Social Media Manager - FOS Tonight

Social Media Manager - FOS Tonight

Final date to receive applications: 8 September 2026

Department: Multimedia

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York, New York

Reporting To: Director, Social Media

Compensation: $80,000 - $100,000 / year

Front Office Sports is seeking a Social Media Manager focused on our new show FOS Tonight, with a background in sports, business media, or entertainment to help lead our day-to-day social strategy and team execution. The ideal teammate will own the voice, programming, publishing, and performance of the FOS brand across platforms, working closely with editorial, video, design, and production to turn stories, shows, interviews, and news segments into standout social moments.

This role is especially important as Front Office Sports continues to grow its multimedia and social video operation. The Social Media Manager should understand how to take TV-style news segments, studio shows, interviews, explainers, and longer-form video programming and turn them into shareable, platform-native clips for You Tube, Instagram, Tik Tok, X, Linked In, and other emerging platforms.

The ideal person for this role has managed a brand’s social presence end-to-end — setting strategy, overseeing programming and posting workflows, coaching junior teammates, writing and editing strong captions, and being accountable for growth, engagement, and community results. This person should be fluent in platform best practices, understand how audiences behave differently across each channel, and know how to package sports business stories in a way that is accurate, sharp, and highly shareable.

Our Social Media Manager will work closely with and report to the Director of Social Media, while managing and providing day-to-day editorial direction to the Social Programmer and other junior social team members.

• Own social strategy and day-to-day execution across Twitter/X, Instagram, Tik Tok, Linked In, You Tube, and emerging platforms
• Manage, mentor, and provide editorial direction to the Social Programmer, Social Coordinators, Editors, and other junior teammates
• Lead the process of turning Front Office Sports studio shows, interviews, news segments, explainers, podcasts, and other multimedia programming into social-first clips and platform-native assets
• Oversee clip selection, caption writing, headlines, thumbnails, hooks, tags, posting cadence, and platform-specific packaging to maximize reach and engagement
• Set and maintain the social content calendar in partnership with editorial, video, design, and production leadership
• Ensure the Social Programmer and broader team are programming, scheduling, posting, and tracking content effectively across all major platforms
• Write, edit, and approve strong, accurate, and engaging social captions that reflect the Front Office Sports voice and are optimized for each platform
• Apply platform-specific best practices across You Tube, Instagram, Tik Tok, X, Linked In, and emerging platforms, including caption length, video formatting, thumbnails, headlines, hashtags, tagging, comments, community behavior, and posting strategy
• Translate business goals into platform-specific growth, engagement, audience development, and community targets, and report on performance regularly
• Use platform analytics and audience insights to guide daily programming decisions, optimize posting strategy, and coach the team on what is working
• Identify breaking news, trending moments, and culturally relevant conversations, then lead the team in quickly turning them into smart, brand-safe social content
• Oversee community management across platforms, including monitoring comments, identifying audience feedback, surfacing meaningful conversations, and helping maintain a smart, engaged, and brand-safe presence
• Maintain Brand Excellence: ensure consistency across voice, typography, color, layout, and visual identity while pushing the FOS aesthetic and social packaging forward
• Monitor trends, algorithm changes, emerging formats, and platform shifts, then lead experimentation that expands reach and strengthens community
• Partner cross-functionally with sales, marketing, editorial,…