Sr Social Producer, Sportsline

This is a Freelance Job

Sr Social Producer, SportsLine (Freelance)

The CBS Sports Social Media team creates and distributes all content posted from CBS Sports, CBS Sports HQ, CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports Podcasts, and SportsLine social media channels. In a sports media landscape that's cluttered with noise, we take pride in building content that resonates with our audience and represents the core values of our brands. The Senior Social Producer will be a major contributor to programming our SportsLine social media accounts. In addition to working with the core social team at CBS Sports, the candidate will work directly with the production and editorial teams at SportsLine to manage our accounts. They must have the ability to quickly identify emerging storylines in the sports gambling space, format them for different social platforms, and use them to engage our audiences!

With oversight from SportsLine’s Social Media Manager, the Social Media Producer will directly manage SportsLine’s accounts across various social media platforms. In addition to very strong sports knowledge, the candidate will need to thoroughly understand sports betting and the culture surrounding it. Further, they must have experience directly managing brand accounts on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

This is a Freelance position with the option to work Remotely

Responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
• Monitor and report on pertinent sports gambling information, including line movements, futures, live lines, and injury impacts
• Work with editorial team to provide statistics and data that will add value for sports gamblers
• Building TikToks, IG Reels and YouTube shorts on odds and sports gambling stories
• In addition to gambling content, covering major sports angles and storylines
• Format information into graphics, photoshops, and memes to make it more appealing to social media audiences
• Showcase SportsLine writers and projections on social as a way to encourage subscriptions for the brand
• Cover sporting events live, providing pertinent insights and commentary for sports gamblers
• Frequently meet and collaborate with peers in Production, Editorial, and Marketing to support their priorities through SportsLine’s social accounts
• Provide detailed direction to social designers and video editors to build social content
• Use social to drive referral traffic to SportsLine.com
• Comfortable writing and recording voice over videos

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 Years of experience working on Social Media Accounts
• Familiarity with and passion for sports and sports gambling
• Willingness to adapt working schedule to cover primetime football and basketball games, with your schedule shifting throughout the year between days, nights and weekends
• Ability to work under extremely fast turnaround times
• Experience of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere with a hunger to improve your craft
• Ability to write creative copy for social posts
• Take the initiate to find and create content that will engage with our audience

Additional Qualifications:

• Extraordinary writing ability and strong understanding of English grammar
• Positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Comfortable working in front of as well as behind the camera
• Experience working on screen talent in order to produce social content!

CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR.

In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champ