Negotiator

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$45K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own audio negotiation and schedule stewardship across networks and podcasts with cost discipline, vendor relationships, and end-to-end execution for assigned clients.

  • Ownership: negotiate, execute, and steward all audio buys and schedules for clients
  • Operations: manage paperwork, market updates, and scheduling confirmations with planning teams
  • Optimization: track schedule performance, steward deliverables, and drive cost efficiency

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Negotiating of ad space, time and placement of all audio (network, terrestrial, digital and podcasts) buys.
  • Work collaboratively with planning groups and clients and is responsible for the negotiation, execution, and stewardship of all audio for assigned clients.
  • Demonstrates in-depth market knowledge and secures the lowest possible costs based on market conditions
  • Experience with high volume
  • Executes schedules to meet all client goals and objectives
  • Proficient with ACT1
  • Proficient with all MediaOcean applications
  • Accurately prepares necessary paperwork: cost requests, competitive reports, added value, posts, POVs, projects
  • Provides clients and planning teams with market conditions/changes. Offer solutions to market problems as early as possible in negotiation process
  • Oversees ordering and confirmation process of schedules

Requirements

  • 3-4+ years of related experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications; OR equivalent professional work experience
  • Excellent written, verbal, and listening communication skills
  • Ability to handle multiple projects and meet tight deadlines under pressure
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to deliver accurate deliverables
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Solid experience working with all forms of audio and audiences ( terrestrial, streaming, podcasting)
  • Expertise with internal systems (MediaOcean, Prisma, etc.)
  • Solid track record of successful plan stewardship

Preferred

  • Experience in bespoke/custom program activation a plus

Benefits

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WPP Media

Media is changing. So are we. We are WPP's global media collective, built for the AI era.We bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create innovative solutions that deliver unparalleled growth for brands - in every market, every day.

30K employees (6,827 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
159.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
10.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,288 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
21