SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
We are on the lookout for a Senior Social Media Manager to lead the in-market output and community management team across media platforms in Europe and the Middle East for a major basketball brand!
SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
We Realise Potential in Your Story
Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network who are currently on a quest to find a Senior Social Media Manager to join our Agency team. Is this your next opportunity?
The Senior Social Media Manager will be the main day-to-day point of contact for the client and will be responsible for leading a team of community managers, designers and editors to deliver against the client’s strategic objectives. The role focuses on content ideation, planning, stakeholder management and workflow management, with the experience of having worked with/for a league, federation, sports team, sports rightsholder or agency in a digital content role essential. Knowledge of basketball, the teams and the players is desirable.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate experience in growing audiences across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and YouTube, and have a deep understanding of algorithmic nuances across those platforms. Experience in working across multilingual content output is also very desirable. Excellent communication and planning skills are vital. Whilst not essential, the ability to communicate in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish or Arabic would be an advantage.
Regular attendance at the client’s offices in central London is required, whilst some weekend and out-of-hours work will be needed. International travel on occasion will be applicable.
PERKS OF THE JOB
We are proud to be an award winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender neutral parental leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!
HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME
Delivering the execution of the localised social media strategy in key territories in Europe and the Middle East to drive strategic objectives;
Owning regular dialogue with the client and stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives across all key markets and communicating the state of play;
Planning and maintaining weekly and monthly content calendars across multiple channels and accounts;
Resourcing and briefing editors and designers to create market-specific content for each territory;
Directing the wider In-Market Community Managers' daily tasks, working with them to ideate and execute localised content;
Content ideation, creation and publication across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok;
Overseeing projects, workflow, and deadlines and ensuring consistent high-quality work;
Ensuring output is engaging and optimised for the platform with the efficient application of channel metadata to optimise content;
Overseeing community management across all channels;
Developing and maintaining the brand tone of voice and visual identity;
Monitoring performance of content using platform analytics;
Social listening; monitoring conversations in relevant areas and engaging when appropriate.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.
Strong knowledge of social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube & TikTok);
Managing a pool of editors and designers and the briefing process;
Excellent understanding of platform analytics and reporting;
Managing a team of community managers in different geo-locations and timezones;
Strong experience in community management;
Excellent knowledge of basketball, players and teams;
Basic Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects skills are beneficial;
Planning content output across multiple territories and timezones to maximise reach and performance.
LITTLE DOT, BIG IMPACT 🔥
We’re probably the biggest studio you didn’t know was fuelling your favourite content. We’ve been one of the top dogs in the digital content space since 2013 (some would say, before its potential was even fully realised). We're proud to work with some of the hottest TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations and brands in the business.
WE ARE COMMITTED
We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.
Learn more about us, our values and our commitments please visit our website www.littledotstudios.com for more information.
- Department
- Sport
- Role
- Senior Social Media Manager
- Locations
- Shoreditch, London
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job ID
- LDS45025
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 03 February, 2026
About Little Dot Studios
We are Little Dot Studios - a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network.
We work across every screen, partnering with some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports, social impact and consumer brands. As leading YouTube and social media specialists, we handle everything from strategy, audience development, content production, monetisation, and digital copyright management.
We’re disruptive by nature and adaptive by design. We operate a multi-platform, multi-format production company who specialise in creating everything from original broadcast-quality film and TV and award-winning podcast series to short-form social content and live streams that perfectly tap into cultural moments. Whether we’re building communities, engaging superfans or driving performance - our aim is to realise the potential in every story.
We also run Little Dot Channels - our global digital media network made up of more than 135 channels across social platforms and seven FAST brands streaming on over 130 feeds. With more than 27,000 hours of premium content, we reach 125 million unique viewers every month and offer access to one of the largest brand-safe, premium advertising inventories across YouTube and CTV.
We’re proud to include WING, our specialist sports and branded content agency, and History Hit, Dan Snow’s podcast network and SVOD service, in the Little Dot group too.
To top it all off, we’re a certified B Corp, have been verified carbon neutral since inception, and are on track to be net-zero by 2030.
Founded in April 2013 and born for the digital entertainment era, we are made up of 500 digital experts across the UK, USA, Germany & APAC. We are part of the All3Media group.
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