Audience Editor, Sports

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🕒 September 17

🏈 Alabama, Arizona, +41 more states – Remote

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💵 $93k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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📋 Description

• Develop strategies, workflows and best practices to achieve audience growth and increase discoverability through social, newsletters, emerging platforms and search • Monitor USA TODAY Sports analytics across platforms, social media, newsletters and alerts, translating data into action steps • Lead audience planning for major sporting events, tentpoles and breaking news • Determine how journalism should be packaged, distributed and presented throughout the audience journey • Create, edit or optimize audience-focused content during major events and breaking news • Partner crossdivisionally on efforts to monetize journalism and grow audience across social media and distributed platforms • Manage a team of content creators and ensure consistent brand strategy, voice and execution across platforms • Create and monitor reporting and KPI progress for loyalty, engagement, relevance and other business goals • Experiment with innovative approaches to support company goals

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in communications, journalism, marketing or related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience • At least 5 years of newsroom experience, including management • Journalism experience is mandatory • Preferably experience in an audience development role at a digitally-focused media organization with expertise in sports • Proven passion and experience with storytelling via social media, search and newsletters • Expertise in platforms such as Reddit, Discord, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Threads and more • Passion for helping news organizations distribute indispensable journalism and building trusted relationships with readers • Proactive leadership skills and ability to manage time and prioritize tasks independently • Willingness to work extended hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays, sometimes unexpectedly, when news requires it • Resume of one to two pages • Cover letter outlining approach to the job

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Option to use a local USA TODAY newsroom as a base of operations if living nearby

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