Barstool Sports is hiring an Assistant for Big Cat. The Assistant will provide both personal, administrative and operational support to Big Cat’s daily schedule, and will act as the primary liaison across multiple teams including content, production, social as well as multiple business teams. The ideal candidate will bring a mix of executive assistant, social media enthusiast along with strong editing and excel capability. The ideal candidate will have a strong penchant for all things Sports and a full understanding of the internet. This person will rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. This role is based in Chicago.
What You’ll Do
- Social Media Management
- Keep Big Cat informed daily on what’s trending in sports and across the social landscape
- Able to properly represent Big Cat as this role will have responsibility for managing all his social accounts
- Work with stats and data to tell a story to help drive social media performance
- Edit content for production
- Edit a variety of supercuts, best of’s, and montages across Big Cat franchises
- Craft alternate versions of content to optimize specific social media platform performance
- Apply graphic elements, color correction, subtitles, and audio mixing to videos
- Dive into and revamp old legacy content
- Maintain a consistent and organized workflow to ensure proper deadline delivery
- Manage the timeline of your projects from inception to delivery
- Collaborate with franchise producers/editors about their content schedules
- Executive Assistant
- Act as the point of contact across teams to streamline and filter
- Provide daily support, including but not limited to business and personal tasks
- Calendar management, set up meetings, schedule guests and work with office manager to ensure necessary space is booked when needed
- Plan travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, etc
What You’ll Bring
- 2 plus years experience in a similar role
- Must consume all four major sports and have a deep knowledge of each of them
- Vast and extensive knowledge of Barstool moments, history, and content in particular Big Cat’s content and PMT
- Detailed knowledge of social media, sports, pop culture, and current events
- Strong Technical skills video editing and social media
- Must pay close attention to detail and operate exhibiting good judgement and decision making
- Must maintain the utmost confidentiality
- Strong problem solving capability
- Excellent time management skills
- Advanced proficiency with Excel and the Adobe Creative Cloud
- Ability to editing specifically for social media platforms
- Experience having worked with talent, a plus
- Ability to succeed in a fast paced, around the clock work environment and comfortable working with ambiguity
- Strong communication (written and oral) as well as organizational and planning skill
Salary Range: $65,000-75,000k
How to Apply --
We aren’t as interested in your resumes as much as we are interested in what you’ll bring to the job. So in addition to attaching your resume please edit a reel of Big Cat’s content, sports content or Barstool content and attach it as part of the application. Also, please explain in your own words why you are the best person for this job.
Barstool Sports is a company that will drive the way media is created and consumed for years to come. Working at Barstool Sports means being part of a team that is solutions-oriented, celebrates creativity, and supports one another.
Joining means having access to competitive and valuable benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefits
- A 4% 401(k) employer match
- Unlimited vacation time, including Summer break in July and Holiday break in December
- Monthly employer contribution towards cell phone reimbursement
- Employee discount to the Barstool Sports store
- Financial wellness benefits through Origin
- A monthly stipend for UberEats
What We Value
- Rep the brand as best you can
- We have lots of different brains, be open to them
- Never change who you are, that's who we hired
- Find the solution, don't be the problem
- Don't be afraid to try something new
- Common Sense. Use it.
- Be there for your audience
- Always think about how you can help
Barstool Sports is for everyone. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Barstool Sports does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes. Barstool Sports will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement.
Top Skills
What We Do
Barstool Sports is one of the most influential lifestyle brands in America. With a rich history, Barstool Sports has one of the most highly coveted, fiercely loyal, and incredibly engaged audiences, which has put Barstool at the top of the charts.
Barstool Sports is the preeminent digital sports media brand that has established an extremely influential and deeply authentic voice. Barstool Sports creates innovative content with massive distribution on multiple platforms including web, apps, podcasts, radio, video, social, events, pay-per-view, subscription, and TV to an incredibly engaged audience.
Barstool steals the spotlight in cultural moments. Their presence at major sporting events drives more awareness, engagement, and viewership in younger demographics than any other media brand. Barstool Sports and its founder, Dave Portnoy, consistently ranks as the #1 most influential social media account at major sporting events like the Kentucky Derby, Super Bowl, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Golf, Stanley Cup Finals, NASCAR's Daytona 500, and more.
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