Senior Managing Editor / Sports and Production
The Villages Daily Sun
The Villages, Florida
See other jobs from this company| Date Posted | October 09, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Newspapers |
| Specialty | Sports/Outdoors |
| Required Education | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job Status | Full-time |
| Salary | $80,000 to $85,000 |
Description:
The Villages Daily Sun, Florida's largest daily printed newspaper — a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist with an APSE-honored sports section — is seeking a seasoned newsroom strategist who shares our passion for community journalism and unlocking the potential in our staff.
About this position
This is deputy-level role charged with oversight of the two managing editors who oversee the dayside sports reporting team and after-hours page production operation, so a cross-functional skillset in both newsgathering and visual editing is essential. We’re looking for a player-coach with at least five years of newsroom experience who is adept at setting an ambitious agenda, shepherding the work from conception to execution and making people feel good about a job well done.
You will directly hold the career development of a dozen people in your hands while coordinating across all newsroom teams to help chart the newsroom direction as a whole.
This is a print-centric role solely focused on journalistic excellence with no digital distractions (our newsroom does contribute to our TV and radio platforms). It requires advanced skills in interpreting and accurately presenting a wide range of information across subject matter, and deep knowledge of the world of sports is a must.
Ours is an onsite newsroom that believes in the power of eyeball-to-eyeball collaboration vs. the creative vacuum of a remote workflow. We print on our own state-of-the-art press, which means our 12-page daily sports section rarely misses the final score. We'll be counting on you to make sound editing decisions, deploy resources strategically and direct superior work under deadline pressure. Bonus points if you've already worked in a role coordinating with a nightside press team.
The role is typically Monday-Friday dayside work, but requires flexibility to work occasional nights and weekends when major sporting events will benefit from your high-level support.
About The Villages
The lifestyle in the largest retirement community on the planet, is a sports fan’s paradise.
· The smorgasbord for competitive and recreational athletes includes 247 pickleball courts, more than 100 swimming pools, two bowling centers and four softball complexes that host nearly 5,000 games each year.
· We're home to the most holes of golf of any community in the world — closing in on 800, including 14 championship courses.
· Our local athletes dominate at the state, national and international level with events at more than 100 recreation centers, dragonboating lakes and more than 100 miles of paved cycling and running trails.
· Our writers also cover sports across the region and prep sports at a new high school campus that boasts a massive basketball complex, Olympic-size swimming pool and 6,000-seat football stadium.
· As a community of 160,000 residents who have all relocated from somewhere else, we have fans from every state backing every professional sports team. So our wire report is robust and well read.
About the Villages Daily Sun
We are the 14th largest newspaper in the nation, powered by a newsroom of journalists defying the status quo — we're the only Top 20 newspaper in America that's still growing. Our newsroom values experimental thinking and the power of unconventional storytelling. We enjoy a generous newshole, impeccable print quality, modern tech resources and managerial support that enable good journalists to become truly great.
We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and access to a highly regarded charter school system in one of America's most idyllic settings. We're an hour from Orlando’s theme parks, 90 minutes to beaches in either direction and two hours from historic St. Augustine.
We look forward to your application. Apply today!
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