Broadcast TV Supervisor

About the Role

CTV Media is looking for an experienced Broadcast TV Supervisor to lead multi-market local TV campaigns and manage our broadcast buying team. This role owns the buy from negotiation through post: you'll guide buyers across dozens of DMAs, set the standard for negotiation and stewardship, and make sure every dollar of client spend is placed, delivered, and reconciled accurately.

You'll partner closely with account management, planning, and analytics to turn client goals into efficient, high-performing local broadcast schedules. Strong leadership, sharp negotiation skills, and a deep understanding of local TV markets are essential.

Salary depends on experience.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of broadcast buyers and assistant buyers, setting priorities, reviewing work, and developing talent.
• Oversee the planning, negotiation, and placement of multi-market local broadcast TV campaigns across national, regional, and local client accounts.
• Negotiate rates, added value, makegoods, and audience guarantees with station reps and local sales teams to maximize client value.
• Review and approve buys for accuracy, efficiency, and alignment with client goals, budgets, demographics, and flighting.
• Monitor delivery and pacing across markets, ensuring proper stewardship, timely makegoods, and resolution of preemptions or discrepancies.
• Oversee post-buy analysis, invoice reconciliation, and client reporting, ensuring accurate and on-time delivery.
• Partner with account managers and planners to translate client strategy into executable broadcast plans and present recommendations to clients as needed.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stations and local market partners.
• Stay current on local TV market dynamics, political and seasonal inventory pressure, ratings changes, and measurement trends to inform smarter buying.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of broadcast TV buying experience, including hands-on management of multi-market local (spot) TV campaigns.
• 2+ years supervising or leading a buying team, with a track record of coaching buyers and managing workload across multiple accounts.
• Strong negotiation skills and established relationships with station reps and local sales teams.
• Deep understanding of local TV ratings, DMAs, dayparts, CPP/CPM pricing, and audience measurement.
• A detail-oriented mindset with the organizational skills to manage high-volume buys, deadlines, and budgets accurately.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, including peak political and Q4 inventory periods.
• Clear, confident communication with clients, internal teams, and vendors alike.
• Agency or media buying firm experience preferred; streaming/OTT/CTV experience is a plus.

Required Experience

• Previous experience in local broadcast TV buying, media agency, or station/rep firm environments.
• Proficiency with Strata/Freewheel, Nielsen, or similar media buying and measurement platforms.
• Experience with buy stewardship, post-buy analysis, reconciliation, and pacing.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.