Jobs

Back9Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Note: ALL resumes should be sent to: info (at) back9network.com

NEW: Digital content engagement manager

Back9Network is the world’s first multiplatform media company dedicated to the lifestyle of people who love golf. We are committed to the inclusion of all people to participate in and love the sport of golf, to make new friendships, and to share great experiences. Located in the Phoenix Building in the heart of Hartford, CT, Back9Network just opened its amazing new headquarters and digital studio. We have a lot of momentum, we’re growing, and we need to fill some key roles to help us move forward.

Job description

Working with a diverse team, including full-time staff and a score of high-profile contributors, the digital content engagement manager will be responsible for all digital content marketing activities, including outbound messaging, social media campaigns, content partnership management, and syndication of Back9Network content across its own and affiliated digital properties. Activities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

Brainstorming campaigns and positioning that leverages our social media platforms and outbound services, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and more
Owning the editorial calendar for social media sites and outbound messaging services, including daily and weekly newsletters
Interact with external parties, such as creative agencies, content curators, and social media platforms, to source relevant and remarkable content
Managing all day-to-day activities related to fan engagement, engaging in dialogues and answering fan questions, for example) and publishing content according to editorial calendars
Staying up-to-date on new social media trends, bringing new ideas to the table
Writing and publishing content on an ongoing basis, including content unique to the daily and weekly newsletters, and/or coordinating with contributors for those services
Interacting with fans, followers, viewers on our social media sites in a responsible, engaging, fun manner -- we’re a lifestyle brand, and our personality needs to shine in every medium
Driving positive consumer engagement in the community
Engaging with key influencers and advocacy agents to amplify our message in their social graphs
Monitoring Back9Network return on engagement (ROE) metrics on a daily basis, report on them appropriately, and help us draw the proper actionable conclusions
Attracting more fans and followers across verticals, including travel, wine, food, cars, and other realms, to ensure our messages reach large audiences
Communicating on trends, interesting posts, key influencers, questions and problems that arise during daily assignment

Qualifications

Basic qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or a related field
Minimum 3+ years professional work experience in Community Management
Minimum 2+ years experience using tools for social media publishing, monitoring and reporting, e.g., OutBrain, Wildfire, HootSuite

Preferred traits:

Strong passion for social media marketing and fan engagement
Strong passion for lifestyle topics, including travel, food, humor, wine and spirits, and pop culture
At least a casual interest in sports, golf specifically, is a necessity, but if you’re only interested in being a golf nerd and can’t think broadly about the lifestyle of people who play, you’re not going to fit, either
Previous history of content marketing and customer engagement for large media brands is strongly preferred
Excellent communication skills and an outstanding attention to detail
Must be able to conceive, draft, proofread, edit, and maintain editorial calendars and responses
Strong analytics monitoring skills and history of using third-party analytics tools
Adept interpersonal and communication skills
Outstanding time management skills and the ability to prioritize and multi-task
Excellent project management skills and strong attention to detail (ability to plan and anticipate challenges, manage resources, bring cross functional teams together, and maintain budgets)
Ability to coach others on the team in engaging fans responsibly
Team player and the ability to work independently
Agency experience might be helpful
You harbor much disdain for typographic errors.

NEW: Senior Web producer

Job description

Working with a diverse team, including full-time staff and a score of high-profile contributors, and reporting to the director of digital programming, the senior Web producer is responsible for producing top-shelf digital media content that our fans find engaging, is aligned with the tone and timber of the Back9Network style and mission, and supports all our efforts to engage not just fans, but also the professional athletes, celebrities, sponsors, and other media brands affiliated with Back9Network.

