Major League Baseball (MLB)
Step Up to the Plate
Editorial/Social Producer, Prospects – Minor Leagues, Seasonal
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$23 / hour
English
Job Description
• Edit and post content for use on MLB.com, MiLB.com, team and partner websites
• Use social media to promote content
• Write prospect- and Minor League-focused articles for MLB.com and MiLB.com
• Request video highlights and provide metadata for the clips
• Update the sites quickly and accurately
• Write interesting headlines, captions, blurbs
• Manage and update MLB Pipeline’s comprehensive ranking of the top prospects in each MLB organization
• Collaborate with multimedia department to ensure appropriate and relevant video is being used with each story
• Select and crop photos to pair with stories, prospect lists and other packages
• Make judgments on story significance and arrange content into lead packages on the sites
• Communicate with the rest of the content team to ensure that all content is accurately placed on the various sites
Job Requirements
- Ability to write and produce compelling, concise content on deadline
- Thorough knowledge of baseball -- specifically about prospects and the Minor Leagues
- Position may require work at night and on weekends
- Experience with content management systems and web publishing
- Strong copy-editing skills
- Knowledge of social media and SEO
- Basic HTML and Photoshop skills
- Ability to work well under deadline and in fast-paced situations with multiple responsibilities
- Strong communication, presentation and organization skills
- Must be able and willing to work as part of a team, and receptive to feedback
- Facility with written Spanish is not required but beneficial.
