Social Media Manager, Soccer

Responsibilities

• Cover Italian matches live across Saturday and Sunday, with occasional Friday and Monday fixtures.
• Create and publish fast, reactive content around goals, players, storylines and major match moments.
• Edit social-first video content using Adobe Premiere Pro and existing templates.
• Create graphics and supporting content during the week to maintain consistent publishing cadence.
• Produce lifted edits, compilations, player-focused content, archive edits and trend-led social content.
• Identify moments with strong viral, shareable or conversation-driving potential.
• Write effective social copy, hooks and headlines.
• Understand how to run and grow a social account across Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube.
• Contribute ideas for new content formats, trends and recurring programming franchises.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with clients and the wider team.

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Good working knowledge of Photoshop and wider Adobe Creative Cloud tools.
• Strong understanding of football and football culture.
• Excellent knowledge of social media, predominantly Instagram, and current platform trends.
• Understanding of what makes short-form soccer content engaging, shareable and capable of reaching new audiences.
• Experience creating content for social platforms, ideally within soccer, sport or entertainment.
• Strong editorial judgement and the ability to identify compelling moments quickly.
• Good social copywriting skills.
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Preferred

• Experience with After Effects or motion graphics would be a bonus.
• Previous experience working for a team, league, sports publisher, broadcaster or major social account would be highly desirable.