Open role
Data Editor (Sports) - Talent Pool - Pakistan
About Simply.TV
At Simply.TV, we believe that finding the right show or game to watch should feel effortless — and behind that seamless experience is a passionate team making sure every title, every match, and every piece of content is accurate, rich, and ready to shine. We're a global company of 400+ people on a mission to build the world's best TV, movie, and sports data — powering content discovery for millions of viewers across the globe. If that sounds like something you'd love to be part of, we'd love to meet you.
What you will do
As a Sports Data Editor, you'll help make sure the sports information our customers rely on is accurate, complete, and up to date.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Researching and verifying information about sports events, competitions, leagues, teams, players, schedules, and results.
- Creating, updating, and maintaining sports records in our database.
- Reviewing metadata related to fixtures, competitions, teams, venues, participants, and event details.
- Identifying and correcting missing, inaccurate, duplicated, or inconsistent sports data.
- Using reliable sports sources to validate and enrich information.
- Monitoring schedule changes, postponements, cancellations, and other updates that may affect event data.
- Following internal editorial guidelines and quality standards to ensure consistency across our database.
- Working quickly and accurately with large volumes of sports data, especially when information changes close to or during live events.
- Collaborating with colleagues and other teams when information needs clarification or further investigation.
- Learning new tools, processes, sports structures, and content standards as projects and customer needs evolve.
This is not an open position — but it could be your foot in the door!
We're building a community of talented, detail-driven people who are passionate about TV, movies, streaming content, and working with data.
While there isn't an open position right now, joining our TV & Streaming Editorial Talent Pool gives us the opportunity to get to know you before a new project or position becomes available. If your profile matches what we're looking for, we'll invite you to complete a short skills test followed by a screening interview with one of our recruiters.
You'll then become part of our Talent Pool and be among the first people we contact when a relevant opportunity opens at Simply.TV.
How it works
There's no open role right now, but we believe great people shouldn't have to wait for a job posting.
If you're passionate about movies, TV series, streaming platforms, entertainment content, and working with data — and you want to work with a global team that powers content discovery for millions of viewers — we'd love to get to know you early.
Here's what to expect:
- You apply and we review your profile.
- If there's a match, we'll invite you to complete a short skills test.
- You'll then have a screening interview with one of our recruiters.
- Once a relevant new project or position becomes available, you'll be among the first people we contact.
Requirements
Must Haves
- Location: Pakistan
- Strong knowledge of European football leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1) and broader international sports coverage would be an advantage
- Able to recognize major teams, leagues, competitions, common abbreviations, and season structures.
- Genuine interest in sports and habit of following sports news/results regularly.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately with large amounts of sports data.
- Comfortable researching and verifying information using reliable online sources.
- Good written English and ability to understand sports terminology in English.
- Able to work independently, follow detailed guidelines, and consistently meet quality standards.
- Comfortable with repetitive/data-heavy work and working across multiple sports or competitions.
Nice to Haves
- Broader knowledge of international football, tennis, motorsport, combat sports, golf, or other major global sports.
- Previous experience with: sports data; sports media; TV metadata; editorial/data-entry work; statistics or sports databases.
- Experience working with databases, spreadsheets, or internal data tools.
- Understanding of sports scheduling, fixtures, tournaments, playoffs, conferences/divisions, and event formats.
- Experience working in an international or remote team.
Please note - we can only accept CVs in English!
Benefits
Collaboration based on a freelancer set-up is up to 450€ per month on a full-time allocation basis (40 hours per week).
Must be located in Pakistan; strong knowledge of European football leagues; able to recognize teams, leagues, and season structures; attention to detail; research and verification skills; good written English; ability to work independently and with large data volumes.
Key Responsibilities
- researching sports data
- updating database records
- reviewing metadata
Job Details
- Category: Data and Analytics
- Seniority: No Prior Experience Required
- Commitment: Full Time, Contract
- Workplace: Remote — Pakistan
- Languages: English
About Simply.TV
A global leader in metadata and content discovery solutions for TV and streaming platforms. — Industry: Information Technology