Social Media Executive Marketing, Content · Ground

Salary

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Full Time, 37.5 hours a week

The City Ground, Nottingham, NG2 5FJ

On site

30th January 2026

• Opportunity to access tickets for events at The City Ground.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to high street and gym discounts.
• Discount within our Club shop.
• Free on-site parking.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is seeking a creative and driven Social Media Executive to support and grow the club’s digital presence across all major platforms. This role will play a key part in engaging supporters, amplifying the club’s brand, and delivering compelling, on‑brand content that reflects the history, passion, and ambition of Nottingham Forest.

• Plan, create, and publish engaging content across the club’s social media channels (including X, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, You Tube, and emerging platforms).
• Support the delivery of the club’s social media strategy, aligned with commercial, marketing, and football objectives.
• Cover matchdays and club events, delivering real‑time updates, highlights, and fan‑focused content, including working evenings, weekends, and matchdays as required.
• Collaborate with the content, communications, and commercial teams to promote campaigns, partners, and key club initiatives.
• Monitor social media performance, analyse insights, and produce reports with recommendations for improvement.
• Engage with supporters in a professional and positive manner, helping to build a strong online community.
• Stay up to date with social media trends, platform updates, and best practices in sports digital media.
• Ensure all content adheres to club brand guidelines, tone of voice, and safeguarding policies.

• Previous experience in social media management, preferably within sport, entertainment, or a fast‑paced brand environment.
• Strong understanding of major social media platforms and their audiences.
• Experience using content calendars and scheduling tools.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone for different platforms.
• Basic experience with content creation tools (e.g. video editing, graphics, photography).
• Analytical mindset with experience using social media insights and analytics tools.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, particularly on matchdays.
• Awareness of safeguarding, EDI and accessibility best practice in digital content.

At Nottingham Forest Football Club we are committed to creating an environment where differences are respected, individuality is celebrated, everyone feels valued, supported, and included. Our goal is to ensure every member of our team can be themselves, contribute fully, and reach their potential without barriers.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from talented people of all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We continue to develop policies and practices that promote equality, diversity, inclusion and mental wellbeing across our workforce. To help us measure progress and hold ourselves accountable, we ask all applicants to provide accurate diversity information during the recruitment process.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, taking positive steps to attract, recruit, and support disabled people. As part of this commitment, we work hard to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, inclusive, and accessible to everyone. We are committed to offering interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role and provide reasonable adjustments at every stage from the application process through to ongoing support in the workplace.

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