SEC Football Writers

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Description

SaturdayDownSouth.com is seeking serious sports writers to cover SEC football on a freelance basis. Our writers play a critical role in the success of Saturday Down South's digital business, ensuring the quality and integrity of our SEC football coverage and creating content that drives our growth.

This is a unique opportunity to reach a large audience of passionate fans and become part of a growing company. The SDS brand is established among fans of the 14 teams in the Southeastern Conference and we have over 3 million facebook followers and 750,000 twitter followers. We're looking for a few highly-motivated individuals that works well with our editors and as part of the Saturday Down South team.

Responsibilities:

- Write at least 15 quality stories per week
- Be available on weekends throughout the football season, both Saturday and Sunday
- Generate story ideas
- Be able to generate in-depth articles about the SEC, including technical football articles (X's and O's breakdowns)
- Articles include analysis, opinion columns, and aggregating news
- Work with our editorial team to refine and publish on a deadline

Requirements:

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree, at least four years of professional experience covering sports, a strong journalism background, demonstrated digital publishing expertise and substantial knowledge of the Southeastern Conference football teams.

Preference given to those with years of sports journalism experience related to SEC football as well as residence in an SEC state.

Ideal candidates must be able to demonstrate technical football analysis, understand story lines and pay close attention to detail while working on a deadline. Creativity, high-level organization and good communication skills are vital. We want someone who is going to take initiative and add strong opinions and ideas to our editorial team.

About Saturday Football, Inc.:

The flagship brand of Saturday Football, Inc. is Saturday Down South, the largest website dedicated to SEC football coverage with over 15 million visits per month last season.

The company has a full-time staff in its office on the north side of Orlando in Longwood, Florida. The freelance writer positions are a good way to get your feet in the door on a growing company as we look to expand our coverage and can lead to a full-time position. Our staff and freelance writers are paid biweekly.

In the Subject line, write 'YOUR NAME -- Application for SEC Football Writer'
Start date
ASAP
From
Saturday Down South
Published at
02.09.2015
Contact person:
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Project ID:
976858
Contract type
Freelance
Workplace
100 % remote
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