Simplex Media LTD

Podcast Growth Strategist

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive growth for a flagship podcast by shaping episodes, clipping for virality, and optimizing distribution.

  • Own end-to-end clip strategy from guest prep to post-release distribution.
  • Must-have: proven viral clip creation with clips that reached real audiences.
  • Standout: ability to identify repeatable formats and lift CTR across titles.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Your job: make every episode reach further than the last, and turn the best moments into clips that go viral.
  • This role sits at the intersection of strategy, content performance, and clip craft. You'll shape episodes before they're filmed, spot the moments that travel, and lead the viral distribution play.
  • Before the episode - Research each guest and identify the strongest angles and viral hooks
  • Before the episode - Build the conversation structure and guiding questions
  • Before the episode - Plan episodes with short-form clip potential built in from the start
  • Content quality - Review first edits for flow, retention, and clip-worthy
  • Content quality - Sign off on episode quality before it ships
  • Viral clipping + growth - Expert-level podcast clipping, you know how to pull the 30 to 90 seconds that will blow up
  • Viral clipping + growth - Spot the hooks, insights, and perspectives that are built to be shared
  • Viral clipping + growth - Test titles, thumbnails, and hook variations to lift CTR
  • Viral clipping + growth - Work with the ads specialist to amplify clips that are already performing
  • Viral clipping + growth - Identify repeatable formats and themes that drive viral reach
  • Viral clipping + growth - Use performance data to sharpen future episode direction

Requirements

  • You've grown a podcast, YouTube channel, or creator channel with real numbers to show
  • You're an expert podcast clipper, you can prove it with clips you've made that have gone viral
  • You have sharp instincts for what makes a moment shareable
  • You're fluent in YouTube Studio, analytics, thumbnail and title testing
  • You write well and think in narrative
  • Full-time, fully remote
  • Overlap with SAST working hours
  • Start: ASAP

Preferred

  • Bonus: you've supported a founder or creator voice before