Director Of Social Media - DAZN Football

Why Join DAZN?

Joining DAZN as Director of Social Media for Football means leading the charge to build one of the most vibrant, fan-driven football communities in the digital space. At a time when the sport is surging in popularity this is your opportunity to shape how fans engage with content every day. You’ll work in a bold, creative environment where ideas are turned into impactful storytelling — fast. With access to exclusive matches, rights, and talent, you’ll craft narratives that resonate across cultures, continents, and time zones.

This is more than a social media role — it’s about setting the tone for how the world sees DAZN content. If you're passionate about global sport culture, digital storytelling, and leading high-performing teams, DAZN offers the platform and ambition to match your vision.

The Role

As Director of Social Media for DAZN you will lead the strategy across all major platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube. Your role will be to inspire and manage a dynamic team of content creators, editors, and social strategists to produce thumb-stopping content that captures the spirit of sport — from elite competitions to viral fan moments. You’ll collaborate closely with production, marketing, and commercial teams to ensure every post ladders up to broader business goals, while staying authentic to the sport's voice and energy.

You’ll own editorial calendars, performance metrics, and experimentation with new formats and platforms. Most importantly, you’ll help DAZN stand out in a crowded market with social storytelling that celebrates sport.

Department

74-406 - Content - P&E - Platform & Engagement

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

UK - London

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

 • Lead social strategy and execution for all content.
 • Manage a team of editors and creators across time zones.
 • Own platform growth, engagement, and innovation.
 • Develop playbooks for tone, formats, and voice.
 • Collaborate with rights, commercial, and marketing teams.
 • Track and analyze performance metrics, optimizing in real time.

What You'll Bring:

 • 7+ years in social media strategy, with strong football knowledge.
 • Deep understanding of platform-specific content, trends, and tone.
 • Experience managing teams and working across departments.
 • Editorial and creative instincts that align with fan culture.
 • Data-driven mindset with the ability to act on insights.
 • Passion for storytelling, social-first content, and football.

Benefits:

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.