Sales Planner, Platform Demand

Nitel • New York, NY

18d • $69,268 - $103,902

About The Position

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides advanced advertising solutions for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and cutting-edge technology, we simplify transactions across all screens, data types, and sales channels. With offices in nine countries, we support global ad delivery at scale. As a Sales Planner for FreeWheel's Buyer Cloud (our demand-side platform), you'll serve as a strategic partner to agency and advertiser clients, as well as our internal Campaign Services team, with a focus on helping them win and grow their customer relationships. You'll work cross-functionally with Revenue and Campaign Services teams to deliver the resources, forecasts, and media plans clients need to successfully pitch and execute campaigns on our platform. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data, storytelling, and strategy. It offers high growth potential and a direct impact on customer success and revenue, without being in a direct sales position.

Requirements

• 2 - 4 years of experience in digital media planning, sales planning, or ad operations at an agency, publisher, or ad tech company.
• Strong understanding of programmatic media, including inventory types, targeting approaches, and performance KPIs.
• Excellent communication and presentation design skills; able to craft materials that resonate with senior-level stakeholders.
• Analytical thinker comfortable with interpreting data to guide strategic recommendations.
• Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities across multiple client projects.
• Collaborative team player who thrives at the intersection of sales, client success, and trading.

Responsibilities

• Partner with agency and advertiser clients to develop RFP responses, client-ready pitch decks, and media plans that showcase the value of our platform.
• Run inventory forecasts and avails in partnership with our internal Campaign Services team and clients' in-house trading teams, ensuring proposals are accurate, strategic, and executable.
• Work with Inventory Desk and Data Desk teams to source relevant inventory, deals, and audience data that support strategic media planning and client objectives.
• Build tailored programmatic recommendations by leveraging platform capabilities, inventory insights, and data-driven strategies to help clients win new campaigns.
• Package performance insights, audience opportunities, and platform capabilities into clear, compelling narratives for client use.
• Collaborate with Customer Success Managers and Trading Specialists to ensure consistency between planning and campaign execution.
• Maintain expertise in agency holding company structures, vertical nuances, and industry trends to inform proposal development.
• Support the creation and upkeep of reusable proposal templates, case studies, and enablement collateral to scale planning efforts across accounts.
• Track and prioritize multiple requests, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery across a fast-moving pipeline of client needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level