Sports Editor

The Montana Standard in Butte is seeking an innovative, digital-first sports leader to work with a statewide team of editors and reporters to drive coverage of local high school athletics, two NCAA Division I universities and six NAIA colleges.

The ideal candidate will be a jack-of-all-trades. You'll edit and coach. You'll write. You'll network and build relationships. You'll organize and strategize coverage - including video and photo elements. You'll have a hands-on role for social media. You'll use analytics to inform decision-making. This position will include direct management of one sports reporter in the Butte newsroom and report to the statewide sports director.

The Standard sports editor will also play a prominent leadership role for 406mtsports.com, the statewide sports website for Lee Enterprises, bringing together coverage from across the Last Best Place - including high schools from Billings to Missoula, the Big Sky Conference with Montana and Montana State, and the NAIA's Frontier Conference including Montana Tech in Butte and Montana Western in Dillon.

406mtsports is Lee Enterprises' fastest-growing digital sports platform - and we're only going to keep building in 2024 and beyond.

The fifth largest city in Montana with a population of about 35,000, Butte is situated in the northern Rocky Mountains on the Continental Divide and known internationally as the "Richest Hill on Earth" for its deep history of mining gold, silver, and copper. Uptown Butte - don't call it downtown - is on the National Register of Historic Places with an architecturally pleasing downtown and one of the neatest restaurants in the state, Casagranda's Steakhouse.

There are two major retail developments in the works in Butte, which is located about an hour west of Bozeman and two hours southeast of Missoula on Interstate 90.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises, Inc. offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 70-plus markets in more than 20 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply at https://lee.net/careers/ and search for Butte. Be sure to include a cover letter, resume, and links to clip (or clips) of your work.
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