Broadcast Sports Writer
Sportradar is seeking a Broadcast Sports Writer to produce high-level editorial content for live broadcasts across top North American sports. The role also consists of research support for various clients, using Sportradar’s extensive library of internal tools and resources to respond to client demands during live broadcasts, in addition to providing unique trends and insights.
This position requires a passion for sports history, a knack for numbers, and a desire to shape the narrative of live television. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing game notes for regional and national broadcasts on a daily basis, supporting live broadcasts effectively and efficiently, and editing content by co-workers for final approval prior to delivery to clients. The role involves contributing to group projects for high-profile events and regularly working nights and/or weekends. The position is a work-from-home role with a complete focus on tasks and responsibilities.
- Produce game notes for regional and national broadcasts on a daily basis.
- Meet required deadlines while adhering to existing guidelines.
- Support live broadcasts effectively and efficiently.
- Edit content by co-workers for final approval prior to delivery to client.
- Contribute to group projects for a variety of high-profile events.
- Regularly work nights and/or weekends.
- Work from home with complete focus on tasks and responsibilities.
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience (required).
- Provide writing samples, preferably sports-related (required).
- A passion for sports, both historically and contemporary, and desire to build or maintain a career in the sports media industry (required).
- Exemplary writing, communication, and organisational skills with a superior attention to detail (required).
- Experience in journalism, preferably in sports (required).
- Experience in statistical research and analysis (required).
- Experience in broadcast TV production (required).
- Produce error-free work under strict deadlines (required).
- Knowledge/familiarity with SQL database scripting (nice-to-have).
- Experience with Tableau software (nice-to-have).
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Performance bonus program.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401k contribution.
Sportradar is a global sports technology company that collects, analyses and distributes sports data to betting operators, sports leagues and media companies. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and founded in 2001, it provides betting services, managed trading, integrity monitoring and audiovisual streaming across hundreds of sports. The company holds official data partnerships with organisations including the NBA, NHL, FIFA and ICC. Sportradar is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people worldwide.