Worthing Football Club have an exciting opportunity to recruit a highly motivated, innovative, and committed individual, to undertake a full-time role as the Media & Content Manager.
Location: Woodside Road Stadium, Worthing BN14 0AX and remote
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer, Marketing & Communications Manager
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, based around attending Men's fixtures during evenings and weekends
Salary: £24,000 – £28,000, depending on experience
Key Relationships:
Internal: Chief Operating Officer, Marketing & Communications Manager, Media Team, Owner/Directors, Club Secretary, Director of Football, Men’s Manager, Women’s Manager, Players
External: Local/national media, The National League, Counterparts at other clubs, External agencies/freelancers
The Role: Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the club’s media output, ensuring Worthing Football Club and its representatives are portrayed in the wider media as ambitious, professional, current, family-friendly and committed to its community – maintaining the club’s brand, standards and values throughout.
Responsibilities:
* Ensure the ongoing development of the Club’s social media strategy, managing and monitoring all the club’s social media channels.
* Responsible for managing a team of volunteers within the club’s media department.
* Support the Marketing & Communications Manager in promoting the club’s commercial avenues – venue hire, events, sponsorship, etc.
* Daily contact with management, players and senior club staff, dealing with a variety of issues, requests and media diary management.
* Ensure and maintain a consistent/high quality content across all the club’s platforms.
* Provide live matchday updates for all Men's fixtures.
* Gather content and liaise with third-party agency regarding the production of the matchday programme for Men’s home fixtures.
* Manage website content, create written articles and ensure information is kept up-to-date.
* Communicate with supporters regarding match tickets.
Skills and Experience Required:
* Experience of working in a media role within a football club at some level.
* Excellent organisation and administration skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to plan but also adapt to working in a fast-paced environment.
* Knowledge of social media usage and trends.
* Ability to devise and create exciting and engaging content.
* Full UK driving licence.
* A degree related to the role.
* Knowledge of design and editing software such as Adobe Creative Suite, or Figma.
* Knowledge of the video editing process.
* Experience of website content management systems, primarily WordPress.
* Experience of working with Google products, Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc.
How to Apply: Please provide your CV plus a covering letter including why you would be the ideal candidate for the role plus details of your previous experience – please include attachments/links to any examples of your work – and salary expectations to: media@worthingfc.com.
There is no closing date; however, we are keen to fill the role as soon as possible so will interview suitable candidates at the earliest opportunity.
Seniority Level:
Entry level
Employment Type:
Full-time
Job Function:
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
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