Social Media Manager- Sport

Who are we?

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage and SocialChain. And we’re underpinned by our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

Our mission

New platforms, new behaviours, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalise on complexity for our clients—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

Our values

We’re a proudly diverse business comprised of deep specialists across social media, digital marketing and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

• Bold Curiosity
  We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible. We champion discovery, go deep into our clients’ worlds and are always hungry to learn more about them, our specialisms and each other.
• Connected Clarity
  We are focused in our collaboration — joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage and always strive to make the complex simple.
• Positive Encouragement.We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one other up, find the fun in the day to day and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.
• Constant Impact.We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal orientated, results driven and data-led. We show up with passion every day. And we’re always honing our craft.

About Engage 

Engage are a full-service sports marketing agency who, since 2012, have helped ambitious governing bodies, sports teams and sponsors become future fit. Operating in the UK, India, Australia and the US, we offer round the clock delivery to sports brands including the International Cricket Council (ICC), Real Madrid, Godolphin, New Zealand Rugby and Formula 1.

Role Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a social media manager to work across our portfolio of sports clients. We are looking for someone who knows social media platforms inside out - and also knows what’s coming next in these areas. The successful candidate would work with our content producers, account managers and social media managers to develop and execute an online video distribution and digital community growth plan. A knowledge of all sports would be useful but a keen interest in football, boxing and cricket would be highly beneficial.

Key skills and knowledge:

• Strong knowledge and experience of digital publishing software and techniques
• Excellent understanding of all relevant platforms - YouTube, Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat
• Planning social content and maintaining the content calendar to ensure social media content is regular, relevant and engaging
• Ability to manage communities, interact with fans, commentators, press and partners
• Strong copywriting skills including excellent spelling and grammar, as well as writing techniques to capture particular audiences
• Keen, ongoing awareness and interest in trends across social media, digital publishing, online video and sports output internationally
• Experience of social media strategy, KPIs and goals to increase a digital audience and engagement
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Premiere for quick turnaround social edits
• Capture vertical social first content on location 
• Contribute to creative ideas for video content as part of output strategy
• An understanding of influencer markets, and the ability to liaise with influencers  
• Knowledge of the role of paid for marketing in executing plans
• Knowledge of relevant sporting audiences
• Excellent communication skills, including experience in a client-facing role

General:

• Work flexible days, according to the appropriate sports-related calendar
• Able to perform under pressure and to work to tight timescales
• Be a good communicator with strong relationship management skills

• Knowledge of football, boxing and cricket desirable 

• Salary dependent on experience 

What you’ll get

Our people make us who we are, so to make sure we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry, we offer an attractive benefits package.

But not only that, we are the UK’s first carbon neutral agency (a status we have held since 2018), with a serious commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact our work has on the planet across three core sustainability pillars of Greenhouse Gases, Waste & Recycling and Sustainable Consumption.

Then there’s a whole host of benefits – from discounted gym memberships and free eye tests to an employee pension scheme and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption package. Here’s a snapshot of just some of the benefits we think you might also like:

• Dynamic working:To keep that work-life harmony in check, we're flexible on where and when you work
• Private medical insurance:To keep you fighting fit and give you and your family peace of mind.
• Life assurance and income protection:We know it feels good to be covered, just in case.
• Calm Subscription:Now more than ever, it’s important to mind your mind!
• 25 days annual leave:This increases to 27 days after three years with us, and then increases every subsequent year up to a max. of 30 days
• Christmas closure:No need to save holiday days for the Christmas closure period. It's on us!
• Birthdays off: One extra day to celebrate your big day
• Summer hours:Between June and Aug we finish at 15.00 every Friday.
• Online coaching and mental health support: Unlimited coaching via OpenUp.
• Remote Working: Work abroad for up to one month a year.
• Performance & Salary:Reviewed twice a year for everyone.

Finally, we’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status.