Content & Social Media Executive

Who are we?

Smarkets is a betting exchange for sports and political trading that has handled over £29 billion in volume since 2010. Our company mission is to fix the betting industry with the best products and best prices. We are upending the sports betting industry by growing a transparent platform that offers the best value for bettors, with the fairest odds, best technology and a superior customer experience.

Smarkets is a Series B tech company that brings a professional, product-led approach to our mission. We embrace collaboration, trust, innovation and scientific rigour, while we celebrate ambitious goals and passionate energy. Our culture rewards people on merit and excellence and we strive to provide a working environment where recognition, challenges, support, collaboration, interesting benefits and shared meals provided by our chefs mix together to let you unlock your potential, grow with us and become your best self.

Join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our betting trading technology landscape.

Role expectations and responsibilities

As a Content and Social Media Executive, you’ll form a crucial part of our Marketing team helping execute key campaigns across the sporting calendar. Social Media and sport never stands still for long with content, trends and algorithms changing day-by-day, so you will need to adapt and react across channels to help us grab those ‘in-the-moment’ opportunities.

We pride ourselves on our owned content, so you will need to be comfortable editing audio and video content alongside having a keen eye for detail to ensure we’re publishing the best possible output in an on-brand manner. 

As well as this you will collaborate with Marketing, Product and Data teams to marry up future opportunities, to ensure that we are ahead of the curve, and assist the wider team for bigger-picture planning, while also thinking ahead to pre-empt social moments.

Areas of Responsibility

You will be joining our Marketing team, working alongside the Campaigns Manager to edit and execute on-brand content. You will be responsible for social content across all Smarkets and SBK platforms. Looking for inspiration in popular topics for content and concepts, while also providing suggestions on how we can provide an SBK/Smarkets spin as they gain momentum. You will be scheduling content in advance on all channels, including Instagram, Youtube, X and Reddit.
You will also have the opportunity to attend events on behalf of SBK/Smarkets and report on real-time events through our tone of voice.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience in a content or social media-oriented role with expert knowledge of key social platforms (Meta, X, Reddit etc)
• A track record of creating viral moments, either personally or professionally
• Comfortable editing audio and video using tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro
• Experience using design tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Figma is preferred
• A sports fanatic who’s also across the latest news and current affairs
• An outside of the box thinker with a keen eye for detail

Our Values

• Push to win
• Make others better
• Give a shit
• Be a pro
• Bring the energy

Our values are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe these are the fundamentals to ensure we are delivering what’s expected of us in the best way possible for ourselves and for those around us.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice will be heard.
We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and Development.

These include:

• Stock options which vests over 4 years
• Pension scheme - an impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
• Health insurance
• Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee and soft drinks also included)
• We're a member of a cycle to work scheme
• We want to continue to invest in all our employees and do so by providing a £1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
• Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home
• 20 days a year of global working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year
• We will provide you lunch everyday in the office - you don't need to worry about what to make or buy for lunch as we have it sorted with top quality food served by our in-house chef Alex!