News Editor

Department: 74-601 - Content - P&E - Publishing - DAZN News

Location: US - New York

Description Why Join DAZN?DAZN is transforming the way the world watches sport, bringing fans closer to the action with live and on-demand content anytime, anywhere. From football and boxing to global sporting events, we’re redefining the sports media experience for millions of fans worldwide. Our news and editorial teams play a key role in that mission, delivering fast, engaging, and insightful coverage that keeps fans informed and entertained every day. If you’re passionate about sport, thrive in a fast-paced newsroom environment, and love creating content that sparks conversation among fans, DAZN offers the platform and audience to make a real impact.
The Role:As a News Content Editor at DAZN, you will create engaging sports content across both written and video formats for the DAZN News platform. With a strong understanding of Boxing and NFL, you’ll react quickly to breaking stories and trending topics, producing high-quality editorial content that keeps fans informed and engaged. Working closely with global news teams, you’ll help ensure DAZN News becomes the go-to daily destination for passionate sports fans. This role requires strong editorial judgement, creativity, and the ability to work at pace while maintaining high standards of accuracy and storytelling.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Producing written articles covering breaking news and trending sports stories
• Creating short-form video content using DAZN’s sports rights and on-demand footage
• Working across multiple sports in collaboration with global news teams
• Covering major domestic and international sporting events
• Running live blogs for major sporting moments and breaking stories
• Supporting sub-editing and homepage management
• Contributing to DAZN’s social media editorial output
• Monitoring trending topics and reacting quickly with engaging content

What You'll Bring:

• Proven experience writing both short-form and long-form sports articles
• Strong video editing skills and familiarity with image editing tools
• Interviewing experience and strong editorial judgement
• Understanding of SEO and article optimisation techniques
• Excellent knowledge of Boxing and NFL

Benefits Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off and 9 days of annual leave, health benefits (including dental & eye care) and a generous sick time package as well as short and long-term disability covering, parental leave offering, personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.