Social Media Manager - Business & Leadership
Social Media Manager - Business & Leadership
Wave Sports + Entertainment
New York, NY
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Reporting to: Patrick Coyles
Classification: Contractor
Location: *Remote
Compensation: $60,000 USD /year
Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE) is the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation reaching more than 130 million highly engaged followers globally. WSE’s award-winning, original programming is led by some of the most popular athletes and personalities in sports media -- including the hit digital series’ “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,” “Podcast P with Paul George,” “7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero” and “The Right Time with Bomani Jones” -- dishing out entertaining commentary, unique perspectives, expert analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories about the players and events that are shaping the world of sports. WSE also holds partnerships with 100+ rights-holders and sports properties, providing always-on programming to followers of the internet's largest and most engaged social communities. WSE recently created a division, Wave Media Agency, which specializes in working with professional leagues & rights-holders from around the world to enable them to expand their social & digital presence.
Wave Media Agency is seeking an experienced Social Media Manager. This individual will serve a crucial role on our client’s Business & Leadership show, developing the social media identity and content strategy, producing social content, and owning distribution and marketing. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of creating exceptional social media content, managing large online communities, and developing/executing social strategies for engagement, virality, and growth. In this role, you will have the opportunity to create content for a WMA Client’s audience, assisting in defining their creative direction through short-form video formats. This role is suitable for someone who has a passion for Business & Leadership, knows how to convey stories into social formats, and is innovative in their social media creation. This is a collaborative position within our WMA Content team where you will have a hand in crafting social media production. This candidate will be responsible for content calendar programming, scripting/producing/creating short-form videos that align with the brand, growing an active social community via different social media platforms, and must have the ability to collaborate well with others, including clients.
Responsibilities
- Develop brand identity on social media and execute a programming strategy that leverages video, graphic design, memes / social trends to make this podcast more relevant through engagement on social media platforms
- Creatively produce short-form video content stemming from long-form (YouTube shows) for distribution on social media platforms
- Content distribution across all platforms, inclusive of: content creation & schedule programming
- Community management of a growing audience, interacting with users across all platforms including Instagram, Tiktok, X, YouTube and LinkedIn
- Attend and be prepared for weekly touchpoints with the internal WMA content team, and with the client
- Identify trends and engaging storylines outside of the podcast that can be used for social posts in relation to anything Business & Leadership related
- Edit in a fast-paced environment that is reactive to business & leadership news (within and outside of the podcast cutdowns)
- Leverage knowledge of Business, Leadership and the social media landscapes to maximize content engagement and exposure
- Publish a minimum of 10 short-form videos each week for cross-platform distribution
- Publish a minimum of 10 graphic designs each week for cross-platform distribution
- Assist with the creation of any podcast long-form video needs (graphic design needs ranging from video assets, thumbnails, etc.)
- Help guide creative strategy on assigned social channels to continuously optimize our content
- Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to attending client events or other WMA client work
- Interest and understanding of Business & Leadership
- Proficiency working with multiple social media/digital platforms
- 3+ years of managing social brands
- Highly skilled in audio & video editing and motion graphics via Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects
- Experience managing, growing, and engaging social communities
- Strong sense of social media style and trends geared toward a younger Millennial/Gen-Z audience
- Able to work full-time M-F, including on occasional weekends
- Experience in fast-paced, tight deadline, production teamwork environment
- If this contract is categorized as a Remote opportunity above, we may support remote work for contractors who reside in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, DC, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas. Whether WSE decides to pursue candidates in these states depends on job scope and varies by job
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