ClutchPoints
Houston Rockets Reporter
Job Summary
ClutchPoints’ Houston Rockets Reporter will lead our on-site reporting coverage for the Rockets. They will need to be credentialed for games and practices in Houston and write timely, engaging content in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has been credentialed for sporting events before, has a strong understanding of the 24/7 news cycle, is adept at making relationships with players, coaches, agents and execs and is well-versed in sharing their content on social media and various digital sports platforms.
Duties
- Attend home games and practices for the Rockets
- Report off of press conferences, obtain exclusive interviews and shoot video to capture viral content as appropriate
- Identify content opportunities to maximize real-time traffic utilizing our internal content strategy and identification guide
- Write trending real-time news and analysis articles focusing on postgame coverage
- Ideate and write in-depth opinion editorial topics based on trending news stories
- Communicate with editorial team to optimize SEO-winning search headlines and story composition
- Send published articles for distribution to our social media channels
- Follow our breaking news protocol to quickly capitalize on stories in real-time
- Track Google Trends for content ideas for the Rockets
Basic Qualifications
- 1+ years of sports reporting experience
- Proficiency with SEO preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with editorial and content creation for the Rockets and the NBA at large
- Passion and advanced understanding of the Rockets and the NBA at large
- Understanding of trending NBA news and how to craft stories/headlines to capitalize on those moments
- Available to work on nights and weekends, as the NBA schedule dictates
- Ability to multitask with multiple objectives
- Established social media following, ideally consisting of Rockets fans, is preferred