Newsletter Writer, The Women's Game
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Men in Blazers
US
Summary
The Newsletter Writer will produce engaging content for 'The Women's Game' newsletter, including writing match previews, recaps, and curating key moments in women's soccer. The role involves collaborating with the editorial team, fact-checking copy, and managing the newsletter's production and scheduling.
Job Description
Men in Blazers is the No. 1 Soccer Media Network in the U.S. With a wide reach and a diverse, vocal fan base, we engage with teams, players, celebrity fans, and brands we love, to share our passion for soccer across the nation. Using humor, emotion, intelligence, and to-the-minute pop cultural aptitude, we provide fans with unique content that breaks down the biggest stories in the game in ways that are authentic, meaningful, and compulsively entertaining.
We are looking for a Newsletter Writer who is responsible for writing engaging content for our newsletter dedicated to women’s soccer/football, The Women’s Game (TWG). This will include helping with the production of the newsletter — from hopping in on writing duties to building/scheduling sends in our publishing platform.
You’ll at times be expected to: write match previews and recaps, curate the most important moments in the sport from an increasingly congested media landscape, connect with our highly-engaged audience, and both inform and entertain in equal measure.
This role involves keeping an extremely close eye on what’s happening across all the major American and European leagues, along with the cultural conversation around women’s football happening on social media. The position requires collaboration with an editor and the newsletter director, along with coordinating with the larger TWG team, and participation in brainstorming sessions, all while adhering to TWG’s brand standards.
Newsletter Writer, TWG
Location: United States, Remote
What you’ll do:
- Watch a lot of women’s soccer/football – whether that’s live games or highlights.
- Write newsletters in various formats in collaboration with the rest of the team.
- Curate the most important moments and developments in the world of women’s football to include in the newsletter.
- Fact-check all newsletter copy thoroughly, including statistics, to ensure complete accuracy.
- Participate in editorial brainstorms and team meetings, pitching new ideas and ways to cover the biggest developments across the most popular leagues and tournaments.
- Meet or exceed deadlines while pushing the TWG newsletter calendar, cadence, and format forward.
- Partner with TWG’s social media and marketing teams on cross-promotion and larger content packages.
What you need:
- 3+ years of professional writing experience.
- Encyclopedic interest in and knowledge of women’s football.
- An understanding of newsletters: what works, what doesn’t, how, and why.
- Love of pop culture and the ways in which it intersects with sports.
- Exceptional creative writing and editorial skills.
- Ability to write copy and create content adhering to TWG’s brand standards and tone of voice.
- Availability to work weekends as needed.
- Desire to engage with the TWG community and be the voice of the brand for our growing newsletter audience.
- Not required, but nice to haves include: Experience writing or performing comedy + skills in project management or design.
Men In Blazers LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
The Men in Blazers Media Network (MiBMN) is North America's largest independent, soccer-obsessed media company. Covering the sport globally and year-round, MiBMN focuses on both domestic and international leagues from the Premier League and Champions League to the US National Teams, NWSL, MLS, and more. With the addition of The Women's Game and VAMOS—verticals offering authentic storytelling and analysis specifically tailored to superfans of women's soccer and the hyper-passionate Hispanic American soccer community—MiBMN has a wide reach and a diverse, vocal fan base that is served with 360° programming including TV Shows, daily audio and video content, round-the-clock social coverage, newsletters, and a full lineup of live events.
To help tell these stories, MiBMN has partnered with some of the most recognizable brands in sports, including Michelob ULTRA, Bank of America, The Home Depot, Verizon, Coca-Cola, New Balance, VISA, Walmart, Allstate, and Purina.
Founded
2014
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Entertainment Providers
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
New York, New York