Careers

Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing LLC is a progressive and energetic integrated marketing agency focused on engaging the American soccer audience. Our clients include corporate brands, international soccer leagues and teams, and media companies. We are looking for talented, motivated, and passionate individuals to join our team and be part of our journey. Current open positions are below.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, we’d love to hear from you.

Ideally candidates are in the Chicago area, although remote located candidates will be considered.

  • Marketing Coordinator

    Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing LLC is a progressive and energetic integrated marketing agency focused on engaging soccer consumers in the U.S.  Our clients include corporate brands, international and domestic soccer leagues and teams, and media companies. We are looking for a motivated and passionate individual to join our team as a Marketing Coordinator managing multiple relationships and activation programs with youth soccer clubs.

    What you’ll do:

    • Outreach directly via email and phone to youth soccer clubs nationwide to secure participation in a GESM client-initiated youth soccer program. Note – all outreach is to engaged recipients – this is not a cold call sales initiative
    • Manage all ongoing communications with participating youth clubs
    • Liaise with internal creative / graphic design team for the development of customized marketing assets for each participating youth club
    • Traffic digital media assets to individual youth clubs
    • Ensure youth club compliance and asset integration
    • Enter all communication details into a master database
    • Participate in the development and execution of national experiences for select youth club players
    • Develop project management materials including status reports, agendas, activation performance reports

    Skills you will need:

    • Passion for integrated marketing including experiential, digital & social media, & promotional marketing
    • Knowledge and passion for domestic and international soccer
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills
    • Keen attention to detail and adherence to established process
    • Outstanding organization and project management skills
    • Bachelor’s Degree in marketing / communications
    • Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred – not required

    Preferably this position will be based in Chicago, IL, however, remote candidates will also be considered.

    Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing is an equal opportunity employer.

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  • Freelance Digital Publisher

    This contract/remote role welcomes you as part of a social media publishing team curating content and engaging with digital communities for major global soccer leagues and teams. A deep knowledge of soccer and willingness to work weekend hours is required.

    What you’ll do:

    • Participate as a member of the overall agency publishing team providing real time publishing coverage of account as assigned
    • Write, edit, and publish engaging content across social media platforms
    • Optimize posts (language, tone, message) in accordance will publishing playbook guidelines
    • Monitor and engage in direct public conversations
    • Contribute to content development ideas and plans
    • Additional responsibilities as assigned

     

    Skills you will need:

    • Proactive, resourceful, motivated, self-starter who excels in a small team environment
    • Proven expertise and experience in composing and posting content across social media
    • Knowledge of best practice content principals across multiple digital channels including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Web, and Reddit.
    • Knowledge and passion for domestic and international soccer
    • Connection to the pulse of soccer culture in the U.S.
    • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Keen attention to detail and adherence to established process
    • Ability and willingness to work on weekends
    • Tolerance for stress and ability to work under pressure on high profile accounts
    • Bachelor’s degree in sports journalism, communications, digital media, or similar discipline.
    • Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred – not required

    Working Engagement:

    • This assignment is a part-time engagement ranging from 6-1o hours per work based on shared schedules.
    • Remote working scenario

     

    Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing LLC is a progressive and energetic brand marketing agency with the sole focus of connecting brands to soccer consumers in the U.S. We strive each and every day to provide our clients with deep soccer consumer insights, creative marketing solutions, and unmatched activation commitment. Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing is an equal opportunity employer.

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