FREELANCE COMMUNITY MANAGER (UAE)

We are an award winning digital content agency and media network who are
currently on the lookout for an Arabic speaking Freelance Community Manager
based in the UAE, to work as one of a number of specialist in-market Community
Managers across a range of platforms for a major basketball brand.
The role focuses on content ideation, creation, publishing and community
management within the specified key territory against a set of agreed
deliverables. Strong knowledge of basketball, the teams and the players is
required and the successful candidate should be able to translate that in an
accessible way for the local market, to help reach new wider audiences
engaging in the sport for the first time whilst also entertaining existing
followers.
The Community Manager will focus most of their time on Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram day-to-day but our wider in-house platform specialists will be
looking to the successful candidate for additional in-market expertise and
knowledge to support across other channels.
The ability to craft engaging social copy and content suitable for the local
and wider audience is vital along with an understanding of best practices in
optimisation and publishing on a channel-by-channel basis. The skills to
capture insightful social-first content (e.g. vertical video) are a
requirement, while a proactive, energetic approach is also a must for this
role
Some on-location coverage will be required within the key local market.
Weekend and out-of-hours work is needed within the up to ‎20 hours per week
specified below, due to the nature of sports fixtures and events and social
media.

Why join us?
As a Great Places to Work certified workplace, we believe in a working
environment where people can flourish, develop and reach their full potential.
We deliver work sustainably, in spaces we enjoy working from and in a flexible
way that helps maintain a strong work-life balance. We are committed to
building a diverse and inclusive workforce that encourages and values all
voices - Everyone is welcome

TASKS AND DELIVERABLES
Over the course of up to ‎20 hours per week, we would require the following
deliverables. Hours to be confirmed by Little Dot, as dictated by the game
schedule, but it is anticipated that a ‎20-hour week would be approximately
broken down as follows:

• Ideate multi-channel, platform-bespoke social content across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for specific handles (to be specified in advance of the engagement), for delivery to a Little Dot Social Producer, who will be overseeing and communicating to the successful candidate an overarching content plan (approximately ‎2 hours each week on this task)


• Write copy and deliver basic graphic or video assets (approximately ‎5 hours each week on this task)


• Publish agreed content to specific Instagram, Facebook and Instagram handles (approximately ‎5 hours each week on this task)


• Engage the local community, respond to comments and interact with the local audience in an authentic tone of voice (approximately ‎2 hours each week on this task)


• Capture original social-first content for multiple social platforms using your own devices/kit (approximately ‎2 hours per week on this task)


• Feed into the briefing process with Little Dot editors and designers to help them create bespoke localised graphic and video assets, using your local expertise (approximately ‎1 hour per week on this task)


• Seek opportunities to collaborate with relevant personalities and accounts in your key territory (approximately ‎1 hour per week on this task)


• Where required attend client meetings and calls to offer local market expertise (approximately ‎1 hour per week on this task)


• Cover relevant matches and on-the-ground events to your market across channels. Events are to be specified in advance, with dates, hours, deliverables and expectations to be set out by Little Dot via email (as dictated by the schedule of events, and agreed between the parties).
  The successful candidate will be paid on a per-hour basis and required to
  complete time sheets to record hours worked.
  
  WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.
* Excellent knowledge of social media platforms
* Basic graphic design and video editing capabilities e.g. clipping moments, revisioning aspect ratio and updating graphic templates using Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and Premiere Pro)
* Community Management experience
* Demonstrable knowledge and passion for basketball - successful candidate should be embedded within the local basketball community and have the ability to translate to a wide range of audiences
* Ability to work to a weekly and monthly content calendar and feed into the planning process
* Excellent attention to detail, spelling and grammar, with proficiency in business English (oral and written) including social media specifics
* Experience with vertical self-shooting and writing social-first localised copy
* Good knowledge of sports social media content on all social platforms
* Ability to work independently but cohesively as part of a wider strategy

SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT
You will need to provide your own computer capable of running the following
software:
* A fully licensed copy of Adobe Premiere and Photoshop, (version ‎23 or later)
* A modern browser that supports Google Workspace apps (Drive, Docs, Sheets etc), e.g. Chrome version ‎108 or later
In addition, you will need to provide your own mobile phone capable of the
following:
* Support native social apps
* Capture a minimum of 1080p vertical video
* Send and receive video and photographs
When using your own personal device to process or store company/client data,
you must follow the security recommendations as set out in the Little Dot
Information Security Policy and Remote Working Policy, together with any other
data security instructions given to you from time to time by the
Company/client. You must ensure the device is running licensed software with
all supplier/manufacturer-recommended security patches installed together with
up-to-date anti-virus software.
You will also need a reliable broadband connection capable of downloading and
uploading multiple raw video assets per day. An average upload/download speed
of at least 20Mbps is recommended.

ABOUT US

Little Dot Studios specialises in creating meaningful connections between
premium content and digital audiences. Since ‎2013, we've been partnering with
world-renowned brands, broadcasters, distributors and sports rights holders -
helping them grow, engage and monetise digital audiences with broadcast-
quality content. To learn more about us, our values and our commitments please
visit our website www.littledotstudios.com for more information.