Assistant Editor Jobs

Footballco is the world's largest football content and media business. Our mission is to give fans more of the game by building football communities that entertain, inform, and inspire action. We are a team of over 400 people, in 18 countries around the world, working across both our own media brands such as GOAL, MUNDIAL, INDIVISA and NXGN and working on partnerships with leading clubs, leagues and brands. Our content has had over 2.5 Billion views across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube in 2022.

About the Role:

We are hiring an Assistant Editor. The successful candidate will assist in running the news desk and be responsible for sourcing, commissioning and sub-editing stories. As well as managing a small team on shift, they will understand what our readers are interested in and write engaging headlines, create imagery, send app notifications and manage the homepage. They will also write news and SEO articles, plus opinion and analysis features on the game’s most important topics

This position is based in New York. We offer competitive compensation and a bonus scheme.

What you'll be doing:

• Send app notifications for our best stories and manage our homepages
• Occasionally write long-form features, primarily focused on US soccer
• Source news and SEO stories, write headlines, sub-edit copy, create imagery and publish articles using our content management system
• Run GOAL’s English news desk and manage a small team of writers on any given shift
• Stay on top of trends and topics of interest among our US audience
• Write news and SEO stories, primarily focused on English and US soccer

Responsibilities:

• Content production | 100%

What you have:

• Ability to generate and deliver feature ideas, particularly on US soccer
• Strong knowledge of both European and US soccer
• Using a content management system to publish articles and manage our homepages
• Ability to create composite images using our content editing suite
• Ability to lead a small team of freelancers and communicate effectively with our club writers
• Write clean and accurate news and SEO stories, mainly on English and US soccer
• Experience of sub-editing and being able to spot mistakes and improve copy
• Have an eye for what makes a good news story and what topics have SEO potential
• Be able to write engaging headlines and app notification copy

Desirable:

• Language skills
• An interest in analytics, data, and using data to drive insights and performance

Footballco is a global organisation and as such we are fortunate to have employees across a diverse range of backgrounds. We aim to build an environment that is inclusive to all and where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self.

Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.