The Athletic
Social Media Associate (Remote)
Job Summary
The Athletic is seeking a Social Media Associate to serve as the link between its newsroom and its audience across various social platforms. The role involves executing social media strategies, creating engaging content, developing visual assets, and driving audience growth. Candidates should have 2 to 4 years of experience in sports social media, digital marketing, or newsroom social media, with strong writing and platform management skills. The position requires adaptability to work in a fast-paced news environment, with an emphasis on collaboration and analytic insights to measure performance.
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About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About the Role
As a Social Media Associate, you will be the bridge between our world-class newsroom and the readers, listeners and viewers who love what The Athletic has to offer.
A successful Social Media Associate will be able to jump seamlessly between conversations with editorial, programming, design, audio and video and connect the dots between each to help us craft a valuable content experience for Athletic subscribers and non-subscribers.
You will be the eyes and ears of our real-time operation, and the voice of our company’s brand across social platforms.
This role is 100% remote for candidates based in either the United States or Canada.
- Executes basic functions of social strategy, which include: Curation of social, distribution of articles, podcasts, live blogs, and video to relevant platforms on an ongoing basis.
- Assist in developing and implementing reactive social strategy based on breaking news, major moments and live games.
- Develop copy and visual assets to amplify top content from our newsroom onto our social channels.
- Assist in driving audience growth.
- Develop deep working relationships with departments across the company, including but not limited to editorial, programming, design, engineering, marketing, audio and video, and position yourself as the go-to source for any cross-functional need — big or small.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment, processing relevant information from multiple departments and once synthesizing it to weave together a plan for the immediate, mid-term, and long-term future.
- 2 to 4 years professional experience in sports social media, newsroom social and/or sports digital marketing.
- Creativity to engage a passionate audience of sports fans.
- A general understanding of The Athletic’s brand and voice on various social media platforms.
- Analytical mindset with understanding of key social growth & engagement metrics.
- Demonstrated platform fluency on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook in business/professional applications.
- Experience managing multiple social channels.
- Strong writing skills with a keen eye for detail, grammar & punctuation.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Baseline knowledge of data analytics in order to understand and track KPIs.
- Flexibility in terms of schedule (weekends, evenings, holidays, etc.).
The annual base salary range for this role is $67,000.00 - $70,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use[email protected] exclusively. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information, such as bank accounts or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a recruiter with The Athletic but operating from a different email address about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to the law enforcement and to[email protected].
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