Editorial Producer (SOE) at MLB

Sports on Earth, LLC (SOE), a subsidiary of Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), operates sports Internet and multimedia ventures not directly tied to MLB.com or the official baseball club websites. Currently, SOE is seeking an Editorial Producer. Please note that this position is based in New York City.

The Editorial Producer is responsible for creating content and maintaining SOE's partner sites, such as MLSNet.com, WCSN.com, SNY.tv, YESNetwork.com, AVP.com, Minor League Baseball, USA Baseball, Tiger Woods Mobile, and more. Editorial Producers work closely with partner representatives, and independent columnists and writers to ensure that the sites provide users with the most relevant, informative and interesting content possible.

Responsibilities:

• Editing and posting all content for use on partner websites
• Write headlines, captions, blurbs for partner websites
• Select and crop photos
• Make judgments on story significance and arrange content into lead packages
• Communicate with the rest of the SOE and MLBAM editorial team to ensure that all content is accurately placed on the partner sites
• Liaise with SOE partners to ensure that key content goals are met during the migration, launch and post-launch maintenance phases of the partner sites
• Position may include night and weekend shifts

Qualifications :

• Strong copy-editing skills
• Thorough knowledge of sports
• Knowledge of HTML, web publishing a plus
• Experience with Photoshop or other photo editing software a plus
• Strong communication, presentation, organization, problem-solving, critical-thinking and leadership skills
• Team player a must

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