Founded in 2009, FanDuel has redefined fantasy sports in pursuit of its mission of making sports more exciting. FanDuel offers a multitude of one-day, weekly and season-long game options for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and the EPL, with new public and private leagues forming daily, ranging in size from two to thousands of players. FanDuel is the Official Partner of the NBA and has multiple deals with NFL and NBA teams, driving fan engagement, hosting numerous live events and creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for sports fans throughout the year. Founded by Nigel Eccles, Lesley Eccles, Tom Griffiths, Rob Jones, and Chris Stafford, FanDuel is based in New York City with offices in Los Angeles, Orlando, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. FanDuel has raised funding from KKR, Google Capital, Time Warner/Turner Sports, Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Pentech Ventures, Piton Capital and Bullpen Capital.

About the Job

We're looking for a sports communications executive who can insert FanDuel in broader sports trend stories as well as responding to topical news coverage on a daily basis. This person should build a plan to work with sports and lifestyle media around the country, so that FanDuel is positioned and spoken about as a sports entertainment company. By having third parties (reporters) reference FanDuel amongst other sports stories, we align with the industry, and consumers begin to hear about our company in a positive light.

Some of what you’ll do:

• Work marketing and product ops to launch fantasy leagues for players and partners
• Engage agencies to execute activations and consumer stunts that generate national news coverage to capitalize on the momentum s/he has created.

Characteristics of a successful candidate:

• Great track record in consumer publicity, preferably sports
• Experience working both in-house and for agency
• Experience with campaign management
• Existing contacts within sports and lifestyle journalism across the country
• An understanding of sports news & a fantastic record of generating stories
• Ability to think creatively and conceptualize and execute press campaigns
• Ability to work with various internal departments to create news
• Driven, self-starter who can work autonomously
• Experience managing people
• Confident writer and speaker

Why FanDuel?

Beyond working with such a great team?

• A challenging environment with real growth
• Work on the front line of sports entertainment
• Unlimited holiday allowance
• 401K plan
• 100% coverage of health insurance premiums
• Stock Options

There's more, but we don't want to go on and on.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.