What are the responsibilities and job description for the Golden State Valkyries Reporter position at ClutchPoints?
Golden State Valkyries Reporter
Job Summary
ClutchPoints’ Golden State Valkyries Reporter will lead our on-site WNBA reporting coverage for the Valkyries’ inaugural season. They will need to be credentialed for games and practices in the Bay Area and write timely, engaging content in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has been credentialed for sporting events before, has a strong understanding of the 24 / 7 news cycle, is adept at making relationships with players, coaches, agents and execs and is well-versed in sharing their content on social media and various digital sports platforms. They also will assist our Head of Women’s Sports to help with other tasks as needed within our Women’s Sports vertical.
Duties
- Attend home games and practices for the Valkyries
- Report off press conferences, obtain exclusive interviews and shoot video to capture viral content as appropriate
- Identify content opportunities to maximize real-time traffic utilizing our internal content strategy and identification guide
- Write trending real-time news and analysis articles focusing on postgame coverage
- Ideate and write in-depth opinion editorial topics based on trending news stories
- Communicate with editorial team to optimize SEO-winning search headlines and story composition
- Communicate with graphics team on creative thumbnails for your content
- Send published articles for distribution to our social media channels
- Follow our breaking news protocol to quickly capitalize on stories in real-time
- Assist the Head of Women’s Sports by writing, editing and brainstorming other Women’s Sports content, as required
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