Digital Content Strategy Manager

New York, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive multi-platform social strategy for PFL’s MMA properties, shaping platform roles and episodic content to grow a global fanbase.

  • Must-have: 4–6 years in social or sports media strategy with proven trend-to-ideas execution.
  • Standout: Experience building repeatable episodic formats and audience-framing across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, and Facebook.
  • Standout: Ability to translate insights into scalable content and tie social to owned platforms and live events.

Job Description

Drive multi-platform social strategy for PFL’s MMA properties, shaping platform roles and episodic content to grow a global fanbase.

  • Develop and execute the overall social content strategy across key platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, and Facebook
  • Define the strategic role of each platform within the PFL ecosystem (discovery, storytelling, distribution, engagement)
  • Identify emerging platform trends, content formats, and cultural moments relevant to the MMA audience
  • Create scalable social frameworks that support fight promotion, fighter storytelling, and brand growth
  • Develop repeatable social content franchises designed to build audience familiarity and engagement
  • Identify opportunities to highlight fighter personalities, rivalries, and storylines through episodic content
  • Partner with creative and production teams to develop new formats and visual identities for recurring content series
  • Ensure content concepts are scalable across events and seasons
  • Work closely with the creative, production, and social publishing teams to translate strategy into execution
  • Provide strategic briefs for new content initiatives, social series, and fighter-driven storytelling
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Professional Fighters League

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The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is a global mixed martial arts organization and one of the world’s leading combat sports properties. PFL produces live, premium MMA events broadcast and streamed to fans in more than 170 countries through an extensive network of international media partners. The organization features a roster of professional fighters representing the highest levels of international mixed martial arts competition.Headquartered in the United States, PFL holds events across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with continued global expansion underway. PFL is backed by leading institutional investors and professional sports team owners, reflecting the accelerating growth of MMA as a mainstream global sport.

Founded in 2017
New York, New York, USA
168 employees (77 in marketing)
37% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
268.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$42
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.1%
Direct
34.4%
Referral
7.5%
Social
3.1%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~166

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
55 (33% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$303M
Last Raise
$100M
Series Unknown, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2024
    Series Unknown
  • Jul 2024
    Series Unknown
  • Aug 2023
    Private Equity • $100M

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