Traffic Manager

About Bauer Media Audio Ireland 

Bauer Media Audio Ireland is the country’s largest commercial radio group with eight radio stations including the national stations Today FM and Newstalk, two SPIN youth stations in Dublin and the Southwest of Ireland, iRadio across the Northeast and Northwest, 98FM in Dublin, Beat in the Southeast and Red FM in Cork.  

We also operate Ireland’s leading digital sports brand Off the Ball, the aggregated listening platform GoLoud for radio, podcasts and music, audioXi, Ireland’s largest digital audio advertising exchange and Media Central, the leading media sales house in Ireland. 

About the Role 

The focus of the role is the scheduling of sales orders from our agency and direct sales teams, the creation of advertising logs for broadcast, and the assignment of ad copy on a selection of our nine FM radio stations. 

Reporting to the Head of Traffic, you will liaise with our commercial teams to enable the flow of commercial advertising campaigns into our traffic system along with the assignment and loading of ad copy resulting in the daily creation and integration of advertising logs. 

This role is a full-time position working 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday through Friday. 

What You'll Do:

• Importing and scheduling of local and agency advertising campaigns 
• Importing Sponsorship, Solutions, Digital & audioXi billing orders. 
• Importing amendments of local and agency campaigns. 
• Assigning copy to direct and agency campaigns. 
• Loading ad copy to the RCS Zetta playout system. 
• Managing advertising inventory across a selection of FM stations. 
• Creating daily advertising logs for multiple stations including balanced logs for networked stations. 
• Develop strong working relationships with the direct and agency sales teams, as well as the commercial, production, programming and finance teams to assist with the delivery of commercial campaigns. 
• Dealing with general sales executive queries on advertising campaigns. 
• Providing revenue and inventory reporting to sales, finance and management teams. 

What You'll Have:

• Previous advertising traffic or similar scheduling experience is required. 
• Strong computer skills including a knowledge of Microsoft Excel. 
• Strong administrative skills with exceptional attention-to-detail. 
• Strong organisational and time management skills. 
• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude. 
• Excellent communication skills – both written and spoken. 
• Ability to work independently and build relationships within a team in a fast-paced and daily deadline-based environment. 
• Experience with broadcast traffic software is required. Knowledge of RCS Aquira preferred but not required. 
• Experience with digital audio editors for basic audio editing (Adobe / Cool Edit or similar) 

What you will get:  

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Factors taken into account in determining an appropriate scale include the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications relevant to the job.  

Bauer Media Audio Ireland operates the following benefits for its employees:  

• 23 days annual leave including Good Friday & Christmas Eve (25 in total) 
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay  
• Life cover (4 times your salary) 
• Paid sick leave - up to 20 days 
• Access (free) to Group account with Webdoctor www.webdoctor.ie 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)  
• Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development with access to Learning and Development with Bauer Academy and Learning Waves www.learningwaves.ie 
• Flexible and Hybrid Working (for relevant roles) 
• Group Discount on Laya Healthcare 
• HSF Healthcare – we fund a health cash back plan for your day-to-day medical expenses. 
• Bike to Work Scheme and Annual Tax Saver Scheme 
• Part of the fun of working in Bauer Media are the regular opportunities to score free tickets! 

The closing date for applications is  the 9th of October 2025.

Bauer Media Audio Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, gender expression or sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partnership status or culture. Bauer Media Audio Ireland is committed, where possible, to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.  

To discuss the requirements of the role, the location of the role or any reasonable accommodation you might require, please contact a member of the HR team via careers@bauermedia.ie 

All documentation received by Bauer Media Audio Ireland will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR; 2018). The information will only be used by BMAI in the processing of job applications and for ongoing administrative purposes with job candidates.  

If you have any feedback regarding our recruitment process, please email careers@bauermedia.ie we would love to hear from you. 

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