**Job Description:**
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organization, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including athletes, National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), Worldwide Olympic Partners, and Media Rights-Holders.
We are seeking a Social Media Production Manager to ensure the seamless creation and alignment of content across our digital ecosystem.
This leadership role is responsible for managing the end-to-end production of social media content, ensuring seamless integration across channels, and driving high-performing campaigns that support brand objectives and positioning: Sport and More than Sport.
Main Responsibilities:
* Lead the production of high-quality content across platforms: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms, ensuring alignment with social strategy and campaign objectives.
* Manage content production timelines, resource allocation, and workflows, ensuring timely and efficient content delivery.
* Oversee content shoots, asset creation, and creative development, working with internal teams and external partners to deliver best-in-class content.
* Maintain a strong connection between creative direction and brand positioning, ensuring all content reflects the 'Sport. And More than Sport' brand positioning.
* Support the creation of content for the Olympic Museum handles.
Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration:
* Act as liaison between social media, creative, brand, marketing, and external production teams to ensure seamless collaboration.
* Work closely with marketing, PR, paid media, digital data, and analytics teams to ensure content production aligns with broader strategies.
* Coordinate across multiple teams to ensure brand storytelling remains consistent across organic, paid, and partner content.
* Manage relationships with external production teams, agencies, and freelancers, ensuring all content meets brand standards.
Content Integration Across Channels & Languages:
* Ensure content production is optimized for all relevant platforms and tailored for diverse global audiences across languages.
* Work closely with language teams to ensure localization is executed effectively, maintaining cultural relevance while preserving brand consistency.
* Maintain creative and storytelling alignment across owned, earned, and paid media, ensuring seamless integration within the wider content ecosystem.
Quality Control & Brand Consistency:
* Ensure all content adheres to brand guidelines, creative quality standards, and storytelling best practices.
* Act as a brand guardian by reviewing and approving creative assets to ensure alignment with the brand and social strategies.
* Implement quality control measures to maintain a consistent tone, visual identity, and messaging across platforms.
Innovation & Trend Integration:
* Stay at the forefront of social media trends, new formats, and creative innovations, particularly within sports and digital storytelling.
* Identify opportunities to elevate storytelling through emerging content formats such as short-form video, interactive media, and user-generated content.
* Work with creative teams to test and implement cutting-edge content strategies that drive engagement and resonance with younger audiences.
Performance Monitoring & Content Optimization:
* Collaborate with the digital data and analytics team to assess content performance and derive insights for continuous improvement.
* Use data-driven insights to refine content strategies, ensuring optimal audience engagement, reach, and impact.
* Provide recommendations for content format adjustments, creative enhancements, and platform-specific optimizations.
Project & Resource Management:
* Oversee multiple content production projects simultaneously, ensuring they are executed on time and within budget.
* Manage internal and external resources, including agencies, freelancers, and content creators, to maximize production efficiency.
* Develop and maintain content calendars and production workflows to ensure alignment with campaign timelines.
Eligibility Criteria:
* Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field (Master's preferred).
* English fluency, with excellent writing and speaking of other languages is a plus.
* Several years of experience in social media content production and campaign management, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
* Ability to coordinate multilingual and multiplatform content production, ensuring consistency across global markets.
* Proven ability to manage end-to-end content production, ensuring creative quality, efficiency, and consistency.
* Strong expertise in social media storytelling, content formats, and audience engagement strategies.
* Excellent project management skills, with experience overseeing large-scale content creation efforts across multiple teams and stakeholders.
* Familiarity with sports and entertainment content production, with a strong understanding of brand storytelling in the digital space.
* Experience working with external agencies, freelancers, and production partners to scale content efforts.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align and manage cross-functional teams.