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Full Time Job
Senior Social Programmer - Bleacher Football
The Job
We're looking for a soccer fanatic and culture junkie who knows how to find and distribute engaging soccer content. This person should have a high knowledge of social media and sports, content planning and editorial packaging strategy. Bleacher Report's programming team works virtually around the clock to give a fresh and unique look to sports fans wherever they consume content. To ensure that Bleacher Report provides the best user experience across platforms, Bleacher Report's programmers' responsibilities include: distributing breaking news, distributing internal/external content, creating social media posts, posting highlights, writing hooks/captions, and assisting the editorial staff in new story idea generation. This role will specialize in programming BR Football content during both weekdays and weekends, and will assist when major news breaks from other leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Colleges etc.).
The Daily
• Identifying breaking news, viral content hits and video highlights in real time.
• Publishing identified content immediately to social accounts that he/she is running independently.
• Setting the tone, look and feel of Bleacher Report and BR Football's social media accounts.
• News and social media monitoring to identify what is trending in sports and relevant pop culture.
• Helping create content plans around tentpole events on the sports calendar and/or emerging social media platforms.
• Timely and clean stylized hook writing in line with the social voice of our accounts.
• Swift editorial response and decision making, often without supervisor's oversight.
• Assisting and collaborating with the editorial staff in new story idea generation.
The Essentials
• Bachelor's degree with focus in related field such as journalism, sports management, media studies
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in social media or related field (internally or externally)
• High level social/mobile media understanding, especially in the realms of sports and culture.
• This candidate should have high proficiency using Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube Twitter, and Facebook, and any experience with Crowdtangle would be considered a major plus.
• Possesses strong writing and communication skills.
• Editing skills/experience is ideal; formal editing background is not required but a keen eye for punctuation and grammar is important.
• Candidate should be familiar with basic photo editing and a working or advanced knowledge of Photoshop is not essential but definitely beneficial.
The Perks
• Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• Paid time off every year to volunteer for eligible employees
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• Access to in-house learning and development resources
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands
Warner Media, LLC and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.