At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage podcast and streaming radio buys, ensuring accurate delivery and performance insights.
- Company: Fast-growing audio-focused company with a dynamic team culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, equity, extensive medical coverage, and flexible PTO.
- Other info: Thriving startup environment with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Dive deep into audio media buying and build valuable industry relationships.
- Qualifications: 2-4 years in media buying, strong negotiation skills, and detail-oriented.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
We're looking for an Offline Media Buyer (Audio) to run our podcast and streaming radio buying day-to-day and help sharpen how we think about audio as a channel. Quo is growing fast, and audio is a core part of that growth. This role will help define the next chapter of the channel.
You’ll be in the platforms and on calls with reps daily, managing flights end-to-end, surfacing show-level insights, and staying close enough to pacing to catch and fix issues before they show up in a report. You'll negotiate rates and placements directly with networks and platforms, bring final terms to your manager for sign-off, and help grow our partner roster by sourcing new shows and building rep relationships at industry events and upfronts.
You’ll join our Paid Growth team and report directly to our Senior Offline Marketing Manager, who owns overall audio and offline media strategy. If you love being hands-on with buys, deep in performance data, and building real relationships with the networks and reps you work with, we'd love to meet you.
Some of the things you’ll do:
- 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.
- 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.
About you:
- 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.
- Agency-side experience (media buying/planning) is a plus.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Thrives in a fast-moving startup environment and is comfortable with ambiguity.
- Bonus: Experience with Podscribe, AdsWizz, or similar podcast/audio ad tech.
Compensation: The annual base salary range for this position is as follows, plus equity and benefits:
- SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Boston, New York, and Washington, DC Metro: $129,000 - $152,000 USD.
- All other US Locations: $117,000 - $137,000 USD.
- Canada: $118,000 - $139,000 CAD.
Your total rewards package will include equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, and a flexible PTO policy.
Offline Media Buyer in Ottawa employer: Quo, Inc.
At Quo, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and innovative work culture that empowers our employees to thrive. As a Senior Manager in Product Design, you'll not only lead a talented team but also have the opportunity to shape the future of design within our organization. With competitive compensation, equity options, extensive medical coverage, and a flexible PTO policy, we ensure that our employees are well-supported both personally and professionally, making Quo an exceptional place to grow your career.
