Freelance Social Media Manager

THE·TEAM is proud to provide representation and marketing services to talent, brands and properties across 28 countries and more than 70 cities worldwide. Our brands and properties group partners with iconic brands and rights holders to turn relevance into revenue through integrated strategy and consulting, creative, live experiences and commercialization. We help clients understand, connect to and inspire global audiences by bringing together brands, properties and talent/creators to build meaningful relationships that drive measurable business outcomes.

Shaped by our belief in the unifying power of sports, music and entertainment, THE·TEAM leads with intelligence, ideas and influence. For more information, please visit the.team.

THIS IS A FREELANCE ROLE

WORKING HOURS: MON-FR 12PM-5PM

OVERVIEW
THE·TEAM London seeks a Social Media Manager to join the Social & Influencer department to support on one of our largest global clients operating within Sports partnerships. We are a team full of people who genuinely care about doing great work. We’re a longstanding leader in the influencer and content space, having executed award-winning, global programs with some of the biggest brands in the world. We serve as problem solvers for our clients, helping them grow their business through content and campaigns consumers love.

The person in this role needs to have had proven experience within Social Media Management within an agency or brand side role for 2x years. They should have a solid understanding of the Social Media landscape across a range of social channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok etc.).
This position will involve both elements of creative application and strategic problem solving as well as diligent attention to detail across day to day social content management, planning, scheduling and quality control.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is equally organised, and highly diligent, as well as creatively applied and passionate about meaningly connecting brands with their online audiences every day. The ideal candidate will have: a high level ability to communicate consistently and effectively, demonstrate core ability to creatively translate brand TOV across social platforms to varying audiences, show strategic rigour in content planning across social platforms and formats, diligently handle all content scheduling and management according to
content calendars, and proactively spot opportunities for proactive engagement and community management. They will also ideally have proven experience working with brands in sports across social media platforms.
 

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Directly engage with consumers on client channels like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok etc.

• Support account with content curation, distribution and engagement

• Web and Social Listening for trending content, conversations, topics, events and news alongside suggestions for how client brands can authentically tap into such moments or trends

• Real-time monitoring of social channels to identify strategic opportunities for proactive engagement and community management and possible brand risk and flagging potential issues as and when they appear

• Demonstrate an understanding of client brand TOV and overall social strategy to ascertain engagement opportunities based on strategy

• Creating copywriting in brand TOV across all relevant inbound and proactive community management opportunities showcasing a passion for and cultural understanding of sports

• Consistently track and stay on top of social channel capability updates, changes and features sharing recommendations for how we can utilise such updates within a brands social content activation

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 2+ years of agency-side or brand experience developing social media creative, developing and editing copy, and engaging with an audience

• Proven experience activating social content at scale across multiple social platforms for brands

• A Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field

• Familiar with analytic tools such as Crimson Hexagon, Iconosquare, etc.

• Familiar with native Facebook/Twitter/Instagram Insights + CMS tools like Sprinklr

• Extensive knowledge of social media best practices, latest social channel capabilitites and rising trends and conversations within social media

• Flawless spelling and grammar and a proven ability in creative copywriting

• High attention to detail and ability to quality control all content publishing and daily tasks

• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks

• Charm to build relationships (internally and with clients)

• Passion for and experience working with brands within sports (with an emphasis on Formula 1, Football, and extreme adventure sports)

• Innate curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit

• Commitment to excellence —anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation, ability to spot opportunities for brand engagement with a passion and enthusiaum for the power of social media, detail orientated and discerning in identifying brand opportunities within social

• Proficiency in Google Suite, Keynote, Slack, Dropbox, Microsoft Suite

THE·TEAM does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.