Social Media And Content Lead

Ellevate Football is a premium youth football development business delivering school partnered academies, pro player camps and a dedicated player development app across the GCC, UK and USA. We work alongside leading professional players and institutional partners to build the next generation of footballers on the pitch, online and in the app.

We are at an exciting growth stage, and our brand is central to it. Everything we publish should look and feel world class.

Ellevate Football Academy (Dubai) is looking for a Social Media & Content Lead to own how the brand looks and sounds across every channel. This is a hands on creative role for someone who can shoot, edit, design and publish, and who understands how to turn great content into reach, leads and enrolments.

Key Responsibilities

• Videography: Capture high quality video at academies, camps, events and player sessions from quick reels to polished hero films.
• Photography: Shoot crisp action, portrait and brand photography for use across social, web, app and marketing materials.
• Editing: Edit video and photo content to a premium standard from fast turnaround social clips through to flagship promotional pieces.
• Social media management: Own the content calendar and day to day publishing across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn, engage with the community and report on performance.
• Graphic design: Produce on brand graphics including flyers, banners, social templates, player cards and campaign assets consistent with brand guidelines.
• Paid advertising: Plan, build and optimise Meta and Google Ads campaigns to drive camp and academy sign ups, tracking spend against results.
• Brand consistency: Ensure all outputs align with the Ellevate Football brand and tone across all markets and channels.
• Content strategy: Identify trends and opportunities, propose ideas, and support development of a content plan that builds the brand and supports commercial goals.
  
  
  

• Proven videography and photography experience with a strong portfolio or showreel
• Confident video and photo editing using tools such as Premiere Pro, Final Cut, DaVinci, Lightroom or Photoshop
• Hands on social media management across major platforms with a track record of growing engagement
• Graphic design capability using Canva or Adobe Creative Suite with strong visual standards
• Understanding of Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads with ability to build, monitor and optimise campaigns
• Self starter with ability to manage projects end to end with minimal supervision
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple shoots, deadlines and channels
  
  
  

• Interest in or knowledge of football and youth sport
• Motion graphics or animation skills
• Experience marketing to parents or within youth or education sectors
• Familiarity with analytics tools including Meta Insights, Google Analytics, TikTok or YouTube Studio
• Willingness to travel to academies, camps and events including matchdays on weekends
  
  
  

• A central, high impact role shaping the brand of a fast growing premium football business
• Creative freedom to bring ideas to life and see them published across multiple markets
• Access to elite environments including professional players, partner schools and events
• Opportunity to grow as the business and content function expands globally