Social Media Output Editor

Description

You will help the company's sports output, its news channel and its daily football show stay ahead on live coverage, breaking news and content made for social first.

This role oversees the making and posting of strong social media content, keeping output consistent and on time across the company's social accounts and channels.

As the most senior person with publishing responsibility, you will lead a team of Social Media Journalists and work side by side with them. You will also liaise with the Content Production and Design and Sports Content teams, including commissioning work from them.

You will oversee output and hand out publishing tasks, but you will also post content yourself when needed, across all sports and news.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Social Media Journalists by telling them which events to cover and what to publish on each platform.
• Set individual objectives and specific KPIs for your direct reports, and motivate them as individuals and as a group to hit them.
• Lead by example in delivering excellent content for users and in showing the company's Values and the company Leadership Behaviours.
• Push performance forward by supporting and challenging people, and help build a fair, consistent approach to performance and development across the department.
• Promote performance management across the department and foster a culture of coaching and feedback.
• Complete annual and ongoing performance reviews (PDPs) for the people who report to you.
• Make key editorial calls on the company's sports output and commission material from the Content Production and Design team for every social platform across a range of sports.
• Track and rank requests from outside the Social media team to publish content, and communicate clearly face to face, by email and by chat.
• Come up with fresh, inventive ways to present both major tentpole events and everyday stories across the social channels.
• When you publish yourself, including during live events, adapt content to each platform's style and tone to drive engagement and reach specific audiences.
• Keep social content at the highest standard at all times to help the company stay the UK sports broadcaster with the biggest following.
• Work closely with the senior producers for football, news and community, and sports. Stand in for them in internal content planning meetings when needed and bring social-first ideas tied to specific events.

Requirements

• Essential: genuine enthusiasm for sport, especially football, and solid knowledge of it.
• Essential: substantial experience publishing social media content across all platforms.
• Essential: good editorial judgement under pressure.
• Essential: significant experience in social media publishing and content creation.
• Essential: experience leading or managing teams, whether directly or indirectly.
• Essential: experience managing a team.
• Essential: strong attention to detail.
• Desirable: working knowledge of social media insight tools.
• Desirable: working knowledge of media law.
• Desirable: a degree or equivalent qualification such as NCTJ in media communications or English.
• Desirable: a keen interest in how digital publishing is changing.

Conditions

This is a hybrid role with 3 days per week in the office.

The office base is the company's Osterley campus, the group headquarters, with modern technology and workspace.

Osterley is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane station, and free shuttle buses run from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations.

Free onsite parking is available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

If your application succeeds, you will be asked for a criminal record check, and an offer may be withdrawn depending on the role and the nature of any convictions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and it makes reasonable adjustments where appropriate.

Benefits

• A free TV package from the company, including its sports and cinema channels.
• A pension with up to 9% employer contribution.
• Private healthcare that includes mental health support.
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance.
• Discounts on the company's products, including mobile, broadband, Glass and Protect.
• Sharesave and Tech schemes.
• Access to a range of VIP rewards and experiences.