Staff Writer, Golf

Job Description

Staff Writer, Golf (Temporary)

We're looking for a two staff writers to join the SB Nation Team within Vox Media to cover golf . As a member of the SB Nation Team you'll be responsible for analyzing breaking news, providing daily content around happenings in golf, and bringing a unique voice to our coverage. The ideal candidate is someone that has experience writing about sports and a strong knowledge of golf. The Staff Writer will report to our Golf Editor.

WHO WE ARE

SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, Secret Base, MMAFighting, OutSports and more than 280 fan-centric team communities.

SB Nation is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Provide daily content coverage around happenings in golf while brining a unique voice to our coverage
• Analyze breaking news for golf to determine if this is an area that we should be covering
• Managing priorities and workload effectively to meet deadlines daily
• Ensure all content aligns with SB Nation's editorial standards
• Partner closely with the Editor, Golf to align on story ideas

WHO YOU ARE

The ideal candidate for Staff Writer, Golf has:
• At least two years of experience writing about sports
• Ability to do self-directed work without strict supervision
• Can produce clean analysis on breaking news at a fast pace
• Strong knowledge of golf (can be through writing experience or playing experience)
• Basic understanding of search-engine optimization

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

This job is remote. We're dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Pay Range

$73,000 — $75,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rz8542-18-223-106-232-42 in your application.