Senior Digital Sports Content Producer

Job Description

Overview

Are you a Bay Area sports news fanatic with your finger on the pulse of trending digital content?

Audacy Sports is looking for a highly motivated, creative and detail-oriented Senior Digital Content Producer to join our growing team.

The ideal candidate is a quick-thinking self-starter and resourceful writer who has a way with words and the ability to ignite conversations in everything from traditional sports to the intersection of sports and culture. You have a sharp instinct of what both passionate and more casual local fans will engage with, balanced with a commitment to content analytics. You thrive in a fast-paced, communication-driven team environment, and multiple content management systems don't scare you.

You are passionate about sports news and driven to build traffic and audience with unique content marketing. You have a proven track record of growing digital audiences and engagement on websites and social platforms. You are on top of all of the latest local sports news, including identifying social/Google trends and breaking news stories, and are constantly looking for engaging content that is a fit for the Audacy and 95.7 The Game (KGMZ-FM) brands.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:
• Produce, publish and distribute both original and syndicated stories across all station platforms, focusing on owned and operated properties like web/app/social
• Ensure all daily content is optimized for search
• Write in a style that is appealing for specific audiences (die-hard vs. casual sports news) -- extensive knowledge of the local Bay Area sports and sports-culture landscape required
• Create content that drives audience growth and engagement, while supporting station and sales needs, when needed
• Help to plan and execute push alert and newsletter sends for top station & podcast content
• Understand reporting systems like Google Analytics and Sprout, and how to use data to drive audience growth
• Develop and maintain strong industry contacts to promote the content you create, getting it in front of new audiences, including partner sites
• Use editorial sense through content and social to convert readers to digital listeners
• Strong communication with local show producers to identify show highlights, big-name guests, and breaking news to turn around content immediately--owning local news as opposed to being scooped.
• Work closely with Brand Manager as primary contact on local sports interviews and opportunities
• Be an effective communicator (beyond email), and possess the ability to maintain a healthy working relationship in an open environment with all levels of the local/central organization
• Help Managing Editor with critical duties such as building communication bridges across the local station network, establishing and sticking to brand/voice, and innovating new content ideas
• Work with Ad Sales team on occasion on creation of content for sponsorship packages
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required & Preferred:
• A Bachelor's Degree is required
• A minimum of 3-5 years of digital content creation experience (minimum of 1 year people-managing)
• Flexibility to work nights/weekends as needed (sports news doesn't stop at 5 PM)
• Experience writing all local sports content, ranging from straight news to passionate opinion and topical/evergreen lists
• Must have excellent writing skills and the ability to tell engaging stories
• Strong self-editing skills with attention to detail in grammar, punctuation, and design layout
• Ability to own the news cycle to make judgments and react instantaneously and independently to key breaking/viral opportunities
• Deep-rooted knowledge of a variety of popular sports, with a focus on football, basketball, and baseball
• Audio/video editing experience is a plus
• Strong SEO knowledge and expertise
• Photoshop experience is preferred, but not required
• Basic MS Office skills are required,, as well as how to use/navigate a Content Management System

Additional Information

Pay Transparency:

The anticipated starting salary range for California based individuals expressing interest in this position is $65,000/yr to $70,000/yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity. Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
About Us

Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD; OTC: AUDA) is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook (Audacy Corp), X (@AudacyCorp), LinkedIn (@Audacy-Inc), Instagram (@lifeataudacy) and Threads (@Audacy_Corp).

Responsibilities:

What You'll Do:
- Produce, publish and distribute both original and syndicated stories across all station platforms, focusing on owned and operated properties like web/app/social
- Ensure all daily content is optimized for search
- Write in a style that is appealing for specific audiences (die-hard vs. casual sports news) -- extensive knowledge of the local Bay Area sports and sports-culture landscape required
- Create content that drives audience growth and engagement, while supporting station and sales needs, when needed
- Help to plan and execute push alert and newsletter sends for top station & podcast content
- Understand reporting systems like Google Analytics and Sprout, and how to use data to drive audience growth
- Develop and maintain strong industry contacts to promote the content you create, getting it in front of new audiences, including partner sites
- Use editorial sense through content and social to convert readers to digital listeners
- Strong communication with local show producers to identify show highlights, big-name guests, and breaking news to turn around content immediately--owning local news as opposed to being scooped.
- Work closely with Brand Manager as primary contact on local sports interviews and opportunities
- Be an effective communicator (beyond email), and possess the ability to maintain a healthy working relationship in an open environment with all levels of the local/central organization
- Help Managing Editor with critical duties such as building communication bridges across the local station network, establishing and sticking to brand/voice, and innovating new content ideas
- Work with Ad Sales team on occasion on creation of content for sponsorship packages
- Other duties as assigned

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3wy4q-3-149-10-88-42 in your application.