Online Content Writer at 70th Precinct Limited

Location: Nationwide

Job Description

• We are currently looking for Contract-based (Staff) and Freelance sports writers to write football match previews, analysis, and recaps for an online sports news website.
• We cover Domestic, European and World Football and are looking for sports reporters who are passionate and can bring fresh insight on the beautiful game.
• We don’t only want to deliver sports news, but we also want to offer an alternative and thoughtful view on events around football.
• We are looking for creative and quality writers who have an interesting way of story telling which captures and engages online readers.
• Writers will be expected to follow assigned matches/topics closely while writing recaps and employ sound news judgement when writing previews for upcoming games.
• It is also expected that writers work to meet assigned deadlines.
• Writers must be available during sports busiest times: evenings and weekends. Additionally, there must be a commitment to write on holidays.

Requirements & Competencies

• Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication, Journalism
• Prior experience in writing and editing sports content
• Excellent command of the English language vocabulary, spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax
• Ability to generate high value articles quickly and accurately
• Understand how to use social media, read box scores and extract the most important information about games
• Must be a team player and possess a positive attitude
• Must show responsibility, reliability and professionalism towards work
• Works effectively under pressure and maintains a positive attitude
• Good command over Microsoft Office tools (MS word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
• Currently serving in NYSC or just recently completed the 1 year mandatory program