Remote Senior Writer Job in London, UK The Athletic

Who you are

• Minimum 8+ years of experience
• Create ambitious, unique features that utilize advanced metrics
• Highly regarded in tactics & data community
• Articles almost always in Top Nine selection of daily articles
• Work effectively and communicate with colleagues and editors
• Meet deadlines set by editors
• Experience in data analysis and data visualization
• Utilize data to drive insights related to football questions
• Experience with football specific datasets
• Proficiency in R and/or Python for data analysis and visualization
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of league's players and playing styles
• React quickly and authoritatively to league news and developments

What the job involves

• Cultivate and maintain strong sources to break, confirm, advance and analyze national news
• At least two 1k word articles a week plus help on live pieces/data requests/collaborative projects as required
• Take readers behind-the-scenes to unearth critical details and explain what really happened around key decisions and major issues
• Deliver authoritative, must-read stories that drive the national conversation in football
• Be meticulous and thorough when sourcing stories
• Deliver high-level, in-the-moment stories when news dictates
• Contribute on multiple platforms including podcasts, social media, headlines and short form
• Tell rich, ambitious features through deep reporting and access to get beyond superficial storylines
• Balance mid- and long-term projects while delivering stories and news analysis
• Utilize a creative approach to story ideation and formats
• Understand the sport's advanced metrics and how to apply them to written work
• Connect with the audience constructively by interacting with comments sections
• Use internal metrics to provide what subscribers desire
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to translate complex data into actionable insights through impactful data visualization
• Communicate data insights effectively in written or audio format to different audiences