Xavierite Sports Editor - Student Employment Job at Saint Xavier University in C

Salary : $16.20 Hourly

Location : Chicago, IL

Job Type : Student Employment - FWS Required

Job Number : 01316

Department : Student Media SE

Opening Date : 08 / 06 / 2025

Summary

The Sports Editor is responsible for Sports content of The Xavierite. The Sports Editor responsible for assigning Sport stories to the Sports Reporter and Sports Columnists as well as maintaining contacts with contributors for the Sports section, generally filling 3 pages of content

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Sports section layout of The Xavierite newspaper
• Is a leading member of the Sports Committee
• Ensure that the Sports Section is three pages of content per issue
• Attends weekly section meetings with the Editor-in-Chief and The Deputy Editor-in-Chief
• Attends general staff meeting
• Meets weekly with his / her section writers
• Maintain weekly-posted office hours in The Xavierite office (6 hours per week).
• Ensures that majority of the content covered pertains to SXU Athletics.
• Ensures that the Sports Section has a variety of Sports News Stories and Sports Commentary stories
• Produces two articles per week
• Ensures that all Sports News Stories follow the same guidelines as a News Story would. (All articles are written accurately, fairly, and with as little bias as possible)
• Attends news writing workshop held by Director of Student Media

Qualifications

MUST BE A STUDENT AT SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Must be Federal Work Study Eligible

Must Include a Resume and Cover Letter

Additional Expectations

We inspire success by working together to provide meaningful, personalized service in a spirit of excellence. SXU seeks candidates that deliver value-added services in a responsive, collaborative, effective, and respectful manner.

The University is committed to diversity and encourages applications from individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Saint Xavier University affirms its position as a Catholic institution, inspired by the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy, and asserts its rights to employ persons who subscribe to the mission, vision and core values of the University.

Saint Xavier University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes all decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotions and all other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other factors protected by law. Hiring decisions will be based on the bona fide occupational qualifications of each applicant.