Social Media Manager / Content Creator

Gondola; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off (up to 15 days)

401(k) retirement plan

Learning & development resources

Job summary

DAZN is the global home of sport and is seeking a Content Creator to produce engaging social-first content around basketball. You will cover live games, self-shoot, present on camera, and deliver fast-turnaround vertical videos across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube.

The role requires strong basketball knowledge, editorial judgement, and a proactive, creative mindset in a hybrid New York-based environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating engaging social-first content (portfolio required).
• Strong basketball knowledge and culture.
• Excellent on-camera presence and confidence presenting content regularly.
• Advanced skills in filming, editing, and producing content end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Create and publish short-form content across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube.
• Cover live basketball games and produce content in real time around key moments and fan conversations.
• Self-shoot, present, and appear on camera regularly as part of the content output.
• Edit high-quality vertical video content with fast turnaround times.
• Clip live game footage and transform key moments into engaging social content.
• Lead on reactive, personality-led content during live games and key basketball events.
• Identify trends and turn them into engaging basketball storytelling.
• Collaborate closely with the Social Manager and wider social team to execute content plans.
• Contribute creative ideas and new formats to evolve the basketball social presence.

Skills

Social-first content

Basketball knowledge

On-camera presence

Filming/editing

Platform mastery

Fast-paced execution

Fluent English

Job description

# Social Media Manager / Content Creator## DAZN•### @dazngroupPosted on 9/23/2026•Full-time## Job Description**Why Join DAZN?**DAZN is the global home of sport, delivering premium live and on-demand coverage to fans around the world. Through our DAZN channels, we connect passionate basketball communities with the teams, players, stories, and moments that matter most. This role offers the opportunity to help shape how basketball is experienced across social media, creating engaging, social-first content that drives conversation, fandom, and community engagement around the sport.**The Role**As a Content Creator you will be responsible for creating and publishing engaging social-first content across DAZN social channels, helping bring the biggest moments from the sport closer to fans. This is a hands-on role requiring creativity, strong basketball knowledge, and excellent editorial judgement.***Salary Range: $70,000 - $85,000. This is hybrid role which will be based mostly on site from our New York office.***## What You'll Be Doing:**What You'll Be Doing*** Create and publish short-form content across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube.* Cover live basketball games and produce content in real time around key moments and fan conversations.* Self-shoot, present, and appear on camera regularly as part of the content output.* Edit high-quality vertical video content with fast turnaround times.* Clip live game footage and transform key moments into engaging social content.* Lead on reactive, personality-led content during live games and key basketball events.* Identify trends and turn them into engaging basketball storytelling.* Collaborate closely with the Social Manager and wider social team to execute content plans.* Contribute creative ideas and new formats to evolve the basketball social presence.## What You'll Bring:**What You'll Bring*** Proven experience creating engaging social-first content (portfolio required).* Strong passion for basketball, with extensive knowledge of basketball culture.* Excellent on-camera presence and confidence presenting content regularly.* Advanced skills in filming, editing, and producing content end-to-end.* Strong understanding of social media platforms, trends, and audience behaviors.* Ability to work quickly and effectively in fast-paced, live-event environments.* Creative, proactive mindset with strong execution skills.* Fluent English (spoken and written) essential.## BenefitsBenefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off, health benefits (including dental & eye care), a sick time package, parental leave offering, voluntary benefits (such as basic life term, personal accident and short and long-term disability covering) and a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community and learning and development resources.## About DAZNAt DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.**DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:**Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to **Make It Happen.**Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, **Focusing On Impact.**Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to **Win As One.**At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.We look forward to hearing from you.