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USA TODAY Network

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201 - 500 employees

📱 Media

📣 Marketing

🤝 B2B

Media • Marketing • B2B

USA TODAY Network is the national media and advertising arm of USA TODAY Co. , operating a large portfolio of local and national publications and offering a full suite of advertising and marketing solutions. It provides digital and print display advertising, direct mail, branded content, performance marketing, video, SEO, merchandising, and self-serve marketplace services, backed by data-driven technology, creative services, events and an AI-powered platform. The Network emphasizes local advertising reach supported by national scale and serves businesses across automotive, travel, finance, education, home improvement and other verticals.

📋 Description

• Lead a team of writers who cover sports local to their properties. Manage these writers and help them grow through coaching and feedback. • Teach them time management and how to identify winning story ideas. • Edit copy, often under tight deadlines, from writers across the country, including those who report to other editors and content coaches. • Be part of the CCJ’s high schools or colleges coverage leadership team, learning best practices to share with writers and contribute ideas to help improve coverage. • Use metrics and analytics to identify what is working in various local audiences and what is not, to best tailor our sports coverage to meet audience. • Coordinate and work with the other CCJ sports editors and content coaches, as well as others inside the company. • Be willing to work nights, weekends and sometimes holidays as needed.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's in communications, journalism, digital media or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • At least 3 years of experience working in a news organization. • Ability to identify stories that sports fans in local markets are talking about and able to leverage those to differentiate in competitive marketplace. • Strong news judgment, great communication skills and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced news environment. • Demonstrated commitment to producing and promoting journalism that is impactful and authoritative. • Experience using analytics to help shape coverage decisions and story execution. • Ability to manage, coach and motivate sports journalists to strive for improvement and growth.