Head of Social Media, Spotlight Sports Group

Salary not provided

Senior and Expert level

London

Sports betting experiences

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Sports betting experiences

201-500 employees

B2BAdvertisingSportsMedia

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Senior and Expert level

London

201-500 employees

B2BAdvertisingSportsMedia

Company mission

To add value to global sports betting experiences, with a trusted, market-leading offering, and embed premium content, marketing, and affiliate partnerships into their platforms.

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Role

Who you are

Experience within a similar role, with a strong background in social media and/or short-form content
Proven ability within a leadership capacity, incorporating stakeholder management alongside executional excellent
Previous experience developing, nurturing and managing a social media strategy
Proven ability to think both creatively and strategically, ensuring a calendar of activity that both engages an audience and ladders up to a long-term brand plan
Proven ability managing third parties, including influencers and agencies
Recent management experience within a fast-paced and agile working environment
A strong interest in the latest online video trends and ability to translate that awareness into high-quality video content
Proven ability to be able to manage a team that can plan, shoot, edit, publish and promote high-quality video content at pace
Strong data analysis skills to allow you to interpret figures and make informed decisions when optimizing content
Excellent sports betting and horse-racing knowledge a plus
Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills in vertical and matrix organisational structures

What the job involves

You will own and define the B2C Social Media strategy end to end, inclusive of influencer management and paid amplification
You will manage the campaign activity to ladder up to the wider brand positioning and goals, including the attracting of new audiences and the engagement of current audiences as outlined by our new segmentation/persona workstream (Newmarket)
This is inclusive of the day-to-day management of the social media function, working hand-in-hand with the AV Audience team to create meaningful and engaging content to simulate reaction and generate reach
Be a senior voice within the marketing function, reporting directly into the Head of Marketing to help shape the future of Spotlight’s B2C Marketing
Define and evolve a multi-platform strategy tailored to new racing audiences (X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, emerging channels)
Alongside the Senior Campaigns Manager and Head of Marketing, be a key leader in strategising and managing the brand direction, ensuring it ladders up to the business’ 3-year plan
Develop platform-native content strategies (short-form video, live reaction, data-led graphics, tipping clips etc)
Grow under-penetrated demographics (younger fans, female bettors, international audiences)
Own social media end to end, with a big drive for more engaging short-form and creative output to meet the new future content strategy
Produce and create content which engages our audience and encourages/elicits a direct response relevant to the groups revenue lines from our social media channels
Own our third-party influencer programme, strategising ways to access their audiences in engaging ways that drive long-term audience adoption for Spotlight / Racing Post. This includes a sizeable influencer / amplification budget
Manage the social media team to ensure activity ladders up to wider business goals and content is generated to a high standard:
Invest in performance management of your team and ensure company appraisal process is followed at all times
Ensure all social media content and campaign activity meets compliance and responsible gambling best practise at all times
Own the relationship with any external agencies that would be needed to meet the wider business goals, inclusive of PR, Social Media, Experiential and Campaign Activation
Align with, manage and contribute towards the day-to-day relationship with horse racing and sport editorial teams ensuring they are fully engaged with all Content Marketing activity during planning, execution and analysis phase
This is inclusive of content amplification from the editorial team, ensuring our award-winning content gets the required visibility in a native content format for social and other channels
Work across multiple digital media - conceiving ideas, creating content, graphics and video
Create and track KPIs for each activity and platform, working with analyst resource to create self serve dashboards and present various insights suitable for your team up to the CEO

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Spotlight Sports Group is a global leader in sports betting, horse racing, and fantasy sports content. Building on the legacy of the Racing Post, the company has spent decades delivering cutting-edge tech, content, and media solutions to the world's top betting operators.

The company offers a wide range of products designed to engage and educate its users. Its Halo Content Destinations provide content experiences in any language, tailored to any sport. Additionally, Spotlight's market-leading pre-play, in-play, and horse racing insights can be seamlessly integrated into betting platforms, offering real-time value and enhancing user engagement.

To bolster its ongoing success, it has partnered with FTN Network and Betfred, along with expanding its role in covering prominent horse racing shows. These developments further solidify Spotlight's stronghold within the industry and it will be interesting to see what it will do next.