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Yield Planning Analyst (Remote)

The Athletic

Full Time
Mid Level
70k-80k
about 2 months ago

Job Description

About the Role

Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic's newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs. The Yield Planning Analyst will serve the Commercial Team by managing digital pricing responsibilities, leading yield planning strategy, and assisting in analyzing ad products and packages to optimize sales efforts and ad offerings. They will create sponsorship and strategic media packages, review discounting and pricing requests, and partner with sales, sales planning, and ad operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • The Yield Planning Analyst strategizes and partners with sales planning and sales teams to ensure every proposal meets both client and internal objectives.
  • Manage daily inventory and pricing requests from Sales, and Sales Planning teams, providing product recommendations, queue management, inventory trends, or alternative options.
  • Manage the daily rate card responsibilities, including updating and improving rate card adjustments within advertising systems (order management and ad server).
  • Engage broader operational teams and inventory suppliers on issues, trends, and potential issues.
  • Work with Operation teams to proactively optimize product pricing.
  • Create and troubleshoot various targeting needs in both the Ad Server (Google Ad Manager) and create relevant products within the Order Management System (AdPoint).
  • Partner with the Programmatic Team to enhance the product catalog to achieve parity with direct sales.
  • Help oversee the digital ad product catalog by creating new or optimizing current ad products in collaboration with the Ad Product Team.
  • Conduct ad hoc analysis to provide guidance to sales support teams and advise on best practices in pricing.
  • Browse the content on our site regularly to ensure client ads are delivering as expected.
  • Assist in pricing-relevant conversations with Finance and Audit teams when applicable.

Requirements

  • Education: BA/BS preferred.
  • 2+ years post-collegiate work experience in a sales support, sales operations, or analytics role.
  • Previous product analytics experience in digital advertising preferred.
  • Experience in top-tier online advertising or marketing analytics organizations strongly preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize large datasets into key insights.
  • Excellent time management and attention to detail.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced and changing environment.
  • Excellent written and communication skills.
  • This is a remote-based position in the United States or Canada.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in digital advertising or marketing analytics organizations.

Qualifications

  • Educational background with a BA/BS degree preferred.

Benefits & Perks

  • Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
  • Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
  • 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
  • Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
  • Global benefits packages offering similar perks and benefits tailored to the local market.

Working at The Athletic

The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. They promote a diverse and inclusive work environment and are committed to non-discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 7, 2025
Job CategoryMedia Planning
Salary70k-80k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceMid Level

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