Social Media Manager

DAZN; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible working

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

DAZN is seeking a Social Media Manager to lead DAZN’s multisport social coverage from our New York office base. You will drive strategy, programming, and the people side of the team to cover major events, fights, and rights-based moments across key platforms.

The role requires strong editorial judgment, the ability to publish quickly during live moments, and hands-on content creation alongside leadership duties. It’s a hybrid role with a focus on strategy and execution.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading social teams within sports or media environments.
• Strong multi-sport editorial knowledge across major sports.
• Experience managing internal content creators and scheduling coverage across multiple simultaneous priorities.
• Clear understanding of how sport-specific social handles and generalist brand handles work together.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate coverage across sport-specific priority handles and the @DAZN handle.
• Own the programming strategy for the social team, ensuring creators are scheduled effectively across key events, fights, and matchdays.
• Program the @DAZN handle to amplify major moments and stories across DAZN’s rights portfolio.
• Ensure the team can flex across sports depending on the calendar, priorities, and live moments.
• Act as an editorial decision-maker during live events, ensuring fast, accurate, and platform-native publishing.
• Create content yourself — filming, editing, posting, and clipping live feeds.
• Work closely with sport-specific social leads, Editorial, Creative, Marketing, and Production teams.
• Use performance insights to optimise coverage plans, internal creator deployment, and content mix.

Skills

Social leadership

Editorial knowledge

Multi-sport experience

Content strategy

Team management

Live editorial judgment

Content creation

Job description

Social Media Manager

Department: RS-407 - Content - P& E - Content Formats

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US - New York

Description

Why Join DAZN?

DAZN is the global home of sport, delivering premium live and on-demand coverage across a wide range of sports. DAZN’s social ecosystem reflects this breadth — with sport-specific handles driving depth and fandom, supported by the general @DAZN handle to amplify moments and stories across the portfolio.

This role offers the opportunity to lead how DAZN’s multisport social coverage is planned, executed, and scaled — ensuring internal teams are deployed efficiently across key events, priorities, and platforms.

If you’re passionate about sport, culture, and digital storytelling, and excited about building meaningful engagement with sports audiences at scale, DAZN is the place to make your impact. As Social Manager – DAZN, you will be responsible for leading the team of internal content creators dedicated to covering DAZN’s key company priorities across major sports rights.

Sitting within the Social team, this role focuses on strategy, programming, and people management across multiple social handles. You will ensure the internal team is flexible and effectively deployed to support sport-specific priority handles while also programming and contributing to the @DAZN handle as a supporting, cross-sport channel.

This is a player-coach role requiring strong editorial judgement across multiple sports, clear leadership, and the ability to still create and publish content when needed.

Salary Range: $85,000 to $100,000. This is hybrid role which will be based mostly on site from our New York office.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate coverage across sport-specific priority handles and the @DAZN handle
• Own the programming strategy for the social team, ensuring creators are scheduled effectively across key events, fights, and matchdays
• Program the @DAZN handle to amplify major moments and stories across DAZN’s rights portfolio
• Ensure the team can flex across sports depending on the calendar, priorities, and live moments
• Act as an editorial decision-maker during live events, ensuring fast, accurate, and platform-native publishing
• Create content yourself — filming, editing, posting, and clipping live feeds
• Work closely with sport‑specific social leads, Editorial, Creative, Marketing, and Production teams
• Use performance insights to optimise coverage plans, internal creator deployment, and content mix

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Proven experience leading social teams within sports or media environments
• Strong multi‑sport editorial knowledge across major sports
• Experience managing internal content creators and scheduling coverage across multiple simultaneous priorities
• Clear understanding of how sport‑specific social handles and generalist brand handles work together
• Confidence creating end-to‑end social content alongside your team
• Strong strategic thinking paired with hands‑on execution
• Deep understanding of social programming, live coverage, and platform dynamics
• Calm, decisive leadership in fast‑paced, live sports environments

Job Benefits

• access to DAZN
• up to 15 days of paid time off
• 9 days of annual leave
• health benefits (including dental & eye care)
• a generous sick time package
• short and long‑term disability covering
• parental leave offering
• personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• You’ll also find a family friendly community
• learning and development resources
• opportunity for flexible working
• access to our internal speaker series and events