Join us as a Sports Analyst Intern at Sidelines, a New Social Sports Start-up Job Listing at Sidelines in United States of America

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Posted: 02/06/2013
Refreshed: 05/21/2013
Application deadline: None
Type: Internship
Career Level: Internship
Salary Range: Not specified
Number of Jobs: 1
Relocation Available: No
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What is Sidelines?

Sidelines (http://sidelinesapp.com) is a new platform for high-quality discussions about sports. Sidelines features a reputation system that tracks expertise around sports and our goal is to become the de-facto measure of expertise and influence in the world of sports.

We have built a small, close knit, highly curated community of smart, savvy sports enthusiasts on Sidelines. Many members of the Sidelines community are aspiring sports analysts or writers who start and participate in interesting and entertaining discussions based on hot sports topics, and in the process build up their reputation (known simply as Rep) as experts on their favorite sports.

Why be a Sidelines Sports Analyst?

Being a Sidelines sports Analyst is an opportunity to get your foot in the door in the world of sports writing and sports media and to build your reputation as a sports expert. Whether you want to be a sports journalist, writer, or analyst, making well-thought out arguments about your thesis and engaging in discussion and debate with is very important in order to improve your skills. Sidelines will give you the opportunity to improve your sports analysis skills by exposing your analysis and writing to a hardcore audience of smart sports enthusiasts.

Interacting with sports fans and enthusiasts is also important in order for you to build your brand. Sidelines will also let you interact with your audience directly to engage them in high-quality discussions and debate around sports.

As you create interesting posts and engage in smart, entertaining discussions, your Rep on Sidelines will steadily increase. The Sidelines Rep system rewards you with Rep Points based on the quality of your posts and arguments. As your Rep increases, so does your Level, each new Level brings with it additional powers. The Sidelines Reputation system has been designed by renowned game designer George Elias (co-creator of Magic: The Gathering) to be a tangible, credible measure of your expertise around your favorite sports and teams, and a measure of your ability to engage your audience.

As the Sidelines community grows over the next year, Sidelines' Reputation system will become the de-facto standard for reputation and influence in the sporting community. Getting on Sidelines at this early stage will let you get a head-start in building your Reputation before we open our doors to the broader community. In fact, based on the strength of your application for the Sidelines Analyst position, you can start off with an enhanced Rep Score and at an enhanced Level (while regular Sidelines users will have to build their Rep from 0 and start at Level 1.)


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