VP Digital Editorial

Job Posting Title: VP Digital Editorial Req ID: 10159570 Job Description: At ESPN, we are shaping the future of sports storytelling and how fans discover, experience, and engage with sports across digital platforms. The Vice President, Digital Editorial will be a senior leader responsible for defining and advancing ESPN’s digital editorial strategy, ensuring our storytelling remains distinctive, relevant, innovative, and deeply connected to fans. This leader will set the vision for how ESPN creates, packages, distributes, and evolves digital content while balancing editorial excellence, audience growth, innovation, and business performance. Leading a multi-layered organization of editors, reporters, and digital content leaders, the VP will bring exceptional editorial judgment, strong business acumen, and a deep understanding of evolving consumer behaviors, technology, and the sports media landscape. What You’ll Do Set the Digital Editorial Vision & Strategy Define and drive a forward-looking digital editorial strategy that strengthens ESPN’s leadership in sports storytelling and aligns with broader audience and business priorities. Anticipate shifts in consumer behavior, technology, platforms, and the competitive landscape to evolve how ESPN creates, packages, distributes, and delivers digital content. Drive Audience Growth, Engagement & Innovation Drive audience growth and engagement through distinctive storytelling, editorial franchises, and innovative content experiences across platforms. Leverage audience insights, performance data, and market trends to inform editorial priorities, investment decisions, and new opportunities for growth. Champion innovation in how fans discover, consume, and engage with ESPN content while maintaining the highest standards of editorial quality, accuracy, and credibility. Lead the Business & Organization Lead and develop a multi-layered digital editorial organization, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and high performance. Own the financial and operating priorities of the function, ensuring resources and investments are aligned to ESPN’s highest-impact audience and business opportunities. Partner across Programming, Product, Technology, Marketing, Research, Sales, Finance, and The Walt Disney Company to connect digital editorial strategy with broader fan experience and business objectives. Required Qualifications A minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in digital editorial, journalism, media, content, or a related field, including significant senior leadership responsibility. A minimum of 7 years of experience leading managers, senior leaders, and multi-layered organizations. Demonstrated success defining and executing digital editorial or content strategies within a complex media, sports, entertainment, or consumer-facing organization. Exceptional editorial judgment and storytelling expertise, with experience overseeing high-profile, complex, and multi-p