Activities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

Owning the editorial calendar for your assigned beat in the Back9Network lifestyle media team, you will craft content plans that are timely, topical, and engaging
Producing content according to that plan, working across the internal team, freelance resources, external design and development people
Coordinating closely with the digital engagement manager to ensure that content is not created in a vacuum, your plans will consider every aspect of what we do as a media brand, from how we create it, to what assets we need, to who might want to sponsor it, to how we should position it in our live streaming products, to how we talk about it to our fans
Writing whatever pieces need to be written, sourcing photos from all relevant resources, helping to script video content, and holding yourself accountable for creating content that would be considered amongst the best on the Web; you won’t be writing articles, then dumping a link on Twitter, then moving on to the next article
Participating in the ongoing, daily, outbound digital media activities, including social media, that supports directly our overall mission and your content goals
Collaborating with sales and product people to craft content offerings that appeal to our key sponsors
Being a standard bearer for the Back9Network tone and timber... we are responsibly outspoken, we’re inclusive, we’re snarky, we like fun, and you are adamant about maintaining that tone

Basic qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field
Minimum 4+ years professional work experience in producing content for a media company using standard content management systems/workflows
Minimum 2+ years experience using tools for social media publishing, monitoring and reporting, e.g., OutBrain, Wildfire, HootSuite

Preferred traits

Proven, long history of producing top-shelf-quality content for a major media brand, at a broad campaign level, from ideation to writing to creating photo galleries to helping sales to land a sponsor for it
Ability to jump into any content management system and quickly begin contributing
Solid history of crafting video scripts, photo galleries, multi-component content packages
Total lack of fear of Photoshop, Excel, Keynote, long hours, weekend work, dubstep
A background in lifestyle media, whether travel, food, consumer services, pop culture, or media
A casual interest in sports, and golf generally, will help enormously; an even stronger interest in humor and pop culture is necessary
Deep understanding of SEO and what it takes to attract users algorithmically
Deeper understanding of how social media supports content sharing
Yet deeper understanding of how social media IS content and how it makes people feel about our brand
You’re a writer at heart, you know what I mean by that, and you have a strong opinion, in the affirmative, about the use of the Oxford comma.

NEW: Director of digital programming

Job description

Working with a diverse team, including full-time staff and a score of high-profile contributors, and reporting to the company’s overall digital lead, the director of digital programming will be responsible for every facet of the ideation, production, and implementation of the highest-possible quality digital content for the Back9Nation. activities will include:

First and foremost, you are the managing editor of Back9Network’s digital properties and the team behind them, managing directly the Back9Network digital editorial staff, its work schedule, its assignments, and coordinating its overall workflow across and within content packages, verticals, and engagement models
Coordinating contributions in a timely and topical fashion from our top-notch freelance staff, ensuring they are contributing directly to the ongoing flow of content creation
Coordinating with our brand ambassadors, including affiliated media personalities, to procure content that raises visibility for them and Back9Network as one collective voice
Ensuring that the tone and timber of all Back9Network content adheres to our style... we are responsibly outspoken, we’re inclusive, we’re snarky, we like fun, and you are adamant about maintaining that tone
Owning and maintaining the overall editorial calendar for Back9Network digital properties, across every facet, including the Web, social media, and outbound services, such as newsletters
Conceptualizing and executing on plans to create top-shelf-quality content that engages our fans, our partners, and our sponsors
Where necessary, doing it yourself. Any of it. Writing an article, building a photo gallery, editing a script, calling a freelancer to manage editorial tweaks. Whatever it takes to ensure we establish and hold on to a constant drumbeat of quality content.

Basic qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field
Minimum 6+ years professional work experience in producing content for a media company using standard content management systems/workflows
Minimum 3+ years experience using tools for social media publishing, monitoring and reporting, e.g., OutBrain, Wildfire, HootSuite
Minimum 4+ years experience in managing editorial operations for a large media brand, including oversight of producers, freelancers, design resources

Preferred traits

History of participating in the product management roadmap and lifecycle for content creation and management tools
A deep appreciation for project management best practices, including resource balancing
History of managing a 24/7/365 media operation with multiple user-facing properties
Proven ability to craft editorial planning documentation both to drive new eyeballs and capitalize with agility on breaking news
A history of working with large lifestyle brands, especially around travel, food, wine, gaming, gear, cars, or consumer services
Total lack of fear of long hours, startup mentality, Photoshop, Wu Tang Clan, or Oxford commas
As a matter of fact, you demand the use of Oxford commas, style guides, and Wu Tang Clan.
A casual interest, at least, in sports and sports lifestyle topics, especially those pertaining to golf, is strongly preferred
You think “Caddyshack” is hilarious.