Podcast Ad Inventory Manager

This is a Full Time Job

Job Title: Podcast Inventory Manager

Department: Digital

Reporting To: Vice President Rev Operations and Planning

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hybrid in New York City

Overview:

This role is key to maximizing revenue by managing multiple sales channels that utilize our inventory.

We are seeking a high-caliber marketing professional to join our fast-paced, expanding business. This unique position encompasses both pre-sales planning and inventory management, as well as crucial post-sales support. Responsibilities include booking, monitoring, and reporting performance data for digital campaigns to ensure all audio and video executions are successful and run smoothly.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:
• Provide direction and visibility on inventory and category availability to Audacy’s National (Performance, Enterprise) and Local Sales teams in order to maximize revenue and optimize cpm’s for the most in-demand high profile podcasts.
• Support the expansion of the “high touch” video podcast offering by providing focused attention to help grow this additional revenue stream.
• Work with Sales and Account Managers to ensure date specific Episodic Audio and Video inventory is monitored, and “on HOLD” pending client IO’s, and communicating with Sales on an ongoing basis to fill inventory, and make sure it does not go unmonetized.
• Provide Sales with opportunities to drive incremental podcast revenue from lower sold video and audio inventory.
• Ensure digital campaigns are moving through the fulfillment and revision process, while meeting necessary timelines for both host reads deadlines and client expectations.
• Achieve a thorough understanding of our internal systems so as to effectively and efficiently respond to internal and external requests in a timely fashion.
• Book and manage Partnership campaigns which are growing as part of the Podcast landscape.

Post Sale Support:
• Monitor campaigns to ensure they are hitting the agreed upon goals during their flights.
• Alert appropriate parties of any anticipated problems and be prepared with suggested solutions, and adjust as necessary.
• Prepare and provide performance reporting for digital campaigns and provide results for Sales to provide to the client/agency.
• Assist with ongoing and month end campaign/order reconciliation to verify delivery against monthly billing amount.

Qualifications

More About You:

Required:
• Minimum two years experience working in the podcast industry.
• Experience managing and monitoring digital marketing campaigns.
• Minimum two years experience working in a sales environment.
• Ability to multi task efficiently in a organized, logical, process-oriented manner.
• Professional demeanor; comfortable presenting to and interacting directly with clients.
• Demonstrates ability to successfully collaborate with various team across the company.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and is able to prioritize accordingly.
• Quick-witted, understanding and offering solutions in regards to various responsibilities.
• Must have a strong attention to detail.
• Experience with Megaphone is a plus.

Important Notes:

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.