Trending Content Writer – Seasonal
Major League Baseball (MLB)
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $22 - $25 per hour
About the role
- Stay on top of which storylines are resonating with fans
- Move quickly to execute engaging written content centered on the day’s trending topics
- Work closely with our editorial and mobile alerts teams to ensure timely publishing and distribution of articles
- Assist with a variety of other tasks as needed, including writing and editing push notifications through the MLB App; editing copy and handling web production tasks; and providing help with statistical research and analysis
Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of baseball, especially current players and trends, and comfort with the sport’s terminology
- Strong grasp of the baseball media landscape and how to navigate social media to identify trending topics
- Exemplary news judgment
- The ability to write both quickly and accurately, with keen attention to detail regarding spelling, grammar and style
- Proficiency with SEO best practices
- Familiarity with baseball statistics and advanced metrics, including via Statcast
- The ability to conduct research through sites such as Baseball-Reference (including the Stathead tool), FanGraphs and Baseball Savant, with a willingness to learn new tools
- Experience with content management systems and web publishing
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Hard skills
writingeditingstatistical researchSEO best practicesbaseball statisticsadvanced metricscontent management systemsweb publishing
Soft skills
news judgmentattention to detailability to write quickly and accurately