News Editor

DAZN News Editor

Department: 74-601 - Content - P&E - Publishing - DAZN News

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - Leeds

Reporting To: Gareth Jones

DAZN is transforming the way the world watches sport, bringing fans closer to the action with live and on-demand content anytime, anywhere. From football and boxing to global sporting events, we’re redefining the sports media experience for millions of fans worldwide. Our news and editorial teams play a key role in that mission, delivering fast, engaging, and insightful coverage that keeps fans informed and entertained every day.

If you’re passionate about sport, thrive in a fast-paced newsroom environment, and love creating content that sparks conversation among fans, DAZN offers the platform and audience to make a real impact.

As a News Content Editor at DAZN, you will create engaging sports content across both written and video formats for the DAZN News platform. With a strong understanding of Boxing and Football, you’ll react quickly to breaking stories and trending topics, producing high-quality editorial content that keeps fans informed and engaged. Working closely with global news teams, you’ll help ensure DAZN News becomes the go-to daily destination for passionate sports fans.

This role requires strong editorial judgement, creativity, and the ability to work at pace while maintaining high standards of accuracy and storytelling.

• Producing written articles covering breaking news and trending sports stories
• Creating short-form video content using DAZN’s sports rights and on-demand footage
• Working across multiple sports in collaboration with global news teams
• Covering major domestic and international sporting events
• Running live blogs for major sporting moments and breaking stories
• Supporting sub-editing and homepage management
• Contributing to DAZN’s social media editorial output
• Monitoring trending topics and reacting quickly with engaging content

• Proven experience writing both short-form and long-form sports articles
• Strong video editing skills and familiarity with image editing tools
• Interviewing experience and strong editorial judgement
• Understanding of SEO and article optimisation techniques
• Excellent knowledge of Boxing and Football

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.