Seasonal Fantasy Football Researcher

About the role

The Fantasy Football Researcher helps to drive the development and distribution of fantasy research throughout NFL Media platforms, ensuring editorial consistency and factual accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Drives the research and dissemination of fantasy football research throughout NFL Media, including within NFL.com articles, podcasts, FAST shows, and NFL Pro within NFL+ Premium
• Contributes to daily content distribution plan that pushes targeted research materials to content creators throughout the Media Group
• Develops original storylines, notes, nuggets and “boards” that provide statistical context around fantasy football topics, matchups and news
• Recognizes and anticipates league and team trends, applying appropriate statistics to create content
• Ensures factual accuracy of all content generated
• Works within our standards for high quality research content while maintaining tireless work ethic on a consistent basis
• Works closely with producers, editors, digital team, talent and writers
• Utilizes broad football knowledge and awareness of the NFL Media Group’s platform to anticipate the research needs
• Collaborate with research team on best practices regarding both dedicated show research and general research support
• Recommends changes to enhance current research methods and standards
• Must be able to adhere to strict deadlines and react to breaking news
• Strong writing and editing skills are required
• Strong attention to detail skills are required
• Must be able to communicate information accurately

Required Qualifications

• 1-3 years professional experience working within the fantasy football content space, statistics or covering sports events and news
• Undergraduate degree
• Strong foundation of knowledge about football statistics and fantasy football scoring systems and league types
• Tech-savvy, with strong command of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
• Strong familiarity with digital and social platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sports media
• Previous work experience working for or covering fantasy football
• Experience generating your own fantasy football content
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and on deadline
• Knowledge of football research databases/resources a plus (i.e. Pro Football Reference, Next Gen Stats, Rotoworld and/or nfl.com)
• Thorough knowledge of football media landscape, including emerging platforms and competing properties
• Detailed knowledge of television production processes, including awareness of key editorial roles