Social Media Manager - Business & Leadership

Title: Social Media Manager (Business & Leadership), Wave Media Agency

Reporting to: Patrick Coyles

Classification: Contractor

Location: *Remote

Compensation: $60,000 USD /year

Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE)  is the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation reaching more than 130 million highly engaged followers globally. WSE’s award-winning, original programming is led by some of the most popular athletes and personalities in sports media -- including the hit digital series’ “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,” “Podcast P with Paul George,” “7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero” and “The Right Time with Bomani Jones” -- dishing out entertaining commentary, unique perspectives, expert analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories about the players and events that are shaping the world of sports. WSE also holds partnerships with 100+ rights-holders and sports properties, providing always-on programming to followers of the internet's largest and most engaged social communities. WSE recently created a division, Wave Media Agency, which specializes in working with professional leagues & rights-holders from around the world to enable them to expand their social & digital presence.

Wave Media Agency is seeking an experienced Social Media Manager. This individual will serve a crucial role on our client’s Business & Leadership show, developing the social media identity and content strategy, producing social content, and owning distribution and marketing.  The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of creating exceptional social media content, managing large online communities, and developing/executing social strategies for engagement, virality, and growth. In this role, you will have the opportunity to create content for a WMA Client’s audience, assisting in defining their creative direction through short-form video formats. This role is suitable for someone who has a passion for Business & Leadership,  knows how to convey stories into social formats, and is innovative in their social media creation. This is a collaborative position within our WMA Content team where you will have a hand in crafting social media production. This candidate will be responsible for content calendar programming, scripting/producing/creating short-form videos that align with the brand, growing an active social community via different social media platforms, and must have the ability to collaborate well with others, including clients.   

Responsibilities

• Develop brand identity on social media and execute a programming strategy that leverages video, graphic design, memes / social trends to make this podcast more relevant through engagement on social media platforms
• Creatively produce short-form video content stemming from long-form (YouTube shows) for distribution on social media platforms
• Content distribution across all platforms, inclusive of: content creation &  schedule programming
• Community management of a growing audience, interacting with users across all platforms including Instagram, Tiktok, X, YouTube and LinkedIn.
• Attend and be prepared for weekly touchpoints with the internal WMA content team, and with the client.
• Identify trends and engaging storylines outside of the podcast that can be used for social posts in relation to anything Business & Leadership related
• Edit in a fast-paced environment that is reactive to business & leadership news (within and outside of the podcast cutdowns) 

• Leverage knowledge of Business, Leadership and the social media landscapes to maximize content engagement and exposure

• Publish a minimum of 10 short-form videos each week for cross-platform distribution
• Publish a minimum of 10 graphic designs each week for cross-platform distribution
• Assist with the creation of any podcast long-form video needs (graphic design needs ranging from video assets, thumbnails, etc.) 

• Help guide creative strategy on assigned social channels to continuously optimize our content

• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to attending client events or other WMA client work

• Interest and understanding of Business & Leadership
• Proficiency working with multiple social media/digital platforms
• 3+ years of managing social brands
• Highly skilled in audio & video editing and motion graphics via Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects
• Experience managing, growing, and engaging social communities
• Strong sense of social media style and trends geared toward a younger Millennial/Gen-Z audience.
• Able to work full-time M-F, including on occasional weekends
• Experience in fast-paced, tight deadline, production teamwork environment

Work Location

*If this contract is categorized as a Remote opportunity above, we may support remote work for contractors who reside in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, DC, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi,  New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas. Whether WSE decides to pursue candidates in these states depends on job scope and varies by job.

At Wave Sports + Entertainment, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

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