Junior Social Media Journalist

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand.

• Understand how to make content stand-out on each social platform, tailoring tone accordingly while remaining true to Sky Sports Social’s brand voice.
• Work closely with Content Production and Design team to commission social-first content for Sky Sports’ main brand accounts, including gfx, vertical video and thumbnail creation, where required.
• Publish content to all Sky Sports News accounts across all platforms, working closely with the Sky Sports News Production and Digital teams, to ensure content is published in a timely, accurate and consistent manner.
• Liaise with Community Management team to engage target audiences around our content on the channels you oversee and capitalise on trends, as well as facilitate and promote community engagement events around talent and athletes, including AMAs.
• Working closely with video production and editorial teams to make sure our social output is fully aligned with all output streams.
• Will cut and publish live news moments to multiple social platforms, and facilitate monetization opportunities on each social platform, including live streams.
• Demonstrate an understanding of editorial processes with a keen interest in developing own news judgement.
• Contribute new ideas and propositions to ensure the continued evolution of Sky Sports across social platforms.
• Maintain a good knowledge of current sporting issues, stories and rival publishers.

• Early career experience of publishing sports content on social platforms, understanding of social video techniques and the different ways new audiences consume content
• An understanding of emerging platforms with a keen interest in technology and innovation
• Attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated and creative with strong ideas of what works on social media
• Knowledge of, and passion for sport

• Access to free NOWTV, for streaming all your favourite shows
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband

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