Sports Production Editor - The Villages Daily Sun

The Villages Daily Sun, Florida’s largest daily printed newspaper (and the only newspaper in America's largest 25 that is still growing), is seeking a sports junkie to visually elevate our award-winning sports section, which is a regular APSE Top 10 sports section and a three-time finalist for SND World's Best Designed Newspaper.

We’re looking for a visual editor with experience making smart content decisions under deadline pressure. We have a strong track record of journalistic excellence, so you must be comfortable contributing to a rigorous editing process.

Ours is a newsroom that values experimental thinking and the power of unconventional storytelling. We offer a generous newshole, impeccable print quality, modern tech resources (fully Mac and Creative Suite shop) and leadership support that enable good visual journalists to become truly great.

We're a print-centric market with a brand new printing plant, the first to be built in America in the last decade. This means we still enjoy late publication deadlines for sporting events in all time zones. It also means you can focus on strong visual storytelling with a digital distraction, and that you can experience the joy of creative collaboration in a high-octane newsroom instead of the vacuum of remote workflow.

We’re a 90-mile drive to the beach, Orlando’s theme parks and the historic neighborhoods of Gainesville and St. Augustine. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and access to a highly regarded charter school system in one of the state’s most idyllic settings.

Apply by sending a letter of introduction and resume to the attention of Associate Editor Nick Feely at nick.feely@thevillagesmedia.com. And then fill out the basic HR application for the “production editor” position at the link below.

Recruitment

Salary & Benefits

In addition to annual compensation reviews, all journalists in our newsroom participate in a stretch goal bonus plan that pays out quarterly.

Eligibility for The Villages Charter School

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

Voluntary Additional Life Insurance

HSA/FSA & 401k with company match

PTO that expands with tenure and 9 Paid Holidays

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Discounts to a wide variety of businesses in The Villages

The Villages also provides a robust training and development curriculum

 

This has been up for grabs quite a few times, has it not?

 

We have been through the ringer a few times with the position. We originally filled it internally, then that person got promoted to a new position. Then we filled it again, and now that person, who has been great, is moving for personal reasons. So now, it's open once again. If anyone has any questions about the spot, please feel free to reach out at the email in the original listing and I'm happy to chat about it.

 

Nothing against this paper, but what an indictment of our society that this is in the top 25 re: print circ.

 

I get that completely, and yet, I can see it. The demographics of the readership would be extremely telling, I imagine.

 

Oh I get that, just saying… our business has completely collapsed in the last 15 years, and that fact underscores it.

 

You can live there if one person in the home is 55. But there are all kinds of surrounding communities on the edge of The Villages. A monster high school opens in the fall, and the parents of those kids aren't 55.

 

The newspaper subscription is not included in the paid amenity fees to use the golf courses, pickleball courts or other facilites. The circulation is all paid customers acting on their own will. Demographics certainly help our circulation numbers, there's no denying that, but I also believe we do a good job of knowing our audience and capitalizing on that advantage with a product they can't live without if they want to enjoy the lifestyle.

 

IIRC, the subscription price is something like $84/year (about 23 cents a day). Residents are really getting a good deal.

 

Hi everyone, just bumping this thread here. This position remains open and we are still actively looking for interested candidates!

If you have any questions at all about the job, please feel free to reach out to me at nick.feely@thevillagesmedia.com.

I also noticed the Recruitment link above has changed. Here is the new link to apply:

Recruitment

 

I look forward to the millennial version of the Villages.

TikTok videos on every street corner?