Freelance | Sports Creative
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Concept and create social-first content for multiple sports clients and brands, covering live events and developing platform-native ideas for TikTok, Instagram, and X. Requires experience in agency, sports organisation, or entertainment brand, with strong copywriting and short-form video skills.
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Who You Are
You're a Social Creative with sport running through your veins.
You know how to turn sporting moments into ideas people actually stop for.
Whether it's football, F1, tennis, basketball, combat sports or the next big tournament, you can concept across multiple sports accounts and adapt your thinking to different audiences, brands and moments.
You're obsessed with sport, culture and the internet.
You know what's happening before everyone else does and you're already thinking,
*"How can this become content?"*
You
- Live on TikTok, Instagram and X.
- Write sharp, human copy that sounds like people, not brands.
- Spot trends early and react fast.
- Generate ideas without waiting for a brief.
- Know the difference between following culture and creating it.
What You'Ll Do
- Concept social-first ideas across multiple sports clients, brands and major events.
- Build platform-native content that drives conversation, engagement and attendance.
- Create monthly content plans and reactive content calendars.
- Write social copy that feels fresh, funny and on brand.
- Work closely with creatives, designers and producers to bring ideas to life.
- Cover live sporting events, capturing content and reacting in real time.
- Develop ideas with athletes, partners and talent that people actually want to share.
What You'Ll Bring
- Experience creating social content within an agency, sports organisation or entertainment brand.
- A genuine obsession with sport and social media.
- A portfolio full of ideas, not just posts.
- Strong concepting skills across multiple sports and audiences.
- Experience creating high-performing content for TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube Shorts.
- Confidence shooting, editing and creating short-form video.
- Excellent copywriting and a strong instinct for what people will engage with.
- The ability to move fast without compromising quality.
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