Social Freelancer, Sports (Weeknights)

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in New York, NY, USA
In-Office or Remote
Mid level
AdTech • Digital Media
The Role
Manage Complex Sports’ social voice and publishing across Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, and related platforms. Create and curate editorial, real-time, viral, and trend-driven content; manage community moderation and direct messages; pitch breaking stories; and develop creative assets using Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and CapCut. Track platform best practices, support audience growth and engagement goals, coordinate editorial workflows, and work weeknights with occasional holiday coverage.
Summary Generated by Built In
Company And Culture
 
Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce.
 
Working Days & Hours
 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 8pm to 1am EST, 20 hours/week

What You'll Do

  • Execute the voice of Complex Sports social (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok) on all of our social platforms, exhibiting excellent judgment and audience-sensitive framing
  • Create, curate, and be responsible for all content published to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Complex Sports
  • Lead community management, moderation, and DM management using a deep understanding of the Complex tone and voice
  • Surface and pitch viral, breaking, and social-friendly content to our news team
  • Develop creative assets in Photoshop and Premiere/CapCut
  • Ideate, source, and create original real-time content for all Complex Sports audiences, identifying memes and trends at the cusp of virality
  • Support all social goals (growth, traffic, views, and engagement) and be accountable for providing vertical-specific tactics, strategic pivots, and added direction when needed
  • Track and share social and platform best practices with internal teams, providing best-in-class examples where possible
  • Manage workflow of editorial social posts, working with the branded social team to coordinate posting and schedules, when necessary

Who You Are

  • 2-3 years of social media and editorial experience with a publisher or brand
  • A deep understanding of the Complex Sports content, voice, and tone
  • Positive, intuitive, proactive, and collaborative team player
  • Strong writing and communication skills, proofreading experience, and quick decision-making skills
  • Robust knowledge of streetwear/fashion and how it connects to areas such as pop culture + sports + music
  • Possess a deep understanding and fluency of all social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube Shorts)
  • Extensive knowledge of sports culture and proven track record in driving audience and consumer action on social
  • Remain up-to-date on what our competitive set is doing to ensure that our lane isn’t being stepped on
  • Self-management skills + take charge attitude
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Premiere Pro
  • Must be willing to work nights and occasional holidays for coverage of live events
  • Core Competencies: Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit, Thinks strategically and analytically, Pushes for creative and out-of-the-box ideas, Action-oriented, Drives results, Cultivates innovation

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
 
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
 
Complex participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
 
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.

Skills Required

  • 2-3 years of social media and editorial experience with a publisher or brand
  • Deep understanding of Complex Sports content, voice, and tone
  • Strong writing and communication skills
  • Proofreading experience
  • Quick decision-making skills
  • Knowledge of streetwear and fashion and their connections to pop culture, sports, and music
  • Fluency in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts
  • Extensive knowledge of sports culture
  • Proven track record driving audience and consumer action on social media
  • Self-management skills and a take-charge attitude
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Premiere Pro
  • Willingness to work nights and occasional holidays for live-event coverage
  • Positive, intuitive, proactive, and collaborative approach
  • Entrepreneurial spirit and strategic, analytical, creative, action-oriented mindset
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The Company
HQ: New York, New York
596 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Complex NTWRK champions the people, brands and new trends you need to know now, will obsess over next, and we build consumer universes around them. We're what a modern entertainment company looks like and what others have followed since 2002. From pop culture and style (Complex), music discovery (Pigeons and Planes), sneaker news (Sole Collector) to our festival of cultural convergence (ComplexCon) — if you want to be part of what's next and build valuable relationships with the audiences who live in it, join us at Complex NTWRK. Complex NTWRK creates and distributes original programming with premium distributors including Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, Snap, Fuse, Pluto TV, Roku and more. Our content spans across music to movies, sports to video games, sneakers, fashion to food and more. In 2016, Complex launched its flagship event ComplexCon in Long Beach, California, to bring the "Internet to life."

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