The NFL’s social media team is seeking a Social Content Programmer to help manage the day-to-day creation, production and execution of social content across the NFL’s primary social channels. This person in this role will be joining the NFL’s social programming team and will be helping directly manage the league’s social presence across several platforms and verticals. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for the game along with an extensive understanding of all social media platforms.

This is a long term hourly contract opportunity, based onsite at our NFL League office in NYC.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Plan, create, and publish content of all types directly on primary NFL social media platforms
• Demonstrate strong news and social judgment in editing and determining what is socially relevant and what is not
• Constantly evaluating how the NFL can enhance content and evolve distribution across various social media platforms
• Ability to identify stories and make editorial and packaging decisions that result in ideal social performance
• Evaluate and interpret performance analytics to understand what’s working, what’s not, while being prepared to pivot at any time
• Work alongside social managers on ideation and execution of editorial and marketing calendars
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders to coordinate social content initiatives and creative
• Live/real-time coverage and support of NFL games and tentpole events

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 1-2 years of social/editorial experience.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Basic video + photo editing experience, preferable in Adobe products Photoshop and Premiere Pro

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics:

• Ability to work nights, weekends, early mornings, and holidays
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of the NFL, all 32 teams, and players across the league
• Ability to work well under tight deadlines and thrive in the "always-on", 24/7 NFL news cycle
• Strong eye for social-friendly content, with ability to understand what will perform well

Salary / Pay Range:

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range. 

Terms / Expected Hours of Work:

• Travel for 5-10%
• 40 hours per week, onsite