Women’s Content Executive – Chelsea FC

PLAY YOUR PART (Main Responsibilities):

• Create best-in-class women’s editorial content for the club’s official website and app that is suited for our global audience.
• Work Women’s games, home and away. Includes European and global travel where required.
• Provide leading coverage of home and away fixtures for the Men’s and Women’s teams, with a club focused approach to reporting.
• Interview Women’s players for wide-ranging content pieces to be published on official Chelsea channels.
• Report on pre- and post-match manager press conferences, with the focus on reporting the Chelsea news first and accurately.
• Create feature pieces that tell compelling stories around Chelsea Women.
• Seek new opportunities for content across the club’s media output.
• Deliver on Partner and Commercial campaigns as required.
• Identify news stories that could be used in content on Chelsea channels.
• Contribute to content planning alongside editorial, social & video teams.

DO THE RIGHT THING (Our Expectations):

• To demonstrate and live by the club’s values; Here to Win, Be Brave, Do the Right Thing, Play Your Part, Many Teams, One Club and Proud to Be Chelsea
• To adhere to the club’s policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Financial Authorisation, Confidentiality and GDPR.
• To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and demonstrate a positive commitment by treating others fairly in line with our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy and reporting any acts of discrimination through appropriate channels
• To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are either in your care or attending club premises, and report any concerns to the Safeguarding Lead
• To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department

HERE TO WIN (Measures of Performance):

• Possess an in-depth knowledge and interest in Women’s football and it is unique – and growing – position within the game.
• A natural storyteller with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and sound editorial judgement.
• Ability to work under pressure, with a solid eye for detail, and for a global audience.
• Must be comfortable with out-of-hours work and working to tight deadlines.
• Confident using a CMS and publishing for a global audience.
• A good team player, with the ability to feed into the wider editorial team but remain self-motivated to deliver story-driven content.

PROUD TO BE CHELSEA (Person Specification):

Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant field or NCTJ qualification.
• Previous experience in professional football media would be preferred.

Experience:

• At least two years working in professional football media.

Skills and Behaviours:

• Excellent writing skills.
• Experience of working to strict deadlines in a fast-paced media environment.
• Capable writer for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• Experience in dealing with high-profile personalities.
• Strong understanding of digital media and of professional football.
• Able to deal with sensitive situations tactfully and maintain confidentially.
• Experience working on brand campaigns.
• Confident communicator.