy, and covering other sports editorial articles as assigned. This is a project-based, limited-term position with an estimated duration of up to 12 months.

Requirements

BA or BS from a four-year accredited college or university or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in digital editorial, content creation and distribution at a sports or media company, publisher or content agency.
Strong writing, editing and content packaging skills with a clear sense of voice by audience and platform.
Experience working with CMS platforms, SEO basics and analytics dashboards.
Solid editorial judgment and engagement with multiple digital properties.
Firm understanding of digital storytelling, audience development and distribution best practices.
Clear communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.
Keen attention to detail and ability to prioritize across multiple concurrent leagues and events.
Familiarity with a digital ecosystem and ability to learn and master multiple technical platforms.
Strong copy editing skills, ability to self-edit your own work.
Ability to work efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines.
Willingness to be an individual contributor while working within a team environment and contribute to the overall brand’s growth and success.
Must have work authorization to work in the United States.
Must be 18 years or older.

Nice To Haves

A strong familiarity with Golf and covering Golf related news is required, as well as ease in writing for multiple other sports genres including: basketball, volleyball, soccer and other Versant Sports priorities.
Writer/editors should have strong handle on editorial judgement and use performance metrics to drive reach and engagement on the content they’re creating. A good sense of what will perform well for sports and golf audiences is required.
Excellent grammar and fact checking are required.
Demonstrated knowledge of golf and its leagues, events and intricacies – strong interest in golf required.
Strong understanding of SEO principles and publishing.
Strong organizational skills; attention to detail.
Strong communication skills and willingness to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

Write and edit SEO-optimized sports articles, headlines and captions that drive page views and discovery.
Ability to work in a fast-paced sports environment and write and edit multiple articles quickly on deadline, often throughout live event coverage.
Create, edit and publish tournament- and news-related content as assigned.
Manage the presentation of content across Versant Sports sites including Golf Channel and USA Sports homepages and sports brand-specific pages.
Manage video publishing and livestream presentation on the Golf Channel main site and on the Sports App.
Assist in the ideation, creation and execution of sales / sponsored content.
Package Golf Channel written and video content on our digital platforms to maximize reach and prioritize editorial accuracy.
Plan around key properties and tentpole events to develop coverage strategies and ensure coordination between linear broadcasts and digital teams.
Contribute to team brainstorms by pitching content ideas that will help build on-site and off-site traffic and audience.
Support relationships with partner platforms.
Juggle multiple projects with parallel timelines.