Junior Content Creative in Slough

About Footballco

Footballco is the world’s largest football content and media business, reaching more than 400m football fans across the world each month. With a growing roster of football brands including GOAL, INDIVISA and MUNDIAL, we have unparalleled reach and understanding within the game. We are a team of over 300 people in 16 countries, young and ambitious with significant investment behind us.

About The Role

This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract with the potential for extension. This is a great opportunity for a Junior Creative who’s ready to build ideas and help shape how brands show up in football culture. We’re looking for a talented Junior Content Creative to join our growing creative department. You’ll bring bold, social-first ideas, a strong interest in football and culture, and the ambition to produce best-in-class branded content for our clients.

Working closely with senior creatives and the wider team, you’ll help ideate and pitch smart, shareable campaigns - from tactical social posts to culturally-driven hero films. This is a hands-on role, giving you experience across the full creative process: from idea generation and development, through to presentation and production.

What You’ll be doing:

• Support Seniors in conceiving and executing ambitious branded content campaigns that will delight our clients and Footballco’s enormous global audience.
• Show a desire to own your ideas beyond the pitching phase of a project and get involved with pre-production, production, and post with the support of Senior members of the team.
• Come up with fresh, shareable social content ideas that cut through a crowded marketplace.
• Have an in-depth understanding of all social media platforms, from Instagram to TikTok, and how to create content that gets shared.
• Collaborate with writers, directors, editors, designers and more.
• Foster originality in your ideation, proposing innovative concepts that challenge conventional thinking.
• Be passionate about your ideas and confidently communicate your creative vision to senior members and the wider team.
• Pay close attention to detail when crafting decks, focusing on elements such as imagery and copy.
• Work closely with the production and delivery teams on a daily basis.
• Be client-facing and collaborate with the strategy and client services team.
• Participate in attending shoots, which may require occasional evening and/or weekend work.
• Ensure ideas can happen relative to budgets, timing, and capabilities.
• Be willing to learn and adapt.
• Be hungry to develop and progress in your career.

What You Have:

• A creative portfolio or examples of diverse thinking and eye-catching ideas.
• A stand-out creative mind ready to push the boundaries.
• Experience working in the creative industry, whether in a professional or personal setting.
• A passion for big thinking and an eye for craft across various social channels.
• An understanding of football and its connections to fashion, music, gaming, and culture.
• An interest in and deep knowledge of social media, including experience producing work for various platforms.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to inspire stakeholders with your storytelling and ideas.
• A can-do attitude and willingness to support Senior members of staff.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm to learn from your team and other departments.
• Ability and willingness to attend our office in Holborn at least 3 times per week.

Desirables:

• You’re a creative person by trade with interests outside of the working environment.
• You have experience working with brands in the world of social content.
• Experience with Google Slides and Adobe Creative Suite.

Footballco is a global organisation and aims to build an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, considering all qualified applicants without discrimination based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.