YouTube Content & Community Manager Role overview: The purpose of this role is to manage the day-to-day activity across JD Sports YouTube channel. To proactively and efficiently manage content channels from concept through to execution and delivery. You will manage the backend of the channel including content uploads, scheduling, tagging, metadata and SEO as well as building and managing the community. Reporting into the channel manager and working alongside our creative partners, you will support in keeping the channel active, engaging and trending Responsibilities: Channel & Content Management: Feed into pre-production from a content & roll out point of view. Manage the post-production & delivery process for long & short form. Distribute content to internal social teams with direction and scheduling promts. Manage the back end of the channel scheduling content and ensuring strategic play to ensure all content performance is maximised. Optimise long form into short form to re-purpose across all social channels. Edit long form into social clips. • Ideate talent focussed concepts for social. Attend shoot days where required (approx. 1 per month) • Write descriptions for videos and shorts, including metadate, tags, hashtags and subtitles. Contribute towards driving the channel towards key KPI's through community building & trends. Community management keeping on top of comments across all videos. Manage channel content schedule, tracking content production to ensure deadlines are met. Support on any YouTube driven talent briefs. Tasks may include but are not limited to: Working with agency and/or talent on concepting; Sourcing relevant YouTube talent; Budgeting; Contracting; Managing conversations and content; and updating internal and external stakeholders. Support in the delivery of graphical elements such as thumbnails and end frames. Skills and Experience: Knowledge of the JD brand; past & present. A strong knowledge of YouTube as a content platform including experience in content management and writing metadata and SEO. Experience in managing production & post-production for long form YouTube content. A strong understanding of social content, trends & storytelling. Have the ability to identify potential viral moments from long form content. A strong understanding of the Urban Youth space across YouTube & content creators. Strong project management skills, organised and able to manage multiple projects at one time. Excellent attention for detail. Requirements 2/3 Days per week 8 hours per day inc lunch Remote working The Company: The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world. We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity. To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day. We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits: Incremental Holiday Allowance Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme Discounted Gym membership Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications Interested? If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button . Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager. Thank you again for your time. LI-KW1