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Freelance Social Media Manager - Sport

United Kingdom, London · Job Posted January 18, 2026
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We’re on the hunt for a football-obsessed freelancer to join SPORTbible for a project driving some of our most exciting partnerships yet: within our football reactive newsroom. This is a unique opportunity to lead a social-first content engine that taps into real-time football moments, using your editorial instincts and creative flair to create fresh, reactive and culturally on-point content that’s highly talkable. You’ll be working at the heart of SPORTbible’s editorial team, but with a clear commercial lens - working directly with clients across multiple brand partnerships, alongside our social, commercial and project management teams to make the projects fly.

Job Responsibility

  • Leading the day-to-day of 2-3 brand partnerships, all focussed on reactive football content
  • Tracking games, news, trends and online chatter around key games
  • Spotting and jumping on moments where these specific brands can authentically show up in real-time
  • Creating and publishing social-first static assets on SPORTbible Instagram (basic design/editing skills required – video not necessary)
  • Developing reactive ideas that spark conversation and deliver value for the clients
  • Liaising directly with the SPORTbible commercial team and other internal stakeholders
  • Helping shape a best-in-class reactive model that can be scaled to future partners
  • Working flexibly, including evenings/weekends to cover key fixtures and events

Requirements

  • Deep football knowledge and passion
  • Proven experience in social media, ideally within sport and with major brands
  • Creative mindset with a sharp editorial eye and confidence in ideation
  • Basic design skills (e.g. Canva, Adobe Express, Photoshop and generative AI services such as Midjourney) to create static assets
  • Ability to spot trends, seize opportunities and react quickly
  • Comfortable balancing editorial instincts with commercial goals
  • A confident communicator who can work cross-functionally and directly with clients
  • Flexible availability to work around the football calendar

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