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About the Role

DAZN is seeking a Social Manager to lead its multisport social media coverage, focusing on strategy, programming, and people management. This player-coach role requires strong editorial judgment, leadership, and content creation skills to engage sports audiences at scale.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate coverage across sport-specific priority handles and the @DAZN handle.
• Own the programming strategy for the social team, ensuring creators are scheduled effectively across key events, fights, and matchdays.
• Program the @DAZN handle to amplify major moments and stories across DAZN’s rights portfolio.
• Ensure the team can flex across sports depending on the calendar, priorities, and live moments.
• Act as an editorial decision-maker during live events, ensuring fast, accurate, and platform-native publishing.
• Create content yourself — filming, editing, posting, and clipping live feeds.
• Work closely with sport-specific social leads, Editorial, Creative, Marketing, and Production teams.
• Use performance insights to optimise coverage plans, internal creator deployment, and content mix.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading social teams within sports or media environments.
• Strong multi-sport editorial knowledge across major sports.
• Experience managing internal content creators and scheduling coverage across multiple simultaneous priorities.
• Clear understanding of how sport-specific social handles and generalist brand handles work together.
• Confidence creating end-to-end social content alongside your team.
• Strong strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution.
• Deep understanding of social programming, live coverage, and platform dynamics.
• Calm, decisive leadership in fast-paced, live sports environments.

Skills

• Social Media Management
• Content Creation
• Editorial Judgement
• Programming Strategy
• People Management
• Performance Analysis
• Live Event Coverage
• Platform Dynamics

Location

• US - New York

Work Type

• Full Time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Manager

Salary/Compensations

• $85,000 to $100,000

Benefits

• Access to DAZN
• Up to 15 days of paid time off
• 9 days of annual leave
• Health benefits (including dental & eye care)
• Generous sick time package
• Short and long-term disability covering
• Parental leave offering
• Personal insurances (basic life term and personal accident)
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Family friendly community
• Learning and development resources
• Opportunity for flexible working
• Access to internal speaker series and events

About the Company

• DAZN is the global home of sport, delivering premium live and on-demand coverage across a wide range of sports.
• DAZN’s social ecosystem reflects this breadth — with sport-specific handles driving depth and fandom, supported by the general @DAZN handle to amplify moments and stories across the portfolio.