Negotiated Media Coordinator

USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Coordinate and optimize performance marketing programs for PlayOn, driving affiliate, influencer, and negotiated media partnerships in high school sports.

  • Own day-to-day execution of media campaigns and manage the affiliate program.
  • 2+ years in performance marketing, influencer marketing, or affiliate program management.
  • Proven ability to scale partnerships and translate performance data into insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate day-to-day execution of negotiated media campaigns including outreach, communication, setup, content review, deployment, tracking links, and reporting.
  • Own our existing affiliate marketing program, including researching and onboarding new partners, managing existing ones, monitoring performance, and communicating program updates.
  • Support the launch of our ambassador/influencer program by helping pilot initial formats, organize early operations and identify where/what content and partnerships can scale effectively.
  • Coordinate new negotiated media buys, such as publisher partnerships, OOH buys, newsletters, sponsorships, and grassroots community deals.
  • Pull performance data, track KPIs, and help prepare reporting summaries and insights for internal teams.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, product, data, MarTech, and legal teams to ensure smooth partner integrations and high-quality content delivery.
  • Stay curious and proactive – Research industry trends, test new tools or platforms, and bring forward new ideas to reach and convert high school sports fans.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in performance marketing, influencer marketing, affiliate marketing, media account management, or a similarly relevant field.
  • Strong knowledge of the creator landscape, especially TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, plus emerging platforms and digital culture trends.
  • Innate creativity and an eye for what makes content engaging, authentic, and high-performing.
  • Exceptional relationship-building skills, with experience managing partners, clients, creators, or vendors in any capacity.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple conversations, timelines and deliverables simultaneously.
  • A proactive, curious mindset, eager to test new things, bring ideas forward, and help shape fast-growing programs.
  • Strong analytical ability with comfort interpreting performance data, understanding KPIs and summarizing insights.
  • Experience in Impact.com, Meta Ads, Google Ads, or other advertising platforms
  • Passion for high school sports!

Preferred

  • An ideal candidate brings experience in affiliate or influencer marketing, or transferable account-management experience from media, agency, creator economy, or partnership-driven roles.

Benefits

  • Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
  • Dental, vision life and disability insurance
  • Employee Emergency Fund
  • Company equity (stock options)
  • Open PTO policy
  • 401K plan with company match
  • Hybrid/flexible work environment
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PlayOn Sports

3.6 Glassdoor

PlayOn is the all-in-one fan engagement platform for schools. With PlayOn, school administrators save time to focus on what matters: the game, the fans, and the students. Best known for operating GoFan and the NFHS Network, PlayOn creates immersive digital experiences for fans to watch, attend, promote, and recap high school events so they never miss a moment.

Founded in 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
677 employees (227 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
51.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.2%
Direct
60%
Referral
8.5%
Social
2.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~682

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
181 (27% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$72.3M
Last Raise
$10M
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2022
    Private Equity
  • Jan 2021
    Series Unknown • $10M
  • Sep 2017
    Series F • $8M

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