Job Title: Sports Betting/Fantasy Sports Writer
Location: Remote within the United States
Company: Stokastic
About Us:
At Stokastic, we combine our expertise in sports gaming with a passion for entrepreneurship. Our team of employee-owners is composed of dedicated enthusiasts who have turned their love for sports betting and daily fantasy sports (DFS) into a thriving business. Founded in 2018, we have rapidly grown to a profitable company with 40 employees and millions in revenue.
Our mission is to create an unparalleled "everything but the checkout" experience for sports gamers, allowing them to immerse fully into an end-to-end experience—consuming content, researching data, finding bets, and building lineups. After placing bets, users return to track their bets, celebrate victories, and learn from losses, engaging with the Stokastic team and our vibrant community across a multitude of platforms.
Our probabilistic approach to betting emphasizes process over results, as reflected in our name, Stokastic (a homonym of stochastic). We are committed to creating a future where long-term strategic process and robust data triumphs over short-term randomness and anecdotes.
What Sets Us Apart:
- Rapid Growth: Since we opened our doors in 2018, we’ve grown to a profitable company with 40 employees and millions in revenue.
- Proven Success: Our team’s expertise, with tens of millions in combined winnings, enables us to teach others how to win.
- Comprehensive Platform: We're building a one-stop-shop for sports gaming, where users immerse themselves with our platform for everything except placing bets.
- Engaged Community: Our platform fosters a vibrant community where users share experiences and insights, interacting with the Stokastic team and each other.
- Innovative Approach: We make advanced betting strategies accessible, teaching probabilistic thinking and emphasizing process over results.
- Enjoyable Challenges: Our work involves solving intriguing problems that reflect the excitement of the games we focus on, blending fun and innovation with impactful solutions.
About the Role:
- Contribute to our editorial strategy for sports betting, fantasy sports, and best ball content.
- Produce exceptional content that helps our users win, including longform evergreen strategy pieces, picks/lineup recommendations, and promotional content that highlights our products and partners.
- Collaborate with our editorial team to create content for our website, email newsletter, and social media channels.
Who You Are:
- Obsessed with Sports Gaming: You think about sports gaming even when brushing your teeth. This isn't just a job for you—it's a passion that drives you every day.
- Creative Thinker: You have a knack for creating engaging and impactful content.
- Proactive Problem-Solver: You anticipate trends and storylines in the sports gaming world and act on them.
- Detail-Oriented: You prioritize content accurately and spot emerging trends on social media.
- Collaborative Team Player: You work well in a team setting, cross-collaborating effectively.
- Audience Engager: You enjoy interacting with the audience and building conversations around your content.
- Flexible Worker: You are open to working occasional nights and weekends as the sports schedule dictates.
Qualifications:
- At least one year of experience producing content.
- Profitable sports gamer or strong desire to become one (we can teach you).
- Keen eye for spotting trends and prioritizing content.
Why Join Us:
- Relentless Growth: Join a team committed to continuous learning and personal development.
- Empowered Autonomy: Own your projects from inception to completion.
- Enjoyable Challenges: Engage in intriguing problems inspired by the excitement of the games we focus on, blending fun and innovation with impactful solutions.
- Flexible Location: Work from anywhere in the United States.
- Vibrant Community: Connect with like-minded individuals who share your interests and enthusiasm.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Unlimited PTO, health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents, 401k, home office allowance, and more.
- Competitive Compensation: Targeted salary range of $50,000 to $100,000, depending on experience, plus equity. If you believe your skills are exceptional and warrant higher compensation, we encourage you to apply and discuss your qualifications with us. We are open to negotiation for the right candidate!