Social Media Manager, Soccer
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Social Media Manager covering Italian soccer matches and creating social-first content for Wave Sports & Entertainment. Growing audiences across North American social platforms.
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 weekday content to maintain a consistent publishing cadence
- Produce lifted edits, compilations, player-focused content, archive edits, and trend-led social content
- Identify viral, shareable, or conversation-driving moments
- Write effective social copy, hooks, and headlines
- Run and grow social accounts across Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube
- Contribute ideas for new content formats, trends, and recurring programming franchises
- Communicate with clients and the wider team
- Collaborate with the Creative Lead while taking ownership and making independent decisions
- Identify North American sporting calendar tentpole events and adapt content with an Italian soccer-centric lens
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 engaging, shareable short-form soccer content
- Experience creating content for social platforms, ideally within soccer, sport, or entertainment
- Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify compelling moments quickly
- Good social copywriting skills
- Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Previous experience with a team, league, sports publisher, broadcaster, or major social account highly desirable
- Experience with After Effects or motion graphics is a bonus
- Must be available regularly on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the Italian season (August 2026–May 2027), with some Friday and Monday coverage
- Able to work full-time Monday–Friday and nights and weekends as needed
- Capacity to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery and hardware
- Ability to communicate and exchange information clearly and accurately
Benefits:
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
- Paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off
- 11 paid holidays
- Company-sponsored 401(k) plan
- Monthly technology reimbursements
- Stock options
- Snacks and drinks at Los Angeles and New York City offices
- Technical and professional skills training
- Company-wide mentorship program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Department happy hours and seasonal cross-functional mixers
- Annual company parties
- Outings to top sports events
- Potential annual bonus
- Potential equity
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