Content Writer - College Basketball/NBA & WNBA

3 Months ago • Upto 2 Years • Editorial

Job Summary

Job Description

This contract role at Absolute Sports requires a Content Writer to produce 3-5 daily articles (350-400 words) on NCAA College Basketball, NBA, and WNBA games, focusing on news and fan reactions. Responsibilities include conducting interviews, ensuring content accuracy (grammar, facts, plagiarism-free), staying updated on trends, and collaborating with a team. Strong knowledge of the leagues, teams, and players is essential, along with excellent writing skills and SEO understanding. The role necessitates time management, independent work, and contributing to content tracking mechanisms.
Must have:
  • Excellent knowledge of NCAA, NBA, WNBA
  • 3-5 articles per day (350-400 words)
  • Conduct interviews
  • Strong writing & grammar skills
  • SEO knowledge
  • Time management skills
Good to have:
  • Relevant writing experience
  • Content tracking experience

Job Details

About us

Pro Football Network (http://profootballnetwork.com/) is one of the world's leading providers of sports news and analysis with over 100 million fans engaging with its platform monthly, and is now foraying into the world of entertainment news.

Pro Football Networks' entire existence is around passionately delivering purposeful, captivating, and exceptional football content that also goes beyond the field where casual and hardcore fans can come together around the sport we collectively love.

PFN has emerged from several chrysalises to adjust to the demands of football fans and the sports media industry as a whole, placing the emphasis on first-class content and intuitive user experience.

PFN is now a partner of Absolute Sports, a Nazara Technologies subsidiary and the parent company of Sportskeeda.com.

The  Opportunity
Experience: 0-2 years
Role: Contract

This role is for the NCAA Basketball/NBA and WNBA verticals.

Key Responsibilities: 
  • Write 3-5 pieces per day, especially on match days (predominantly news articles and fan reactions - 350-400 words each)

  • Conduct exclusive interviews with athletes and influencers if needed.

  • Clean & engaging articles - no plagiarism, falsified facts, idea theft, clout-farming, or click-baiting and should not be derogatory in any form.

  • Keep track of trending topics and break them on time.

  • Develop a knowledge base for trends, news, fresh content from creators, athletes, influencers etc.

  • Review content for factual accuracy and general accuracy of grammar and context. 

  • Ensure that content is written as per Sportskeeda’s and PFN’s guidelines with respect to language, spelling, grammar, scope of text and other such matters.

  • Ability to work in a robust team environment that is multi-faith, multi-national, and diverse.

  • Provide any other content-related assistance that may be required for any other articles

  • Creating tracking mechanisms and repositories of content sources - tracking podcasts, social handles, etc. to scout good content for features

  • Working with the Content Manager, Assistant Content Manager(s) and Specialists in identifying trending content, Article execution and updating/fixing erroneous content.



Requirements

  • Excellent knowledge of NCAA College Basketball/NBA and WNBA, all the teams involved and the standout players. Should be able to watch all the games and write articles during and immediately after the game.

  • A good grasp of the English language (US) and the ability to communicate niche ideas to a wide-spread audience.

  • Should have a knack for crisp sentence composition, grammar, and syntax.

  • Candidates with the desire to learn and expand their writing skills and to build a robust repertoire of portfolio of sports related content (freshers welcome)

  • Relevant experience in writing (Any past experience is a bonus)

  • Should have a working knowledge of SEO

  • Staying updated with recent developments in and around your chosen field

  • Having a good eye for analysis and covering topics around their field, including identifying niches, breaking news, finding online interactions, tracking social media and more

  • Excellent time management skills and ability to work independently.

  • Please note - The pay/remuneration offered can vary according to years of experience and quality of content.



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