Who are we hiring?

The New York Rangers are seeking a skilled social media content designer responsible for creating best-in-class content across team-owned channels with an eye towards broadening engagement with Rangers fans through creative, well-produced, and well-timed storytelling. The ideal candidate will possess excellent design skills, a creative mindset and a deep understanding of how to apply that to social content, an eye for detail and will stay up to date on cultural trends, emerging platforms and industry best practices. This position reports to the Senior Manager Digital & Social Content and will collaborate with the social team to develop content for team coverage, tentpole events, marketing partnerships, community programs and more.

What will you do?

• Assist in and often take the lead on the ideation and production of social content and campaigns. 
• Create compelling social content from photography and video footage and play a key role in the creative production process. 
• Assist in the daily production of content, including but not limited to static/hype graphics, motion graphics and quick-turn social-first video edits.
• As needed, assist in the editing of longer-form video content to be used on Rangers social channels.
• Assist in the conceptualization and creation of content specifically for TikTok.
• Independently conceptualize unique and compelling content pieces and campaigns that connect the Rangers to broader cultural and media trends.
• In collaboration with the social media team, create content that elevates and promotes the Rangers’ brand.
• Stay up to date on best-in-class content and be comfortable surfacing learnings and internet trends, new uses of social platforms, design trends and innovative ideas.
• Possess ability to collaborate with larger creative department within brand guidelines.
• Assist in development of season-long and tentpole campaigns, generating iterations of existing campaigns and designing/animating one-off content pieces.
• Manage multiple projects at once and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Be available to work home and away games as needed.

What do you need to succeed?

• 2-4 years’ experience working in the sports industry in a similar role; knowledge of NHL preferred but not required. 
• Strong visual eye regarding the creation and curation of content for social. 
• Deep understanding of major social platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook, etc.), and an ability to create effective content for each platform.   
• Working knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite, with an emphasis on Photoshop and Premiere.
• Versatile interpersonal skills and professionalism to work across multiple environments and departments, including interaction with players.
• Detail oriented with a track record of managing multiple projects at once and delivering on time.
• Ability to work autonomously yet also able to sync accordingly with full cross-department planning.
• Must be available nights/weekends as needed for live coverage during games. 

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