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The CBS Sports Social Media team creates and distributes all content posted from CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, and CBS Sports Digital's social media channels. In a sports media landscape that's cluttered with noise, we take pride in building creative that cuts through with our audience and represents the values of our brand. Fantasy Football Today (FFT) is one of the longest-running and most trusted fantasy sports brands in the industry, delivering draft prep, weekly start/sit advice, waiver wire pickups, and injury analysis to millions of fantasy players across every platform CBS Sports operates.
The brand stretches across...
• CBS Sports Network/YouTube: Daily shows
• CBS Sports HQ: Programming blocks, segments
• Digital Properties: Newsletters, Articles, Rankings
• Social: Instagram, TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Facebook
Role Overview:The Social Media Producer will lead programming for the @FFToday accounts on TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, and Facebook. Working closely with our talent and production team to extend the show's daily insights to social, they will drive audience engagement throughout the fantasy football calendar (draft season through playoffs).
Your Day-to-Day:
• Develop social programming calendars for FFT across TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, and Facebook
• Distribute daily show content - clips, hits, and highlights - to all platforms
• Produce original content built specifically for social, distinct from show repurposing
• Lead audience development initiatives and buzzworthy campaigns like #AskFFT
• Create original graphics and video in reaction to breaking fantasy news (injuries, trades, roster moves) in real time
• Establish and execute editorial calendar for key content beats throughout the season (e.g. Waiver Wire, Start/Sit, Rankings)
• Sit with production team in studio regularly, shooting original content with FFT talent
Basic Qualifications:
• Extreme passion for fantasy football and a strong working knowledge of the NFL
• 3+ years experience managing social accounts (TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Facebook)
• Willingness to adapt working schedule to cover the fantasy football calendar, including nights and weekends during the NFL season
• Ability to work under extremely fast turnaround times, especially around breaking fantasy news
• Collaborative spirit to ingrain yourself into a wider team
• Grasp of Adobe Creative Suite and hunger to improve your craft
Additonal Qualifications:
• Exceptional writing ability and a strong understanding of English grammar
• Familiarity with fantasy football scoring formats, ADP, and roster construction
• Willingness to work prime time sports viewing hours, nights and weekends included
CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the Big Ten ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR.
In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage.
CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.
What We Offer:

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount's most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount

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