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title: 'Paid Media Associate at Daily Wire'
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# Paid Media Associate at Daily Wire

- **Company:** Daily Wire
- **Location:** Nashville, TN
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/dailywire/c97a1a24-db00-4f1b-99ea-e2665318ae5f

## Job description

The Daily Wire is seeking a Paid Media Associate to join our growing team and help drive subscriber growth across some of the largest advertising platforms in the world. You’ll start by building campaigns across Meta, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and more—getting hands-on experience with real budgets and a fast feedback loop. As you master the platforms, you’ll take on more responsibility for account strategy, performance, and ultimately where we invest the next dollar. This is a an opportunity to learn the full paid media landscape quickly and build the foundation for a serious career in performance marketing.

Primary Responsibilities

- Build and launch paid media campaigns across Meta, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and other platforms.
- Execute in-platform campaign setup, including audiences, bid strategies, budgets, creative, and troubleshooting.
- Follow campaign build checklists and SOPs to ensure accurate, error-free launches.
- Traffic and QA ads before launch, verifying targeting, tracking and UTMs, and creative rendering across placements.
- Manage the intake, logging, and organization of new creative assets across paid media channels.
- Monitor campaign performance daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly against established KPIs, identifying and flagging performance anomalies.
- Participate in weekly meetings with internal teams and platform partners to stay current on platform changes, best practices, and new opportunities.
- Support recurring performance reporting for the paid media team and senior leadership.

## Experience & Requirements

- 0–1 years of professional experience; relevant internships, coursework, or hands-on experience are a plus, but not required.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, with comfort working with numbers and large data sets.
- Eagerness to learn paid media platforms, reporting tools, and new software quickly.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow detailed processes and SOPs with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to anticipate needs, take initiative, and keep projects moving.
- Ability to take initial direction and develop into a confident, independent working style.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the professionalism to work effectively with internal stakeholders, team members, and external partners.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information, along with an interest in or familiarity with the political and editorial news landscape.

## About Daily Wire

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Daily Wire is a privately held, right-leaning media company producing news, opinion, podcasts, and entertainment content across digital, audio, and video platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (total funding $50M; no disclosed series stage)
- **Headquarters**: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, Caleb Robinson

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Media Production / Digital Media
- **Target customers**: B2C – primarily right-of-center consumers seeking news, commentary, and family-oriented entertainment.
- **Mission / purpose**: To create unparalleled content that provides a voice for facts and freedom, setting trends rather than echoing them.

## Products & Services
- **DailyWire.com**: News and opinion website covering politics, culture, education, and sports.
- **Podcasts**: Flagship shows including *The Ben Shapiro Show*, *The Michael Knowles Show*, *The Matt Walsh Show*, and *The Andrew Klavan Show*. Chart-topping in the conservative podcast space.
- **DailyWire+**: Subscription video-on-demand platform launched in 2022, featuring podcast videos, documentaries (e.g., *My Dinner with Trump*), and original series. Surpassed 1 million paid subscribers by November 2022.
- **Bentkey**: Children’s entertainment streaming service launched in October 2023, with preschool series like *Chip Chilla* and other family content. The company pledged at least $100M over three years for children’s programming.
- **Film & Scripted Content**: Feature adaptations including *Atlas Shrugged* and *The Pendragon Cycle* series (planned release 2026).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key metrics**:
  - **Annual Revenue**: Discrepancy in reports – publicly available data (Zoominfo/LinkedIn) estimates **$25M–$50M** for 2025/2026, while Wikipedia reports the company exceeded **$100M** in early 2022 ([wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Wire)).
  - **Total Funding**: $50M (seed round from Farris Wilks in 2015, no subsequent rounds reported).
  - **Paid Subscribers**: 1M+ (as of November 2022); 890K (June 2022).
  - **Headcount**: 149 employees (11% YoY growth), with offices in Nashville, TN (HQ) and remote staff across the US, Pakistan, Kosovo, and Canada.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Farris Wilks (billionaire oil magnate) provided initial $4.7M; DailyWire Ventures, LLC manages the entity.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Launched DailyWire+ (2022) and Bentkey (2023), expanding into original entertainment.
  - Investment of $100M+ in children’s content.
  - Recent leadership changes: Mike Richards (former *Jeopardy!* EP) appointed CEO in May 2026 after Caleb Robinson resigned; Jeremy Boreing stepped down as co-CEO in March 2025.
  - However, the company laid off 13% of its staff in May 2026, primarily in Nashville.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand loyalty**: Captive audience among conservative consumers; strong podcast hosts with dedicated followings.
- **Vertical integration**: Owns direct-to-consumer distribution via DailyWire+ and Bentkey, reducing reliance on third-party platforms.
- **Contrarian positioning**: Explicitly positioned as a counter-cultural alternative to mainstream media and entertainment (e.g., Disney).
- **Original IP**: Exclusive film/TV adaptations of popular conservative/book properties.

## Strategic Focus
- **Children’s entertainment**: Continue building Bentkey as a rival to mainstream kids’ content.
- **Scripted originals**: Release *The Pendragon Cycle* (2026) and other long-form productions.
- **Podcast network expansion**: Leverage existing hosts to launch new shows and grow subscriber base.
- **Digital advertising & subscription revenue**: Balance ad-supported website with subscription VOD.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as fast-moving, innovative, and trend-setting; emphasis on creative freedom within a mission-driven, right-of-center environment.
- **Work Policy**: Mix of onsite (Nashville HQ) and remote roles (e.g., Account Executive, Remote USA). Some positions part-time remote.
- **Perks / Engineering Culture**: Not extensively detailed, but the company reports a flat seniority structure (30% specialists, 24% other management). Notable talent sources include Netflix, WarnerMedia, Fox News, and Ramsey Solutions.
- **Employer Ratings**: Low overall rating on LinkedIn (2.4/5 based on 31 reviews). Work-life balance is the lowest-scored factor (1.9/5), compensation (2.8/5), culture (2.3/5). This suggests a demanding environment with high expectations.
- **Recent Departures**: Key executives left in 2026 (EVP Marketing, COO); CEO changed twice in 2025-2026. The company is in a period of leadership transition.
- **Open Roles**: As of the search date (Sep 2026), 4 active postings: Producer, Marketing Manager (Entertainment), Copywriter, Technical Supervisor. Posting volume declined ~60% monthly.

## Sources
1. [dailywire.com – Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/dailywire)
2. [dailywire.com – About](https://www.dailywire.com/about)
3. [linkedin.com – Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/thedailywire)
4. [builtin.com – Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/daily-wire)
5. [wikipedia.org – The Daily Wire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Wire)

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