College Sports Writer

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

Company Description:

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description:

We are looking for a College Sports Writer at Sportradar who is passionate about college sports, specifically college football, and has experience with sports betting and DFS. Sportradar has recently acquired websites that produce content around college sports and want to invest further in resourcing those sites.

This College Sports Writer position will be a work-from-home position, but the individual does need to reside in a legal online sports betting or DFS state. This is an important qualification, as they will need access to the online sportsbook/DFS apps available.

Sportradar is asking for 40 hours per week from this position, with flexibility in when those hours are worked, especially during the college football season and March Madness tournament.

The Challenge:

The College Sports Writer will be responsible for the following duties at Sportradar:

• Covering breaking college athletics news in a fast-paced environment

• Sharing articles to social media

• Crafting stories with strong SEO headlines and best SEO practices

• Provide betting advice for specific games, weekly schedules, or futures

• Working together with a team of other writers to provide the audience with quality content

• Communicating with team members in a timely fashion

• Monetizing their content in accordance with our business strategies

The sites the College Sports Writer will contribute to include: · Saturday Down South · Saturday Tradition

Qualifications

• Passionate about college sports, specifically college football

• Excellent writing skills

• Understand and enjoy sports betting and DFS

• Understand and execute content marketing strategies

• Take instruction well and work within a team

• Understand SEO

• Be able to work quickly and jump from one priority to the next

• Be able to bring their own audience to the site

• Familiar with Wordpress

Our Offer:

• Work for and shape one of the fastest growing digital sports companies in the world at the exiting intersection of sports, media, betting and advertising 

• Take a key role in a growing and dynamic business field within Sportradar 

• Work together with highly motivated and enthusiastic US and global teams 

• Be part of a startup-like culture within a global, NASDAQ-listed corporation

Location

Remote, New York , United States of America