Social Media Executive

Spotlight Sports Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Pension scheme

25 days holiday per year

Life assurance

Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Racing Post Members Club access

Volunteer two days per year

Job summary

Spotlight Sports Group is seeking a proactive Social Media Manager to grow the Racing Post’s presence on X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. You will craft engaging copy, translate journalism into social-first formats, and work with editorial, video, and data teams to amplify key content.

You will monitor performance, react quickly to breaking news and racing moments, and ensure content aligns with brand tone and compliance guidelines. Hybrid/partner with the racing calendar.

Qualifications

• Experience managing social media channels for a brand, publisher, or media organisation.
• Strong understanding of major platforms including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to craft sharp, engaging copy.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow The Racing Post’s social media presence across X and Facebook, ensuring content is timely, accurate, and engaging.
• Support channels of Instagram and TikTok.
• Plan, create, and publish social content aligned with editorial priorities and major racing events.
• Coordinate with editorial, production, and data teams to translate journalism into social-first formats.
• Write clear, platform-appropriate copy reflecting the brand's tone of voice.
• Monitor performance, track metrics, and provide insights to improve reach and engagement.
• Identify trends and opportunities, and react to live events.

Skills

Social media management

Copywriting

Platform knowledge

Analytics tools

News sense

Organization

Tools

Hootsuite

Native platform insights

Job description

Spotlight Sports Group is a global media and technology company with a clear purpose, to set the standard for trusted, customer-driven experiences across global racing and sports betting. Guided by our mission to create experiences that fans love, we combine more than 40 years of heritage with bold innovation to deliver award-winning content, data and digital products. With over 400 employees worldwide, our portfolio includes Racing Post, Pickswise, myracing and Free Super Tips, as well as the international marketing agency ICs-digital and ICs-translate. Together, we partner with leading operators, affiliates and media groups to power growth and engagement across the industry.

Job Purpose/summary:

This exciting role is key to help us grow our organic share of voice on our social channels, most notably X and Facebook. You will do this by capturing and amplifying sporting sentiment to drive engagement. You will also help manage the relationship between Content, Marketing and internal and external stakeholders.

Key accountabilities/responsibilities:

• Manage and grow The Racing Post’s social media presence across the key platforms of X and Facebook, ensuring content is timely, accurate, and engaging
• Support the wider team in managing the channels of Instagram and TikTok
• Plan, create, and publish social content that supports editorial priorities, major racing events, and the wider racing calendar
• Liaise with editorial production teams to help promote key content and breaking news on our social channels
• Deliver live social coverage of race days, breaking news, and key industry moments, reacting quickly and confidently in real time
• Work closely with editorial, video, and data teams to translate Racing Post journalism into compelling social-first formats
• Write clear, engaging, and platform-appropriate copy that reflects The Racing Post’s authoritative yet accessible tone of voice
• Monitor social media performance, track key metrics, and provide regular insights and recommendations to improve reach, engagement, and audience growth
• Identify trends, conversations, and opportunities
• Ensure impactful delivery of commercial messages through social content,
• Drive Horse Racing conversation online by promoting and reacting to key sporting moments including big races such as the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup
• Ensure all Horse Racing content is on brand with the correct tone of voice at all times
• Monitor and document competitor activity (bookmakers / publishers / affiliates)
• Work on live events, including clipping of our live shows on Grabyo such as The Morning Post, working with the production team to optimise these for our Social Media channels
• Ensure all content meets compliance and responsible gambling best practise at all times

• Experience managing social media channels for a brand, publisher, or media organisation, ideally within sports, racing, betting, or a fast-paced digital environment
• Strong understanding of major platforms including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, with a clear sense of what content works where and why
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to craft sharp, engaging copy aligned to The Racing Post’s tone of voice
• Genuine interest in horse racing and/or sports journalism, with a solid understanding of racing audiences and key moments in the racing calendar
• Experience using social media management and analytics tools (e.g. Hootsuite,, native platform insights) to track performance and inform content decisions
• Strong news sense and the ability to react quickly to breaking stories, live events, and trending topics

• Availability for shift work that works crossmatches the sporting and racing calendar, including weekend work
• Copywriting: Comfortable writing engaging and concise content for social media
• Organisational strength: Having the ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively and efficiently, whilst being able to clearly communicate performance issues, deadlines, timescales and such like is extremely important.
• Ability to take initiative and develop your role: Take on constructive feedback during regular meetings with your manager and consistently take initiative to develop your role and contribute to your team’s success by taking on ‘non-bau’ projects where needed.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects at once

We offer a range of well-being initiatives, including private medical insurance, excellent parental leave, a working globally policy, mental health support, assistance programs, and social gatherings. We also provide a pension scheme and various other benefit schemes. Plus, we all get our birthdays off work and enjoy 25 days of holiday per year.

We’ve also got you covered with life assurance and exclusive perks like the Star card and our Step Further Awards (our employee recognition program) to recognise your dedication. For those working via the hybrid model (in the office and at home) we’ve made commuting easier with our Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme.

You can also take advantage of complimentary access to our Racing Post Members Club, complete with an Ultimate Membership. We believe in making a positive impact beyond the workplace, and you'll have the chance to volunteer two days per year with our charity partner.