Writer/Community Manager

This is a Sunday - Thursday position 

Who We Are

We Are Social is a global socially-led creative agency with unrivalled social media expertise. With 1,300 people in 19 offices spanning four continents, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.

We’re proud to be a multi award-winning agency, with Cannes Lions, One Show, Webby and Shorty Awards, to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Pepsi, Meta and Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date, from breaking into the metaverse to smashing records on TikTok. 

As well as creating for clients, we help educate the wider industry. Our Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6,500 people registered or tuned into our events last year, and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.

The Opportunity

Do you get as excited about online sports culture as you do while glued to a major sporting event? 

Can you write to entertain in the feed, amuse in the comments – and do both to nail the right words for a dramatic finish line moment?

Do you want to write about sports on social for global brands, producing creative copy that sings in the moment?

We are looking for a Writer/Community Manager to join an expert team working across some of the world’s biggest brands. You'll be part of a vibrant, collaborative environment, handling sports reactives and the day-to-day community management for multiple brands – becoming a master of the comments sections, forging connections with audiences and identifying proactive opportunities to show up beyond owned channels. You will know how to get communities talking. You live for the memes, know your favourite sports inside-out and truly care about the power of great copy. 

Interest in running and athletics is particularly desirable (though not essential), as is a keen eye for fashion – but above all, you must be a general sports lover. 

Due to the weekend nature of sport, this role is a Sunday-Thursday position… but you’re probably on your phone then anyway, right?

What You’ll Have Delivered Elsewhere

• Consistently brilliant social copy for distribution across social media channels that’s driven high engagement and positive sentiment.
• Experience reacting to sport on social, producing timely and appropriate responses to events.
• Day-to-day brand community management where you engaged with the audience, built brand loyalty and fostered positive interactions.
• Channel, content and publishing calendar management, ensuring consistent and timely delivery of content.
• Been a guardian of your clients’ tone of voice, ensuring the quality of copy and content remained high. 

What Else Are We Looking For?

• Someone who lives and breathes sport and social media – who’s as comfortable chatting about Jude Bellingham as a TikTok sound that’s blowing up, and can readily apply that knowledge to create engaging content.
• Publishing or journalist experience (within sports is preferable but not essential if you can demonstrate your love for sport), with a proven ability to deliver on time and with little to no errors.
• Demonstrable experience of writing social copy flexibly and at speed, showcasing adaptability and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• A high level of proactivity; someone with their finger on the pulse of sports culture, and an understanding of the importance of frontline daily community management, able to identify opportunities and take initiative.
• Someone with the ability to interpret brand TOV and the different audiences brands are trying to reach, and can tailor content accordingly to maintain brand consistency and engage diverse audiences.
• A flair for storytelling across multiple social platforms, capable of creating compelling narratives that resonate with different audiences and platforms.
• Someone who is good at receiving feedback and working to tight deadlines, demonstrating a willingness to learn and adapt, and the ability to deliver quality work under pressure.
• Good social platform knowledge and understanding of the ever-changing social content best practices on each, staying up-to-date with the latest trends and platform features to maximise engagement.
• The nous to identify story hooks and insights for creating social-first content that amplifies brand messaging and drives engagement.

Our Culture and the Nice Stuff

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK  can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2023.

If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via recuitment@wearesocial.net

So let’s get to the good stuff,  we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday, pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection, so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world! 

But what’s life around here really like day-to-day? Well, we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:

• I value my manager we have a good relationship
• We love to ‘get social’ with the people I work with
• Trusted to get on with the job, without ‘micro-management’!

If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for?