Sr Editor, NFL; CBS Sports

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CBS Sports is seeking a skilled, creative and highly organized Senior Editor to lead key aspects of its NFL coverage across  and CBS Sports platforms.

The Senior Editor will play a central leadership role within the NFL editorial team, helping set the coverage strategy and oversee its execution across breaking news, live games, analysis, features, rankings, previews, reactions and enterprise storytelling. This role requires more than strong editing skills:
We are looking for an ambitious editorial leader who can establish a clear vision, generate distinctive coverage ideas, manage and develop writers, and bring structure and accountability to a fast-moving newsroom operation. The NFL Draft will receive special attention in this role. The ideal candidate has exceptional news judgment, deep NFL knowledge and a proven ability to make confident editorial decisions under pressure.

This person should be equally comfortable directing coverage during a major breaking-news event, developing an ambitious long-term editorial franchise and coaching an individual writer toward stronger work. The Senior Editor will directly manage a team of writers, with responsibility for setting expectations, assigning coverage, providing regular feedback and supporting each employee’s professional development. They will also help establish team priorities, evaluate performance and foster a collaborative, creative and accountable culture.

This position is based in New York and requires schedule flexibility, including nights, weekends and holidays as NFL games, news cycles and editorial needs warrant.

• Help define and execute the overall editorial strategy for CBS Sports’ NFL coverage across daily, seasonal and long-term priorities
• Directly manage, mentor and develop a team of writers, setting clear expectations and providing consistent editorial and performance feedback
• Lead regular one-on-one meetings, contribute to formal performance evaluations and create development plans that help employees grow
• Hold writers accountable for productivity, quality, collaboration, audience performance and established editorial standard
• Establish clear daily and long-term coverage priorities, delegate assignments appropriately and ensure deadlines and deliverables are metli>
• Generate and develop original coverage ideas, franchises and enterprise projects that distinguish CBS Sports in a competitive NFL media landscapeli>
• Assign and edit breaking news, analysis, features, rankings, previews, reactions and other stories that meet CBS Sports’ editorial, legal and ethical standards
• Lead coverage surrounding NFL games, trades, injuries, coaching changes, free agency, the NFL Draft and other major league events
• Make decisive editorial calls during breaking news, live games and other high-volume coverage periods
• Work closely with writers to strengthen reporting, sharpen analysis, improve story structure and develop more compelling headlines and presentation
• Evaluate the strengths, opportunities and workloads of individual team members and deploy staff strategically across the coverage operation
• Identify gaps in coverage or team capabilities and recommend solutions, including new…