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Digital Content Writer
Time Inc
Chicago, IL, United States
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About Meredith Corporation:
Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP; meredith.com) has been committed to service journalism for 115 years. Today, Meredith uses multiple distribution platforms — including broadcast television, print, digital, mobile and video — to provide consumers with content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners.
Meredith's National Media Group reaches nearly 200 million unduplicated American consumers every month, including 85 percent of U.S. Millennial women. Meredith is a leader in creating content across media platforms and life stages in key consumer interest areas such as celebrity, food, lifestyle, home, parenting, beauty, fashion, news and sports. Meredith also features robust brand licensing activities including more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 5,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. and at walmart.com.
Meredith's Local Media Group includes 17 television stations reaching more than 11 percent of U.S. households. Meredith's portfolio is concentrated in large, fast-growing markets, with seven stations in the nation's Top 25 and 13 in Top 50 markets. Meredith's stations produce 700 hours of local news and entertainment content each week, and operate leading local digital destinations.
FanSided is one of the fastest growing network of fandom-focused sports, entertainment and lifestyle sites on the internet. Launched by two brothers who wanted to put their own spin on the coverage of their beloved Kansas City Chiefs, FanSided grew to be a thriving collection of more than 300 communities dedicated to bringing together fans to share their common passions. In May of 2015, the company was acquired by Time Inc. In November of 2018, Time Inc. was acquired by Meredith Corp.
FanSided believes everyone is a fan of something. That is why we’ve collected the most passionate, knowledgeable and dedicated editorial voices to lead our sites. Our thought-leading content creators belong to the fandoms they cover, giving our sites the best team-specific, sport-specific, genre-specific, and fanbase-specific coverage possible. The results speak for themselves. FanSided has exploded in popularity in an era where people are using technology to connect, making it easy for fans to digest the content they want, when they want it across all of their favorite verticals. And we’re just getting started.
The job:
FanSided is seeking a talented and creative associate to be a Digital Content Writeron our Video Team.
The ideal candidate is a skilled professional with writing experience for online video content who can take a leading role in developing, creating, and producing unique story ideas. We’re looking for a creative candidate who is inquisitive, reliable, thorough, detail oriented, self-motivated, prodigious, and comfortable working both independently and with our talented team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
You will:
• Research, develop, and create original scripts content specifically for digital video
• Collaborate and brainstorm with department leaders in the ideation, planning, and execution of original digital content
• Manage the distribution and promotion of digital video content on FanSided’s social media accounts
• Be up to date on the current state and trends of the sports and entertainment world
You have:
• Experience as a digital writer/editor/creator
• Excellent communication skills
• College degree or equivalent education and experience
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Background in one of the following: communications, marketing, journalism, history, or screenwriting
• Minimum of one year of similar work experience
• Comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment with changing priorities
• Strong understand on current sports and entertainment storylines
• Self-sufficient, motivated to excel, well-organized
• Experience working with Adobe Premier, Photoshop, After Effects
• Ability to be on-camera in various roles, from voice overs to interviews to talking head videos
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