Digital Content Producer

Founded in 1932, Wigan Athletic were elected to the Football League in 1978 and were promoted out of the Fourth Division in 1981/82. Latics won the Third Division title in 1996/97, the Football League Trophy in 1999, and the Second Division in 2002/03, before securing promotion to the Premier League in 2004/05. Founded in 1872, Wigan Warriors are joint record five-time World Club Challenge winners, record 21-time Challenge Cup winners, and record 23-time league title winners.

Latics famously won the FA Cup in 2013, beating Premier League giants Manchester City in the Final. However, Latics were relegated later that year, bringing its memorable eight-season stay in the top flight to an end. The FA Cup success did, though, mean Latics gained their place in the UEFA Europa League the following season. Relegated from the Championship in 2014/2015, the Club won the League One title in 2015/16 and repeated this feat in 2017/18 and 2021/22 respectively.

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Digital Content Producer

📍 Location: The Brick Community Stadium

📑 Contract: Full-time

⏳ Hours: 37.5 hours per week (variable) 5 days out of 7

👤 Reports to: Media Lead

📅 Closing Date: 2nd August 2026, 11:59pm

Role Purpose:

To support the Media and Communications department within Wigan Athletic Football Club in producing highly engaging digital and video content for our supporters via the Club’s website, social media channels and official app.

 Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Create innovative, engaging and high-quality content - including video, photographic, written and graphic content - for use across Wigan Athletic's website, social media channels and official app, with a particular focus on video.
• Aid the media and communications department’s digital strategy by maintaining the content plan to support the Club’s key messages via visual output.
• Produce content in line with trends relevant to respective social media channels.
• Film special packages including but not limited to behind-the-scenes footage at home and away fixtures and regular post-match interviews/highlights.
• Produce videos and graphics to appear on the LED screen at The Brick Community Stadium.
• Take responsibility for deadline management, consistency, accuracy and quality of videos.
• Manage the workflow of requests for all filmed content from all areas of the business and ensure work is delivered to brief and on time.
• Execute sound treatments including music editing, mixing and audio mastering.
• Assist in the coverage of Wigan Athletic fixtures for social media, club website and other channels including all home and away men’s first team games as well as women’s games, academy games and club events as required.
• Work closely with the Media Lead to provide website and social media content for all first team affairs on a day-to-day basis, including planning and scheduling content across all club channels.
• Work collaboratively with other departments such as Commercial, Retail and Community to ensure their objectives are met in line with our own content strategy.
• Contribute ideas for new features, series and formats for the club website, social media and app.
• Identify developing trends to leverage on behalf of the club.
• Support the Media Lead with player appearances.

 Knowledge, skills and qualities:

(Essential)

• Comfortable using Adobe Creative Cloud or equivalent design software. 
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team.
• An interest in new developments within digital communications, fan engagement and customer experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work within and contribute to a team.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including attending all home and away games for the men’s first team, and selected woman’s’ first team and academy matches, along with selected club events.
• Committed to continuous professional development.
• Ability to travel to different locations.
• Ability to edit video montages and sports footage using Adobe Premiere Pro or equivalent software with correct lighting and sound.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.

(Desirable)

• Skilled in the use of Photoshop, creating and editing graphics for use across the Club’s website and social media channels.
• Skills in motion graphics.
• Experience of working in a professional sports team.
• Experience of using, posting and scheduling on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and TikTok in a professional manner.

Health and Safety:

• Fully endorse, demonstrate and carry out the company’s health and safety policy.
• Comply with all company policies and statutory regulations relating to health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your workplace, and assist if required with the amending of risk assessments periodically.
• Have a full knowledge of procedures for evacuation with regard to fire.
• Identify and report maintenance requirements or hazards within the workplace and encourage any workforce to do the same to avoid injury.

Wigan Athletic is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Wigan Athletic is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk during events and activities. The Club recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The Club expects all staff and volunteers to respect them.