Club Reporter

Major League Baseball's Club Reporter who covers the Pittsburgh Pirates is responsible for covering the Pirates during Spring Training, the regular season, any postseason games as well as the Winter Meetings. We seek someone who is a baseball nut, but who also appreciates the lighter side of the game and is inclusive of the casual fan, who can think and write quickly and accurately, and is intuitive about which types of content will resonate.

Responsibilities include:

• Build and develop trusted sources in the Pirates organization
• Conduct pre-game and post-game interviews with players, the Club's Manager, coaching staff and front office personnel to gain insight into Club performance
• Write news, game recaps, analysis and feature content
• React quickly and accurately during breaking news
• Augment content with photos, videos and a social media presence
• Communicate proactively with MLB Content department colleagues and leadership

Qualifications include:

• Three (3) or more years of relevant experience
• Excellent writing and self-editing skills
• Ability to juggle multiple responsibilities on deadline
• Thorough knowledge of baseball and statistics
• High degree of accuracy
• Being open to feedback, direction and new approaches on how to cover a Major League Baseball Club is crucial
• Sound news judgment
• Social media savvy
• Experience with content management systems and web publishing a plus
• Basic HTML and Photoshop skills a plus
• Must be willing to work nights and weekends. Must be available to travel as necessary.

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our "workforce athletes" to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America's pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB's vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.