New Media Producer - Atlanta Falcons

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Department: Marketing

Reports To: Director of New Media

Work Location: Flowery Branch – Atlanta Falcons Team Headquarters

Overview:

The New Media Producer will be responsible for creating daily editorial content for the Atlantafalcons.com website and fulfilling other marketing goals, including ticket sales, sponsorship fulfillment and event promotion.

Responsibilities:

• Writing and publishing Falcons' and NFL-related articles, blog posts and features.

• Attending and reporting on all Falcons’ press conferences and media events.

• Providing coverage of all major annual events for the club's website, including the NFL Combine, NFL Draft, Mini Camps, OTAs and Training Camp.

• Executing the team's social media strategy, frequently interacting with fans on Twitter, Facebook, FalconsLife fan community and within article comments.

• Working closely with corporate sales department to execute online deliverables for Falcons' corporate partners.

• Assisting in the promotion of a wide variety of Falcons marketing initiatives.

• Interfacing with other departments to maintain and update specific site sections.

• Managing game day resources to deliver cutting-edge, compelling and comprehensive game day coverage.

• Reporting on player and organizational outreach efforts in the metro Atlanta community.

• Embracing change by leveraging existing and emerging technology to create efficiencies in work flow and value for our fans.

Required Skills:
• Strong writing skills and experience reporting on professional sports.

• Impeccable organization and time management skills.

• Ability to work under strict deadline pressure.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience interfacing with high-profile athletes.

• Experience utilizing a web content management system or blogging platform, with exposure to HTML.

• Extensive understanding of Twitter and Facebook and experience utilizing them to interact and engage with customers or fans.

• Willingness to work long hours, evenings and weekends frequently throughout the year.

• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, video capture and editing, digital photography a plus.

Travel:

On team charter to all Falcons road games, the NFL Combine in Indianapolis and other conferences or seminars as determined annually on a case-by-case basis.

Employee Status: Full Time - includes Falcons benefits package



Note: This position was originally posted on the Atlanta Falcons employment site. To ensure that your application is considered for this position, please click here to apply for this job on the Atlanta Falcons employment site.

Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. Please list a URL(s) where we can view examples of your published work.
2. Yes/No: Do you have experience producing content for a sports-related media website? Please describe the site, its audience and your role.
3. In 50 words or less, what most attracts you to the Falcons' New Media Producer position?
4. In 250 words or less, describe your most memorable experience attending or watching an NFL game.

 

Is it just me or does it look like they want a cheap youngin' for this one?

 

They're so behind. There's no 140-character reference.

 

4. In 250 words or less, describe your most memorable experience attending or watching an NFL game.

Unless they want to see concise writing style, why does this matter?

 

They want someone who cares about football?

 

I'll agree there. I'd be a little more curious about that requirement if it were, say, 500 words or longer, but I don't see anything wrong with asking for a shorter anecdote.

 

I applied. Maybe my young self can break through...eh.

 

Does watching Michael Vick flip off the fans count as a favorite experience?

 

If somebody from SJ gets this job, I will buy you a beer or six at Six Feet Under.

 

This seems like it would be a really fun job. If I lived in Atlanta, I'd campaign hard to get this one. Good luck to those who applied for it.

 

Any bar that overlooks an old cemetery is fine by me. And Ria's Bluebird next door has the best breakfast in town, for what that's worth. Drink all night at Six Feet Under and, if you don't end up across the street, you can eat off your hangover next door.

But yeah, this seems like a good gig for the right person, especially somebody looking to transition from the journalism biz.

 

I haven't been to the main one, just the one on 11th. But if the breakfast at Ria's is better than the brunch at Gilbert's, then I may die of overeating.