Location Woodside Road Stadium and remote
Reports to Chief Operating Officer, Marketing & Communications Manager
Working Hours 37.5 hours per week, based around attending Mens fixtures during evenings and weekends
Salary £24,000 – £28,000, depending on experience

Key Relationships

Internal

Chief Operating Officer, Marketing & Communications Manager, Media Team, Owner/Directors, Club Secretary, Director of Football, Men’s Manager, Women’s Manager, Players

External

Local/national media, The National League, Counterparts at other clubs, External agencies/freelancers

The Role

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the club’s media output, ensuring Worthing Football Club and its representatives are portrayed in the wider media as ambitious, professional, current, family-friendly and committed to its community – maintaining the club’s brand, standards and values throughout.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the ongoing development of the Club’s social media strategy, managing and monitoring all the club’s social media channels
• Responsible for managing a team of volunteers within the club’s media department.
• Support the Marketing & Communications Manager in promoting the club’s commercial avenues – venue hire, events, sponsorship, etc.
• Daily contact with management, players and senior club staff, dealing with a variety of issues, requests and media diary management.
• Ensure and maintain a consistent/high quality content across all the club’s platforms.
• Provide live matchday updates for all Mens fixtures.
• Gather content and liaise with third-party agency regarding the production of the matchday programme for Men’s home fixtures.
• Manage website content, create written articles and ensure information is kept up-to-date.
• Communicate with supporters regarding match tickets

Skills and experience required

• Experience of working in a media role within a football club at some level.
• Excellent organisation and administration skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to plan but also adapt to working in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of social media usage and trends.
• Ability to devise and create exciting and engaging content.
• Full UK driving licence

Desirables

• A degree related to the role
• Knowledge of design and editing software such as Adobe Creative Suite, or Figma.
• Knowledge of the video editing process
• Experience of website content management systems, primarily WordPress.
• Experience of working with Google products, Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc.

How to apply

To apply please provide your CV plus a covering letter including why you would be the ideal candidate for the role plus details of your previous experience – please include attachments/links to any examples of your work – and salary expectations to: media@worthingfc.com.

There is no closing date, however we are keen to fill the role as soon as possible so will interview suitable candidates at the earliest opportunity.