Digital Content Editor- England & Wales Cricket Board

The main purpose of the role is to follow the England team and produce engaging written, video and editorial content from within the camp.

The successful applicant will work within the digital department but operationally in a two-man team covering all England matches, home and abroad, producing exciting and innovative content to make ecb.co.uk a destination for cricket fans, to grow our digital channels and deliver against cricket’s plan of more play, great teams and inspired fans.

Complexity

While delivering against a content plan and strategy, the holder will have autonomy when posting to our website and England Cricket’s social media channels, which amount to 5m people. As such, the role requires sound judgement, a calm approach, adaptability and attention to detail.

Crucially, they must be happy working out of office hours across the UK and during England’s long winter tours. In 2016 England were on tour for more than 150 days.

Resource

The post does not involve direct management but will require close working with our two digital agencies who provide video, editorial and social media support.

Role Purpose

The role involves:

• Writing match reports and features and publishing to ecb.co.uk
• Conducting and editing video interviews with England players
• Management of our established social media channels and knowledge of industry best practices
• In-depth content planning
• Effective performance measurement
• Building relationships with England players and management
• Delivering partner digital rights
• riting match reports and features and publishing to ecb.co.uk
• Conducting and editing video interviews with England players
• Management of our established social media channels and knowledge of industry best practices
• In-depth content planning
• Effective performance measurement
• Building relationships with England players and management
• Delivering partner digital rights

Impact

The role plays a key part in growing cricket and reaching new fans.

The holder will act as the voice of England cricket, representing the team and management. A clear understanding of timing and tone is imperative.

The role also works closely with written and broadcast media – you must act as an ambassador for ECB and England team when in their company.

The England Editor will work with our partners to deliver significant digital rights.

Influence

The role holder will need to build relationships with the England team and management, earning their trust and buy-in to help deliver exclusive content.

You will also need to develop contacts within the media, both inside and outside of cricket, to distribute content and be comfortable dealing with our broadcast partners at a senior level.

Skills & Experience

Expertise

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in digital content production
• Experience of working with an elite sports team
• An exceptional knowledge of cricket
• Good writing skills and sound editorial judgement
• Significant experience of content creation on a variety of digital platforms
• The ability to edit video content with a quick turnaround
• Basic Photoshop skills
• A self-starter but comfortable working towards department objectives

Attributes

• An enthusiastic and outgoing personality
• Hard-working, flexible, adaptable with a passion for live sport
• Demonstrable ability to learn new skills
• The ability to perform incredibly well under pressure
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, manage and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to deal effectively with people at all levels
• Strong initiative with a ‘can do’ attitude and willingness to be flexible in approach to achieve desired outcomes