Media Officer - Birkenhead, United Kingdom - Tranmere Rovers Football Club

Tranmere Rovers Football Club
Tranmere Rovers Football Club
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Birkenhead, United Kingdom

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About us
Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a medium business in Birkenhead.

We are professional, fast-paced, inclusive, and our goal is to be committed to creating a welcoming environment for all to enjoy the immersive experience 90 minutes of football brings.

Our Vision is to be a successful, vibrant and financially self-sustainable football club, which has the wellbeing of its community and staff at its heart.


Equality and Diversity


Tranmere Rovers FC is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment.


Safer Recruitment
Tranmere Rovers FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding checks as well as providing proof of right to work in the UK.


Job role:

To provide effective and engaging content for the Club's website and social media channels and ensure its distribution through the appropriate channels.


Hours:40 hours per week


Duties & Responsibilities:


  • In conjunction with the advisor on Communication Strategy, develop and execute the Club's communications strategy, covering all areas of the business other than the Community business
  • Keep up to date with current and emerging digital technologies which impact the creation or distribution of content (in conjunction with the Associate Directors for Digital Strategy)
  • Ensure that the communications needs of all departments across the business are understood and delivered
  • Manage the Club's official website (other than the TRIC/Community aspects) and any Club App, ensuring all content is current, engaging and communicating key messages
  • Utilise aggregation/content management tools to coordinate social media content, to ensure content is current, to a high quality and reaching the targeted audience.
  • Attend all first team home and away matches and provide matchday comms
  • Organise and produce prematch, inmatch and postmatch social media and website content
  • Mange the iFollow commentary team on a matchday to ensure they understand the Club's key messages and they are operating effectively each matchday
  • Organise media arrangements for home fixtures

These can include:

Creating a seating plan for the press box on matchdays, accepting visiting requests via Dataco and answering any queries.

This also includes submitting press requests for away fixtures

  • Produce social media and online analytics and growth reports for the Senior Management Team and external stakeholders when required
  • Ensure that communications are structured for search engine optimisation
  • Coordinate and manage all prematch press conferences at The Campus
  • Use own initiative to respond to reputational issues on social media, identifying any queries to escalate to line manager
  • Champion the positive use of social media with the Club's staff, supporters and stakeholders

Skills, qualifications and knowledge required:


  • 2+ years experience using content management systems
  • 2+ years experience of managing social media channels
  • A good understanding of a professional sports environment, preferably football
  • Excellent writing and audio/visual skills
  • Experience of using Adobe editing software
  • An interest in digital media and search engine optimisation
  • An ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure

Salary:
£20,000.00-£24,000.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Free parking
  • Onsite gym
  • Onsite parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Birkenhead: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:


  • Content management systems: 2 years (required)
Editing Software: 1 year (required)


Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 05/05/2023
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