Job Description
Job Title: Junior Social Media Manager
Reports To: Digital & Brand Lead
Term: Full Time
Salary: £28K - £30K
Location: Tower Bridge / Home - Hybrid
Company and Job Overview:
The Sports Marketing Group (SMG) is a vibrant sports marketing agency with a creative edge with offices in London
& Dubai. As a full-service sports marketing agency, SMG works with some of the world's leading sports
organisations, events, teams and talent. SMG believes that every sporting event, series or team should have their
own distinctive character and special story to tell and we take great pride in helping our clients communicate their
respective stories to a global audience.
We are looking for a Social Media Executive, to work within our rapidly growing Digital & Creative team, driving
results for a variety of clients, including motorsports. In this role you will report to the Digital and Brand Lead and
work on a number of social media client accounts alongside our fast-growing team. You will assist with the
day-to-day running of both our company and client social media accounts and collaborate with our social team to
deliver the best results to our clients.
This role is a perfect fit for an ambitious individual and creative thinker with great organisation skills. The role
provides a perfect blend of experience across both established and modern sports properties, and the opportunity
to develop skills within social media management.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Social media content ideation for multiple client accounts (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter, YouTube)
- Publishing and scheduling social media content for multiple client accounts
- Community management and engagement
- Consistent awareness of social media trends and platform updates
- Contribution to content calendar creation
- Analyse and report on social media performance metrics
- Maintaining brand style and values in content
- Communicate with stakeholders in a positive and professional manner
- Opportunity for light content creation on event, filming and basic editing
Candidate Requirements
Essential
- 1-2 years social media experience in a coordinator or executive role, ideally in an agency setting
- Excellent knowledge and experience with all social media channels (Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube)
- Experience with a fast-paced environment, working with multiple accounts simultaneously
- Very strong awareness of global and in-market social media trends
- Can confidently work on multiple projects with different objectives simultaneously
- Superior time management skills, including prioritising, scheduling and adapting as necessary
- Keen interest and understanding of Formula 1 and other motorsport series
- Strong knowledge and understanding of media landscape
- Maintain excellent English language and writing skills
- Must be willing to work on weekends according to the motorsport calendar (time is given in lieu for each
weekend day worked)
- Must be willing to travel according to client needs and annual calendar of sporting events
- Must be a team player and have the confidence to contribute ideas
Desirable
- Experience of working on sporting events with content production and coordination on-event
- Experience building and maintaining professional relationships with talent and other major stakeholders
- Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro
- Experience using social media analytics software, e.g. Brandwatch
- Experience and understanding on the business side of global sports properties (sponsorship, broadcast,
OTT etc.)
Benefits
- 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working hours and location (home & office)
- Positive and personable company culture
- Company pension
- Corporate gym membership
- Regular team socials