Sports Editor

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Full Time Job
Responsible for developing and programming the sports content in the Plainview Herald, on myplainview.com, its mobile pages and related sites, with the goals of expanding its audience, increasing reader engagement and contributing to revenue growth.
• Building innovative sports content with an emphasis on high school sports, local college sports and in-state professional teams.
• Recruiting readers and followers and sports community contributors.
• Developing and managing topics and areas for readers and followers to interact with the site and with each other.
• Developing and managing relationships with sports content partners.
• Assuring first-to-market coverage of significant local sports news and planning coverage of major events in the region.
• Adopt a flexible schedule that matches up with the flow of local online sports coverage, with a special focus on area high school sports.
• Fill in as managing editor in the absence of the managing editor.
• Produce non-sports content and take on general assignments when available at the request of the managing editor.
• Assist with selection and editing of sports content, and other content if necessary, designated for placement within the Plainview Herald print product.
• Assist with advertising-led editorial projects when necessary.
• Assist with maintenance of publication's social media presence.
• Maintain an open line of communication with editor and other area team members regarding collaborative projects as necessary.
• Design work as needed.
• Various other duties as assigned by the managing editor.
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