This position will operate on a remote, freelance basis. To be eligible for this opportunity, you must be located in the United Kingdom.

Are you a football enthusiast with a history of editorial work in sports publishing?

Valnet Inc. is looking for a European Football News Editor to cover Premier League content for the website GIVEMESPORT.COM.

GIVEMESPORT is one of the world’s largest independent sports media publishers. It covers news, features, and interviews across a broad range of sports, from football and MMA to the NFL and NBA, catering its content to a global audience of more than 30 million fans each and every month.


Expectations

• Contributing to the creation pipeline for Premier League news content by writing (between 4-8 500-word articles per day) and editing (up to 16 articles per day). *Editing duties will be offset against writing duties
• Predicting when breaking news stories are likely to emerge and preparing content in advance
• Identifying and prioritizing best news stories to cover
• Providing feedback to writers 
• Ensuring deadlines are met by you and the team
• Collaborating with the Leads to ensure stable operation and achievement of targets
• Optimizing content to maximize sessions on Google Search, Facebook, etc., including the creation of high-quality social media posts
•  Availability to regularly work evenings and weekends
   

Applicants must possess the following requirements

• Must reside in the UK (working UK hours)
• Must be available to work 19 days each month and at least 1 weekend day per week
• In-depth knowledge of all Premier League clubs and current transfer news
• Excellent writing, editing, and feedback communication skills
• 3+ years experience creating and editing news content and 1+ years experience commissioning or briefing news content to other writers
• Experience covering breaking news at speed
• Strong knowledge of Google Search ideation and optimisation
• Experience creating NewsNow headlines and generating traffic on NN
• Experience creating Discover headlines and generating traffic on Discover

Application Requirements

• CV, Screening Questions, and Cover Letter
• In your Cover Letter, please address the following questions:
  1) Why do you want to work with GIVEMESPORT?
  2) What makes you the right fit for the Premier League News Editor role?

We will get back to you as soon as possible if we think you'd make a solid addition to the team.