Job Opening: NFL Seeks Director Of Player Social Marketing

I have no clue what the job pays, but being the Director of Player Social Marketing for the NFL sounds like a very fun position. According to the job posting, the person will lead the league’s Social Content team and manage all player social emdia efforts with a focus on assisting players with their reach, growth and engagement.

Obviously, any candidate must have a deep understanding of various social media platforms that include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat. The NFL also wants someone who has experience with real-time engagement and analytics tools.

The job will be based in New York City.

Duties include:

• Broaden and strengthen player media social content offerings, including original content development in partnership with the NFL Social Lab;
• Ideate and implement a plan of how to better position our players to succeed on social media – through education and encouragement of use of social media best practices;
• Serve as a liaison between NFL Players and League to help empower Players to serve as a voice of the NFL;
• Collaborate and communicate with players and their representatives, and our Player Marketing and Entertainment Marketing teams to best identify new opportunities for NFL Players;
• Oversee and continue to expand the NFL’s Live Content Correspondent’s program;
• Energize others with visions for content improvement and development, including new property development;
• Craft original content programming and distribution plans for The Checkdown – with a focus on fan development, including support of League Cause and Marketing Initiatives.

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