Editorial Intern, Affiliate & Commercial Partnerships

ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE

Do you enjoy writing? Are you interested in a career in sports digital media partnerships? The Sporting News is seeking ambitious, motivated and creative recent college graduates for a paid six-month internship from August 2024 - February 2025. The Affiliate and Commercial content team supports all of SN’s global partnerships with original editorial content supporting rights holders, tickets, retail, betting and more. This is a hands-on writing role that will help our global team develop and scale new brand opportunities. You’ll play a direct role in shaping the direction of SN’s growing international affiliate team.

Though predominantly across editorial, you’ll also work closely with our sales and commercial team, researching ad campaigns and developing additional sales prospects pipelines. You’ll learn how to prospect brands and connect them to SN’s overall value proposition.

You’ll gain hands-on experience from our team to learn how we collaborate with partners, apply SEO best practices around tentpole events, and drive meaningful value for the biggest sporting events of the year. You’ll not only play a pivotal role in helping shape the present and future but also have the opportunity to pitch SN leadership on a bespoke partnership activation for 2025.

WHEN AND WHERE IS IT?

• Dates: Aug. 19, 2024 - Feb. 21, 2025

• Pay: $15/hour, up to 40 hours/week

• Location: Remote or in Charlotte, N.C.

• Please apply by July 14th

INTERNSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Write large volume of targeted news articles for a transactional audience
• Collaborate with managing editors on testing and scaling new revenue opportunities
• Learn how to read audience tools like Google Trends and SEMrush to package and promote partner content for millions of digital readers
• Research ad campaigns to uncover and support new sales initiatives and develop prospect pipelines

REQUIREMENTS:

• You must be able to commit to the entire six-month program. For this reason, we consider only recent graduates less than 12 months removed from completing their degree.
• An ability to work smart and fast in a digital news environment
• An entrepreneurial and curious spirit eager to ideate, test and learn
• Know how to write clean, concise and interesting content in a variety of digital formats
• A strong knowledge of most North American professional and collegiate sports
• Basic business acumen and understanding of how media brands drive commercial value 
• A basic understanding of best SEO practices
• Be a team player, willing to work with editors and writers and receive constructive feedback
• Strong grammar skills, meticulous attention to detail and a firm grasp of AP style
• Be flexible and willing to work a combination of days, nights and weekends as required 

ABOUT SPORTING NEWS, THE COMPANY

The underlying ethos of Sporting News is positivity and passion for sports. To help drive those tenets, we have three core objectives:

1. Create the best media experience for sports fans. Wherever you are in the world, whatever device you choose, we want Sporting News to offer the best fan experience possible by creating quality, interesting content.
2. Develop a work experience that people want to be part of. We want to identify talented, motivated staff who work hard, enjoy their job, support their team… and have fun while doing it.
3. Build a fantastic, growing business. We want to deliver for our brand and our partners while achieving our commercial goals, ultimately using our scale for good.

At Sporting News, we celebrate our employees' diversity and leadership. Sporting News is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

ABOUT SPORTING NEWS, THE BRAND

One of the world’s most iconic sports brands, The Sporting News was founded in 1886 as a weekly U.S. newspaper. Later transitioning to a magazine, it became the dominant sports publication, acquiring nicknames like "The Nation's Oldest & Finest Sports Paper" and "The Bible of Baseball."

Sporting News is now a dynamic digital publisher offering a trusted perspective across multiple sports and topics all over the world. It features localized editions in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Australia, India, Japan, Spain, and Argentina, with more territories and languages across the world.

TIMELESS & CRAFTED. No publisher has the heritage of The Sporting News (TSN). Established in 1886, it became the essential source of baseball and boxing content.

IMAGINATIVE & SCALABLE. Fast forward to today, TSN now covers all major sports worldwide with 15 local editions, leveraging a global network that understands local market nuance.

RELIABLE & RELATABLE. With a historic, trusted brand and unprecedented local media knowledge, TSN will be the leading international sports portal for right holders, gaming partners, advertisers, broadcasters ... and most importantly, fans.

Acquired by an international investment group in 2021 with deep sports, media and gaming experience, TSN is poised to become the first truly global digital sports media platform business.

Compensation$15/hour