The Sr. Trading Specialist advises clients on campaign strategies, optimizing use of FreeWheel DSP, and translating data into insights to enhance advertising performance.
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we're making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.
Job Summary
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we're making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world. The Sr. Programmatic Trading Specialist is responsible for providing FreeWheel DSP customers with campaign-specific recommendations that drive performance and align with strategic business goals. This role serves as a trusted client partner, guiding clients through effective use of FreeWheel DSP capabilities, helping them plan, execute, and optimize high-impact advertising campaigns. You will lead insight-driven discussions that translate complex data into clear, actionable strategies, connecting media investments to measurable outcomes. You will collaborate with sales, account management, and customer success to identify growth opportunities, educate clients, and showcase platform innovations. Along the way, you will build strong, trusted relationships with clients across planning, trading, and analytics teams.
Job Description
Core Responsibilities
Who you are:
Employees at all levels are expected to:
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Skills:
Customer Relationships; Programmatic Advertising; Programmatic Trading; Analytical Thinking; Programmatic Media Buying; Analytics
Salary:
Primary Location Pay Range: $95,966.92 - $143,950.38
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Targeted Commission: $48,429
Our sales compensation programs offer the potential for significant upside above targeted earnings for those who overachieve their sales targets.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
5-7 Years
Job Summary
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we're making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world. The Sr. Programmatic Trading Specialist is responsible for providing FreeWheel DSP customers with campaign-specific recommendations that drive performance and align with strategic business goals. This role serves as a trusted client partner, guiding clients through effective use of FreeWheel DSP capabilities, helping them plan, execute, and optimize high-impact advertising campaigns. You will lead insight-driven discussions that translate complex data into clear, actionable strategies, connecting media investments to measurable outcomes. You will collaborate with sales, account management, and customer success to identify growth opportunities, educate clients, and showcase platform innovations. Along the way, you will build strong, trusted relationships with clients across planning, trading, and analytics teams.
Job Description
Core Responsibilities
- Lead data-centric discussions leveraging the FreeWheel DSP platform and tailored reporting to deliver actionable insights and compelling narratives that connect advertising performance to business outcomes.
- Advise clients on campaign objectives and strategic approaches to ensure optimal use and value extraction from the FreeWheel DSP platform.
- Act as a subject matter expert in the FreeWheel DSP platform, empowering clients to become proficient users in planning, executing, and refining high-impact advertising campaigns.
- Partner with Account Managers and Account Executives to educate clients, expand business opportunities, and keep stakeholders informed on the latest FreeWheel DSP platform capabilities and innovations.
- Establish and nurture key relationships with client teams across planning, trading, and analytics functions to support long-term partnership success.
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and product teams to address complex challenges such as cross-platform frequency management, customer journey mapping, and API integrations.
- Diagnose and resolve advanced technical issues, including campaign performance anomalies, measurement inconsistencies, and targeting limitations.
Who you are:
- 5-7 years of experience in consultative, client-facing roles within ad tech (DSP experience required)
- Highly motivated and adaptable, with a strong drive for continuous learning and self-development in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a talent for translating complex, data-rich information into clear, impactful insights and narratives.
- Deep curiosity about platform functionality and a proactive mindset toward bridging client needs with product improvements, contributing to the ongoing evolution of the FreeWheel DSP platform.
- Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, adept at navigating ambiguity and solving complex challenges in partnership with diverse teams.
- Strong organizational and time management capabilities, with a focus on prioritization and consistent delivery against deadlines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience managing large datasets; familiarity with analytical tools and languages such as SQL, R, Python, and Power BI is a plus.
Employees at all levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Skills:
Customer Relationships; Programmatic Advertising; Programmatic Trading; Analytical Thinking; Programmatic Media Buying; Analytics
Salary:
Primary Location Pay Range: $95,966.92 - $143,950.38
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Targeted Commission: $48,429
Our sales compensation programs offer the potential for significant upside above targeted earnings for those who overachieve their sales targets.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
5-7 Years
Top Skills
Freewheel Dsp
Excel
Power BI
Python
R
SQL
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