Social Media Design Associate (Remote)
The Athletic Media CompanyPosted 5/26/2025
Social Media Design Associate (Remote)
The Athletic Media Company
Job Location
Salary Range
67k - 70k USD / YEAR
Job Summary
The Social Media Design Associate role at The Athletic involves creating visual assets and templates for breaking news, trending storylines, and top content. This position requires proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and data visualization skills. The ideal candidate will be able to work in a fast-paced news environment, juggle multiple tasks, and develop deep relationships with departments across the company. With a competitive salary range of $67,000-$70,000 USD and comprehensive benefits package, this role offers a unique opportunity for a creative professional to join a leading sports media company. The Athletic values flexibility, excellent communication skills, and a passion for storytelling. As a Social Media Design Associate, you will be the bridge between the newsroom and readers, listeners, and viewers, crafting valuable content experiences across social platforms.
Job Description
About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About the Role
As a Social Media Design Associate, you will be the bridge between our world-class newsroom and the readers, listeners and viewers who love what The Athletic has to offer.
A successful Social Media Design Associate will be able to jump seamlessly between conversations with editorial, programming, design, audio and video and connect the dots between each to help us craft a valuable content experience for Athletic subscribers and non-subscribers.
You will be the eyes and ears of our real-time operation, and the voice of our company’s brand across social platforms.
Responsibilities
- Develop visual assets and templates to execute for breaking news, trending storylines, top content and tentpole events by combining photos, text and vector elements.
- Executes basic functions of social strategy, which include: Curation of social, distribution of articles, podcasts, live blogs, and video to relevant platforms on an ongoing basis.
- Assist in driving audience growth.
- Develop deep working relationships with departments across the company, including but not limited to editorial, programming, design, audio and video, and position yourself as the go-to source for any cross-functional need — big or small.
- Content creation for social platforms: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky, WhatsApp platforms.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment, processing relevant information from multiple departments and once synthesizing it to weave together a plan for the immediate, mid-term, and long-term future.
Requirements
- 1 to 3 years experience in graphic design.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, etc) and Figma.
- Data visualization, social media and/or video editing expertise is a bonus.
- Strong time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple work streams effectively.
- Design, video editing and Adobe Creative Cloud experience preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexibility in terms of schedule (weekends, evenings, holidays, etc.)
The annual base salary range for this role is $67,000.00 - $70,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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