The Talent Signal: Six Streaming Roles You Should Check Out This Week

The theme across The Talent Signal this week? Measurement authority and programmatic revenue ownership on one side, franchise-building distribution muscle on the other. Companies are staffing up to control the narrative on what ad dollars are worth, own the pipes those dollars move through, and build the audio/video franchises that keep audiences showing up in the first place.

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Associate Director, Ad Sales Research — Fox Chicago/NY · $102K–$135K Owns the cross-platform data story — Nielsen, VideoAmp, EDO, iSpot — for Upfront defense.

Sr. Sales Director, Buyer Cloud — Comcast (FreeWheel) NY · $167K–$250K + $175K commission DSP revenue across agency trading desks. Wants API and programmatic fluency alongside the sales pitch (technical literacy is no longer optional at this level).

Senior Analyst, Revenue Analytics and Insights — Roku Boston · $119K–$126K Less visible than the DSP seats, but it's the reporting infrastructure sales leadership actually trusts. No home screen wins without this function running clean.

Partnership Director, Programmatic Partnerships — Paramount NY · $160K–$200K + 70% incentive Direct DSP relationship ownership, with SQL now listed next to Excel as a qualification. Same pattern as FreeWheel: partnership directors are expected to speak the plumbing now.

Director of Product Marketing — Samba NY · $170K–$180K Turns Samba's attention-data asset into a story agencies and brands buy. The job title says marketing; the function is still measurement narrative.

Director, Podcasts & Digital Shows — Versant (CNBC) Englewood Cliffs, NJ · $175K–$200K Builds CNBC's owned podcast and YouTube franchises. Versant hedging against home-screen dependency — the same platform-power dynamic we've been tracking with Peacock and Apple.