SC Seeks Website News & Content Editor

Standardbred Canada's Information, Communications & Innovation Department, which oversees the SC website and TROT Magazine, is seeking an accomplished and energetic individual for a position with Canada’s leading horse racing website.

Reporting to the Director of Digital Communications, the Website News & Content Editor is responsible for planning, creating, editing, and publishing information on the Standardbred Canada website and through its social media channels.

This is a contract position, with a Sunday-Thursday schedule. The position will require flexibility performing duties outside of the normal Sunday-Thursday daily schedule (ie., nights and weekends).

Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Report on harness racing events across North America for the daily news website, covering multiple racetracks and events during a given shift.

  • Format, edit and post news releases and photographs using an online content management system.

  • Develop and write feature stories and other value added content for the website, which may include using various forms of multimedia.

  • Assist with communications, media relations and outreach, as required, including writing and distributing pitches when appropriate, news releases and exclusive stories to the media.

  • Travel, from time to time, to events or for the purpose of covering stories or news.

  • Assist with coordination of tasks / responsibilities / expectations of freelance staff when needed.

  • Work with the Director of Digital Communications to plan and execute featured web content.

  • Assist with content for SC’s social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) as needed, including writing content and photo editing, working on special projects, and video production when required.

  • Work with the Director of Digital Communications to plan and execute social media content.

  • Support for the Director of Digital Communications on website and digital channel development as needed.

  • Offer ideas on how this organization can better serve its membership.

The successful applicant will demonstrate strong writing, proofreading and organizational skills with a high level of industry knowledge. Experience handling multiple communications-based tasks in a fast-paced collaborative environment while illustrating solid judgment and problem-solving abilities is required.

Applicants will be expected to perform some duties from a home office setting.

Please submit applications via email, with a cover letter and resume, to Jeff Porchak, Director of Digital Communications by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Monday, May 31, 2021.

We thank all those who apply, but only those applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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