Player Social Coordinator (Seasonal)

The Player Social Coordinator will assist in the distribution and creation of original content for Major League Baseball players’ social media accounts. This person will be a member of the Player Social team at MLB, supporting the team’s primary goal of providing content to MLB players to help them better engage with audiences on social media and grow their personal brands. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of baseball, a keen eye for quality content, and the ability to work well in groups or on their own.

Responsibilities

• Follow games to identify and distribute the best content to MLB players on a daily/nightly basis
• Work closely with live content creators at each ballpark to ensure content is being captured and distributed to all players in the program in a timely manner
• Sift through a lot of content, photos, and videos and decide what content is highest quality and worthy of player channel
• Track posting of distributed custom content for major MLB events
• Follow MLB players’ content to provide to MLB content team for reposting
• Communicate with players directly in a professional manner
• Work closely with the design team and video editors to create and deliver high-quality social content to players
• Handle submission of player verification requests to social media platforms
• Miscellaneous player social support projects as needed and assigned

Qualifications & Skills

• 1+ year experience working in social media, digital content, or athlete relations
• Strong understanding of baseball and our players
• Experience creating social content or demonstrate the ability to do so
• Understanding of what type of content works best on each social platform
• Eye for content that resonates with a Gen Z audience
• Ability to be engaging, funny, and appealing in your work
• Availability to work nights and weekends

Pay Range: $22.00 - $24.00 per hour The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision Why MLB? Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come. MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. California Residents: Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details. Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at [email protected]. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below! Apply Job! Apply to this Job