Junior Content Creator, Esports - Short Form

theScore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PENN Entertainment , empowers millions of sports fans through its digital media and sports betting products. Its media app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular in North America, delivering fans highly personalized live scores, news, stats, and betting information from their favorite teams, leagues, and players. theScore’s sports betting app ‘theScore Bet Sportsbook & Casino’ delivers an immersive and holistic mobile sports betting and iCasino experience. theScore Bet is currently live in the Company's home province of Ontario. theScore also creates and distributes innovative digital content through its web, social and esports platforms.

Do you have a passion for gaming and the future of esports? Are you a creative individual wanting to contribute to the leading industry of esports content? theScore esports is the largest English-language esports media entity in the world. This position will give you an opportunity to work across all of our growing social media platforms, and influence the future of our coverage. This is a video editor role focussed on short-form editing and pitching ideas and concepts that can work across all of our social media platforms.

Typical Workday at theScore:

• Maintaining a social media presence that elevates theScore esports’ brand through Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram, Twitter etc.
• Create viral esports content that people enjoy sharing, including video, images, infographics, memes, and animations for our social media platforms.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure the production of high-quality work.
• Keeping up with latest trends in storytelling, video production, social media and esports.
• Pitch and contribute ideas and concepts for our various social media platforms.
• Other duties as required.
• Film, edit and compose graphics and video to support theScore esports’ content production.
• Assist in any other relevant tasks related to video content.
• Create and develop engaging content while writing scripts for reels, shorts, and other video content on our social media platforms.

Requirements:

• Experience with social media platforms, specifically YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter as well as tools such as Tweetdeck.
• Knowledge of internet pop culture is an asset.
• Be a fan of all things gaming. Have a thirst for everything and anything related to competitive gaming and the broader gaming world!.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Available to work weekends and evenings when required.
• Ability to write creative and engaging social media posts on our various platforms including captions and headlines. Being a memer is a big plus!
• Experience with Non-Linear Editing Software (Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and/or Final Cut Pro).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with After Effects and Photoshop is a benefit.

About The Team

Working hand-in-hand with both our editorial content and video departments, you’ll help deliver incredible esports content to our vast social audience. We have a close-knit team that’s always happy to talk gaming, or put together a stack for various titles after work. The job is also a chance to connect with some of the most passionate people in esports about the scenes we all love.

What We Offer

• Fun, relaxed work environment.
• Comprehensive Benefits package.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Education and conference reimbursements

theScore is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.