Banbury United FC is on the hunt for a Social Media & Content Manager to work exclusively with its first team. This new, dedicated volunteer role presents an exciting opportunity for someone developing a career in football media or indeed any digital-savvy football fan wanting to donate time and skills to their local football club.

Simon Hollyhead’s team has made a great start to the Pitching In Southern League Premier Central for this season. We are looking for someone to be at their side, presenting their journey via our digital channels, building engagement with fans and supporting the wider business goals of our community-owned Club.

Duties of the role include:

• Lead for all first team and first team fixture media content.
• Develop and implement a creative content strategy for articles, videos/reels, social media posts and campaigns.
• Develop productive relationships with our first team manager, coaching staff and players.
• Write all news content for the first team e.g. player announcements.
• Develop match build-up content for the website and social media.
• Write match preview articles.
• Provide in-match commentary posts on X to keep fans informed.
• Social media community management: regularly checking Facebook, X, Instagram and Linked In for notifications and messages, engaging as appropriate.
• Work with Operations team colleagues to disseminate all fixture-related messages (tickets, admission, safety and security, pitch inspections, match cancellations etc.).
• Liaise with our Football Secretary and other clubs to co-ordinate timings of player registrations, moves and loans, and match cancellations.
• Repurpose matchday programme content as website articles and for socials.
• Be the main Club media contact on matchdays, also supporting our Puritans Radio team as necessary.
• Co-ordinate the volunteer comms team, commissioning projects and arranging cover.
• Co-ordinate the timing and development of posts and campaigns with other areas of the Club.

This role will suit a highly motivated self-starter who has the confidence and personal leadership to dive straight into our football team environment and extract the most compelling content. High written standards and experience of compiling social media posts is essential. Knowledge of non-league football and what top-class Step 2-3 Club social media output should look like, would be ideal.

You won’t be alone. There is help on hand from an enthusiastic, established team of comms volunteers – in photography, graphic design, social media and video editing. The role reports to the Board Member responsible for communications and involves close working with our First Team Manager and Head of Marketing Communications.

The successful candidate is expected to attend most of our home and away matches. Transport will be provided to many of the away matches and where it is not, lifts will almost always be possible. Team kit and free entry to all matches is provided.

If you are interested in this flexible role, please get in touch with Claire via clairedumbreck@banburyunitedfc.co.uk .