AddressNine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.
Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.
Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.
We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.
Job Description
We are looking for two 9Now Sports Content Programmers to help deliver the Live and onDemand 9Now platform curation strategy across the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games.
The successful candidates will work across a 24/7 rotating roster and be available for the duration of both events, including weekends as required.
These are brand new positions and a unique career opportunity for someone looking to play an integral part in the delivery of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, available live and free on 9Now
Day to day responsibilities include but won’t be limited to:
- Curate and manage the layout of Sports Live,VOD and TV series content on the 9Now homepage and individual Sports landing pages across Web, Apps and Connected TV Devices.
- Make fast-paced editorial decisions on where to place breaking news, features and business-priority Sports content.
- Feedback priorities to Video editorial team based on audience trends and insights
- Check and sub-edit multimedia content to tight deadlines, ensuring it is in keeping with the 9Now and Wide World of Sports editorial style and formats.
- Use available analytics tools to optimise homepage and Sports landing page layout for all video content.
- Responsible for copywriting and overseeing titles, subtitles and descriptions for all 9Now on platform Sports programming & sub-editing where required.
- Apply SEO and homepage publishing strategies to maximise reach of all content.
- Work with Marketing on push notification strategy to drive audience engagement.
- Report on content performance to stakeholders, identifying audience trends and behaviours across Live and Video onDemand content.
- Assisting content teams deliver to editorial deadlines as necessary
- Assisting to achieve operational readiness across 9Now Content and Operational teams.
Qualifications
What we would like to see on your resume:
- Be available from latest June 1st until mid September
- Able to work weekends and nights when required.
- A deep understanding of Sports television and BVOD market
- Strong editorial and curation skills, with ability to identify content that will engage with audiences
- Demonstrated effective copywriting
- Experience in content curation and content management
- Analytical and critical thinking skills, and experience with ratings / other performance metrics
- Ability to analyse trends and report and act on them using data and analytics
- Experience using content management systems
- Time management and ability to prioritise
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to plan and implement data driven programing stunts and strategies
Additional Information
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
