Role OverviewCBS Sports is seeking a skilled, creative, and highly organized Senior Editor to lead key aspects of its NFL coverage across CBSSports.com and CBS Sports platforms.
What You Will Do
The Senior Editor will play a central leadership role within the NFL editorial team, helping set the coverage strategy and oversee its execution across breaking news, live games, analysis, features, rankings, previews, reactions, and enterprise storytelling.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate has exceptional news judgment, deep NFL knowledge, and a proven ability to make confident editorial decisions under pressure.
Requirements
- At least three years of professional experience in a digital editorial or newsroom environment
- Meaningful experience directly managing writers or editors, including setting goals, delivering feedback, and evaluating performance
- A demonstrated record of leading editorial coverage and making high-level decisions during major news or live-event windows
- Exceptional editorial judgment and the ability to prioritize coverage in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment
- A proven ability to generate original ideas and turn them into successful stories, franchises, or multiplatform coverage plans
- Excellent editing, headline-writing, and story-packaging skills
- Strong organizational and operational skills, with the ability to manage people, deadlines, and multiple concurrent workstreams
- Deep knowledge of the NFL, its teams, and players, and the major issues and trends shaping the league
- A comprehensive understanding of the NFL calendar and news cycle, including games, roster movement, injuries, transactions, coaching changes, free agency, and the NFL Draft
- Experience using SEO, audience analytics, and other acquisition and engagement tools to inform editorial strategy
- Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-management skills
- An undergraduate degree, preferably in journalism, communications, or a related field
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) plan
- Life insurance coverage
- Disability benefits
- Tuition assistance program
- PTO
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