AND THE NEW

AND THE NEW is currently seeking a Social Media Manager to join our growing and talented team. The ideal candidate has a spark for thinking outside of the box, is experienced at managing social channels for sporting teams and associated brands, loves creating outstanding campaigns and content and is excited by working with some of the biggest names across sports, entertainment and gaming, across Formula 1 teams and football clubs to esports orgs and the world’s biggest brands.

As a Social Media Manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering content, campaigns and strategies that engage audiences for our sporting clients, drive fans and consumers to various products and tell stories that achieve long-term growth.

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF:

• You’re buzzed about working with brands, teams, publishers and more across the sports, entertainment, and gaming industries.
• You’re experienced in running and creating content for sports-related social channels
• You love to build audiences, you live and breathe digital content, can devise social content calendars, can spot trends and can move at the pace that live sports and esports requires.  
• You’re looking to join an ambitious agency during a period of accelerated growth and want to help shape that growth and have a big impact.

ABOUT US:

AND THE NEW is a creative digital marketing agency built for brands in the world of sport, entertainment, and gaming.

Having opened our doors in August 2021, AND THE NEW has grown to a double-digit team, working with the likes of Formula 1 teams, the British Basketball League, Premier League teams such as Aston Villa and Manchester City, the Class 1 Powerboat World Championship, multiple esports organisations and several significant brands including SAP, Samsung, Coral Eyewear and TECNO Mobile.

In that time, our work has been recognised on many fronts – winning the Best Interactive Brand Experience Campaign at the 2022 dotComm Awards and making the final shortlist for the Best Global Brand Activation In Football at the 2022 Football Business Awards, to name a couple.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work on key client accounts as part of the account team on the ideation and delivery of top-notch creative digital campaigns, strategies and ongoing work for clients.
• Develop and manage the social media content calendars for selected clients across the AND THE NEW portfolio, for brands and rights holders operating in Formula 1, the Premier League and Tier 1 esports.
• Proactively come to the table with new, exciting ideas for our clients that will help them achieve their objectives across social media and beyond.
• Live social media management of races, matches and games for our clients.
• Identify opportunities to expand accounts and increase our impact – and work collaboratively with senior members of the AND THE NEW team to realise those opportunities.
• Ensure all projects are managed and delivered on time and to the highest quality.
• Analyse and report on performance across all social media channels, using findings to shape future direction of content formats, campaigns, and strategies.
• Manage and take ownership of AND THE NEW’s social media and digital marketing channels, including our Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
• Work independently and as part of the wider team to produce key assets for our clients’ channels across static, motion, and video design.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ideally 3+ years’ experience in this field (either across brand, agency, or rights holders) managing social channels, clients and other key stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of social platform fundamentals, methodologies, and techniques (including analytics, monitoring and publishing software).
• Experience in designing and implementing successful growth and engagement strategies across social media and other digital channels.
• Direct experience executing paid social media campaigns (experience across other areas of performance marketing is a bonus).
• A keen interest or passion in sports, esports, gaming or other forms of entertainment (yes, we want to know what you binge-watch on Netflix).
• You’re a social media wizard on both a tactical, executional and a strategic level.
• You love being the driving force behind creative digital marketing and brand campaigns – from developing the initial strategy through to final campaign delivery.
• You live on social (in a good way), and are across trends, new treatments and really ‘get’ tone of voice in your copywriting.
• You’re ready to roll up your sleeves, get stuck in, and embrace our start-up mentality and pace.
• You’re ambitious and relentless – looking to take responsibility and make things happen.

BENEFITS AND SALARY:

• Salary range: £26,000 – £35,000
• Hybrid working model between our office in Central London and WFH
• 25 days’ paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown. Feliz Navidad!
• Day off on your birthday.
• Pension scheme.
• 2x tickets to a sports or entertainment event of your choosing per year within an allocated cost boundary (post-probation).
• £500 per year training budget to drive your personal development and continual learning in an area of your choice (post-probation).
• Rapid growth if you’re up for the challenge.

AND THE NEW