Freelance Endemic Media Specialist

Level Agency

3d•Remote

About The Position

Level Agency is hiring a Freelance Endemic Media Specialist to support a focused set of direct publisher placements across high-priority client accounts. This is a hands-on contractor role for someone who has managed endemic, sponsored content, newsletter, podcast, out-of-home, or other non-programmatic placements and can step in quickly to keep the work moving. This is not a planning-only role. We need someone who has worked directly with publisher reps, negotiated placement terms, reviewed IOs, monitored delivery, resolved mid-flight issues, and kept internal teams clearly informed. The engagement is for an independent contractor/freelance role, estimated at 15-20 hours per week, through fall 2026 with potential extension. It is a fully remote position, with compensation commensurate with experience. Level Agency is a performance marketing agency that acquired BAM Strategy, expanding its offerings to include endemic and integrated media placements.

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on experience managing endemic or direct publisher media placements
Experience negotiating publisher terms, reviewing IOs, and managing live flights
Direct experience with placements such as out-of-home, sponsored content, newsletter sponsorships, podcast integrations, or similar non-programmatic media
Ability to independently manage publisher relationships, including make-goods, delivery discrepancies, and mid-flight changes
Comfort working in publisher portals and reconciling delivery data against contracted terms
Experience contributing endemic-specific performance data to client-facing reporting or QBR materials
Strong organizational skills across multiple active IOs, flight dates, creative specs, publisher contacts, and reporting deadlines
Clear, direct communication with both internal teams and external publisher contacts
Low ego, high accountability, and a bias toward action
Organized by default; trackers, notes, IO files, specs, publisher details, and reporting inputs are kept current.
Communicate clearly and early; flag issues before they become bigger problems.
Ability to work independently without disappearing, keeping internal teams updated, asking smart questions, and moving work forward without constant oversight.
Understand that direct publisher media is relationship-driven and detail-heavy; know how to be firm, fair, and professional with publisher partners while protecting the client’s best interest.

Nice To Haves

Agency experience, especially managing endemic placements alongside programmatic or biddable channels
Familiarity with healthcare, finance, or consumer health categories
Prior freelance or contract experience within a distributed team
Experience working across full-funnel media plans where endemic and programmatic channels needed to be coordinated
Experience helping document or improve workflows for an emerging media capability

Responsibilities

Support the execution and management of direct publisher placements across a small number of client accounts.
Lead or support direct negotiations with publishers on placement terms, pricing, added value, and contractual conditions.
Review insertion orders to ensure terms are accurate, complete, and aligned with client priorities.
Maintain organized records of active IOs, flight dates, creative specs, contractual commitments, cancellation windows, make-good provisions, and any mid-flight adjustments.
Monitor pacing and delivery throughout each flight, identify under delivery early, and work directly with publishers to resolve issues.
Negotiate make-goods, bonus placements, extensions, creative swaps, trafficking fixes, or other remedies.
Flag added-value opportunities when they emerge.
Pull and reconcile delivery data from publisher portals across multiple partners and placement types.
Provide clean, accurate reporting inputs to Level’s internal teams for client dashboards, monthly reporting, QBRs, and performance documentation.
Keep clear notes on publisher performance, delivery risks, optimization actions, and key takeaways.
Help document what works: publisher contacts, lead times, specs, IO processes, delivery risks, reporting needs, and recurring execution considerations.