Social Media Manager

Job Title: Social Media Manager (Football / Soccer Niche)
Company: [Insert Company Name]

Location: Remote (Philippines)

Type: Full-Time (40 hours/week, Monday–Friday)

Shift: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Philippine Time (PHT) — Aligned with European working hours

About the Role
We are a fast-growing sports media brand living and breathing football (soccer) culture. We are looking for a creative, proactive, and versatile Social Media Manager to take our digital presence to the next level.

In this key role, you will be the driving force behind growing our channels, creating and editing engaging content, and building a thriving online fanbase. If you know football culture inside and out and have hands-on content editing skills, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Channel Growth & Management: Scale and oversee daily operations across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook , and YouTube.
• Content Creation & Editing:
• Design, edit, and produce graphics, carousels, stories, reels, and video shorts for daily publishing.
• Execute video editing tasks including trimming, adding text overlays/captions, syncing audio, and applying visual polish.
• Produce quick-turnaround content to react to breaking news, trending topics, and matchday moments.
• Brand Strategy: Partner with our Brand Strategist to maintain consistent messaging, positioning, and visual identity across all platforms.
• Strategy & Analytics: Plan, schedule, and publish content using analytics tools to track performance, optimize engagement, and meet growth KPIs.
• Community Building: Active community management—engaging in comments, DMs, and community threads to foster a loyal, highly active fanbase.
• Paid Media (Meta Ads): Set up, manage, and optimize Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns (experience on other ad platforms is a plus).
• Trend & News Monitoring: Stay hyper-focused on breaking football news, matchday narratives, memes, and viral internet football culture to produce timely, engaging content.
• Team Operations: Assist with minor administrative or operational tasks to support team efficiency.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Editing Skills & Tool Proficiency:
• Video Editing: Hands-on experience with tools like CapCut, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or mobile video editors for social content.
• Graphic Design: Proficient in Canva, Adobe Photoshop, or Figma for creating graphics, match updates, scorecards, and carousels.
• Social Media & Analytics Tools: Familiarity with scheduling tools (e.g., Buffer, Later, Sprout Social) and native platform analytics.

• Football Knowledge & Passion: Deep, up-to-date knowledge of global football (leagues, teams, players, tactics, and internet football culture/memes).
• Schedule Alignment: Able to consistently work 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM PHT, Monday to Friday to match European business/match hours.
• Social Media Experience: Proven track record of managing, growing, and engaging social media communities in sports or digital media.
• Paid Ads Experience: Practical experience running and optimizing Meta Ads (Facebook /Instagram).
• Creative & Strategic Mindset: Strong eye for sports aesthetics, visual storytelling, copywriting, and content ideation.
• Remote Work Ethic: Self-motivated, highly organized, detail-oriented, and accustomed to collaborating remotely via tools like ClickUp.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Growth & Advancement Potential: Clear career growth opportunities to step into senior, lead, or strategic content roles as our brand expands
• 100% remote working setup
• Opportunity to work directly within the global sports media and football ecosystem
• Dynamic, collaborative, and fast-paced team culture