Social & Content Manager
Unrivaled Sports is building the nation’s most exciting, community-driven youth sports brand—and we’re looking for a Social & Content Manager who lives and breathes sports culture to join our team.
This is an editorial role with creative muscle: you’ll shape the voice of Unrivaled Sports and our portfolio of brands across platforms, coordinate creator output, and craft an always-on strategy that helps millions of families feel connected to the magic and impact of youth sports.
What You’ll Do
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Editorial Leadership & Channel Management: Lead day-to-day management of Unrivaled Sports social channels. Build platform-specific editorial calendars rooted in storytelling, community, and culture, and produce content that brings our brands to life.
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Develop A Portfolio Approach: Create toolkits, prompts, content challenges, and recurring formats that drive consistent content from creators, tournaments, teams, and local communities.
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Brand Partnerships: Work with brand partners to concept, pitch, and produce co-branded content that aligns with both Unrivaled Sports’ editorial voice and partner objectives.
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Creator Leadership: Develop a strong POV on creators for Unrivaled Sports, finding and leading the execution of creator partnerships from briefing to collaborating.
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Scaled, On-The-Ground Operations: Manage a network of seasonal interns and content contributors at key tournaments and events. Ensure creators know what to shoot, how to shoot it, and what stories matter most.
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Community Engagement: Actively nurture our communities. Reply to comments, amplify standout moments, and surface insights around what’s resonating.
Who You Are:
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Deeply tapped into sports culture. You track emerging voices, formats, memes, and conversations across pro, college, and youth sports—and understand how to translate them into a youth sports-centered brand.
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Editorially minded. You think in story arcs, formats, and repeatable content structures—not one-off posts.
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Collaborative. You can navigate a matrixed organization with ease—partnering across sports, venues, operations, and leadership teams.
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Player-Coach: You can both create the content and scale the team around you. You’re able to build and conduct a distributed content organization, pulling in great creators, contractors, and freelancers.
Details:
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Minimum 4 years leading social, preferably in the sports space
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Full-time role offering competitive compensation and rewards package including health benefits, 401k program with matching, PTO and 18 company holidays.
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Flexible (hybrid) with preference for New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles
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Must be willing to travel to events and Unrivaled Sports owned/operated complexes to capture and oversee content (approx 45% of time).
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Reports to the VP of Marketing
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Unrivaled Sports values diversity: we are an equal opportunity employer.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 4 years leading social media
- Experience building platform-specific editorial calendars and producing social content
- Experience recruiting, briefing, and managing creators, contractors, and freelancers
- Experience developing creator toolkits, prompts, recurring formats, and scaled content programs
- Experience pitching and producing co-branded/partner content
- Experience managing distributed content teams and seasonal interns at events
- Strong community engagement and audience moderation skills
- Willingness to travel to events and complexes (~45% of time)
- Deep knowledge of sports culture (pro, college, youth)
- Ability to work hybrid with preference for New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, or Los Angeles
What We Do
Unrivaled Sports is a U.S.-based youth sports platform company that develops and manages a portfolio of premier sports venues and programming. Dedicated to transforming the youth sports experience, the company focuses on delivering inclusive, competitive, and developmental environments across disciplines like baseball, softball, and flag football to inspire young athletes and create memorable experiences for families.
