Responsibilities

• Own execution of our podcast and streaming radio buys, from trafficking IOs, managing flight dates and creative rotation, with accountability to on-time, accurate delivery and efficiency targets
• Go beyond top-line reporting: deliver detailed show-level and network-level performance insights that explain what's working, what's not, and why
• Monitor pacing and run weekly QA across active campaigns, catching discrepancies, tracking gaps, and delivery issues before they show up in a report, and proactively recommend fixes like budget shifts, show swaps, or creative refreshes
• Negotiate rates, placements, and added-value/make-goods directly with networks and platforms
• Source and evaluate new podcast and streaming radio partners to expand our roster, including attending industry events and upfronts to build direct rep relationships
• Partner with attribution and measurement platforms (ie Podscribe) to track performance and flag anomalies quickly
• Maintain campaign trackers, media calendars, reporting dashboards, and IO documentation
• Support creative trafficking, ensuring ad copy and spots meet brand and compliance guidelines before they go live

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience in media buying, ideally in podcast, radio, or other audio channels
• Comfortable working inside attribution and reporting tools, and translating data into action
• Confident negotiating directly with networks and platforms — you're stepping into relationships an agency used to hold
• Agency-side experience (media buying/planning) is a plus — you understand how networks and platforms operate from both sides of the table
• Highly organized and detail-oriented — you catch pacing issues and creative errors before they become problems
• Thrives in a fast-moving startup environment and is comfortable with ambiguity

Preferred

• Experience with Podscribe, AdsWizz, or similar podcast/audio ad tech

Benefits

• equity and benefits: equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, and a flexible PTO policy.