Heavy, a leading news and information website, is looking to partner a hard-charging, entrepreneurial freelance contributors to cover UFC.
Candidates Should Be Able to Demonstrate the Following
- A passion for and deep understanding of UFC specifically and combat sports broadly
- Proven ability to vet, verify and confirm information
- A track record of professional UFC coverage
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills
- Ability and desire to react rapidly to breaking news
- Strong multi-tasking and communication skills
- Ability to quickly navigate social media — especially Twitter and Instagram — to spot breaking news and find additional information after a story breaks
- Ability to produce clean and polished copy
Work autonomously and remotely. Compensation scales with performance. Send cover letter, resume and three writing samples to Ben Doody at ben@heavy.com with UFC writer in the subject line.
