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SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, Secret Base, MMAFighting, and more than 280 fan-centric team communities.

SB Nation is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

Team coverage

• Research, write, and edit Articles and Posts related to topical coverage of the New York Yankees.
• Research and develop a rolodex of team and league sources.
• Appear on external outlets and at marketing events to promote SB Nation team sites.
• Execute sponsorships, on and off platform.

Audience development

• Implement content strategies as described by the MLB editorial leadership team.
• Build audience through on-platform posts and via social media platforms such as X, Instagram, Facebook, etc.
• Monitor and make editorial decisions using analytical tools such as Parse.ly, Google Analytics, and SEO principles, in conjunction with MLB editorial leadership. Use all these tools to help define best practices for coverage.

Community engagement

• Work with editorial leadership to engage and grow the site's community by creating and moderating Feed posts that spark conversation, highlight different perspectives, and keep discussions active around games, players, news, and fandom.
• Regularly engage the site's community in the Comments section, starting new conversations, replying to existing conversations, and recommending comments and Feed posts.

Site management

• Assign posts to contributors; manage and optimize budget; manage scheduling and distribution; seeks, guides, and gives feedback to staff of freelancers.

Strategy

• Attend regular meetings to discuss and refine strategy, programming, and tactics in pursuit of our audience goals.
• Collaborate with MLB editorial leadership and other SB Nation team members to generate editorial ideas and sponsorship opportunities, locally and nationally.

• Experience with social video
• Experience with SEO and developing content strategies
• Experience growing a community

This job is remote. 

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep data regarding the demographics of our employees public and you can access it here. Learn more about our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.