Job Summary
The Seasonal Writer/Researcher will be responsible for helping to create a range of digital content for MLB throughout the 2025 season. This person will perform a wide variety of tasks that are crucial to the site’s daily baseball coverage, which means versatility is key. This position may involve many types of writing opportunities, such as breaking news, features and player analysis. Other potential duties could include writing and publishing push notifications through the MLB App, editing and producing digital content, and performing research tasks to assist our content team and partners. Therefore, this position requires someone with comprehensive knowledge of and passion for baseball, strong writing and editing skills, proficiency with statistics and various research tools and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. This is not an office-based position and we will therefore consider candidates from any U.S. location. However, a flexible schedule is a must, including availability for late nights and weekends. Candidates who want to be seriously considered must include a cover letter with the application. Writing samples are also encouraged.
Responsibilities
● Write news articles and other content
● Write and publish push notifications through the MLB App
● Edit copy and handle web production tasks
● Contribute statistical research and analysis
Qualifications and Skills
● The ability to write quickly and accurately, with attention to detail regarding spelling,grammar and style
● Sound news judgment and an eye for important storylines
● Thorough knowledge of baseball, especially current players and trends, and comfort with the sport’s terminology
● Familiarity with baseball statistics, including advanced metrics and Statcast
● The ability to conduct research via sites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs and Baseball Savant, with a willingness to learn new tools
● Experience with content management systems and web publishing
● Knowledge of social media and SEO
Pay Rate: $22 per hour
The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision.
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
California based applicants have certain rights under California law.Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.
Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You
will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at [email protected]. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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