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United Soccer League
Job Title: Creative Asset Coordinator
Position Type: Full-Time
Location: Tampa, FL (USL Headquarters)
Overview of the United Soccer League (USL)
The United Soccer League (USL) is the heartbeat of American soccer. Impacting more than 200 communities across the United States, the USL is the first and only soccer organization in the United States to build a youth-to-professional pathway for both men and women within one ecosystem. That structure includes three professional leagues: USL Super League (women), USL Championship (men), and USL League One (men); two pre-professional leagues: USL League Two (men) and the USL W League (women); and two youth platforms: USL Academy and USL Youth.
Authentic, vital, and exciting, the USL is dedicated to providing an inclusive and memorable soccer experience for players, fans, and communities across our growing "soccer nation."
Position Purpose
USL is seeking a Creative Asset Coordinator to support video, graphic and photo content creation for USL, its leagues, and properties. The Creative Asset Coordinator will be responsible for YouTube channel management and content, administration of digital asset management and video highlight platforms, and editing video content for USL channels.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Oversee day-to-day operations for company channels including optimizing and publishing videos, brainstorming with the creative team, and collaborating with creative team on direction.
- Manage USL on YouTube channels.
- Lead growth strategy for USL on YouTube.
- Assist with fan engagement, community tab management, and comment moderation with YouTube channel.
- Manage digital assets across multiple platforms for internal and external use.
- Serves as the point of contact for internal staff, partners, and stakeholders in onboarding users and tagging, organizing, and distributing assets, training, and communication of optimization strategies for the platform.
- Responsible for maintaining and enforcing minimum standards for photo assets submitted by clubs.
- Manages the account for our broadcast video platform WSC.
- Assign in editing recurring content.
- Support social team with clip cutting and cropping.
- Lead our project management platform, Clickup, including accounts, task management, content uploads and more.
- Be part of the game duty rotation covering post-match highlight creation and posting, which requires working nights and weekends.
- On game duty rotation with other team members, works some nights and weekends, creating post-match highlights for games utilizing the WSC platform.
- Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Video Production or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent experience/combined education.
- Experience managing a YouTube channel, including an understanding of what drives engagement.
- Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Premiere and Photoshop.
- Experience with digital asset management, including meta-data tagging and management preferred.
- An understanding of/experience with photography is a bonus.
- Ability to work as part of a team and comfort with a collaborative approach to content creation.
- Soccer knowledge is a strong plus for the role.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with team members, executives, member clubs, and external partners.
- Ability to work independently in a multi-faceted, fast, fluid, and deadline-driven environment.
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic a must.
- Ability to work as business needs require which may include long days, evenings, weekends, occasional holidays, and travel if / when necessary.
- Must have U.S. work authorization.
Work Environment
Based in Tampa, FL, USL Headquarters provides a vibrant and open working environment designed to promote collaboration, the exchange of ideas, and knowledge sharing. We believe in fostering a culture that encourages creativity, communication, and teamwork.
Currently, USL HQ operates on a hybrid work model. From Monday to Thursday, team members gather in person to harness the power of face-to-face collaboration. This not only strengthens the bonds within the team but also enhances communication and innovation. On Fridays, we transition to a remote work setup, providing our team with the flexibility to manage their tasks in an environment of their choosing.
Typical USL HQ hours are Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm ET. Evenings, weekends, occasional holidays, and travel may be necessary based on business demands.
We have great Perks - Comprehensive Benefits Package • Medical, Dental, Vision • Health HSA and FSA • 401k w/ up to 6% company match • Pet Insurance • Corporate Discounts • Paid Vacation, Holiday & Sick Days • Business Casual Dress • Optional Remote Work Fridays • And More!
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
