Great team culture, but pay and promotions are lacking - Programmatic Campaign Manager Viant Employee Review

3.0
8 Jul 2026
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Pros

You get to work with a lot of genuinely great and fun people, which makes the day-to-day experience much more enjoyable. There is also often strong support from upper management, especially when dealing with pressure from other departments.

Cons

Managing media campaigns often requires that you will be checking on your projects on most weekends. The pay does not seem to scale with the level of responsibility or impact of the work. As a programmatic trader, you will be managing millions of dollars in media spend, yet total compensation will remain well below $100K. Opportunities for promotion also seem inconsistent across teams, even for strong performers, and it does not appear that this compensation structure will change in the near term.

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5.0
1 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Solid pay and benefits, unlimited PTO (and everyone encouraged to take it with specific policies in place). Inviting office culture with plenty of snacks and food. Exciting product developments that really do differentiate from competitors. Growing headcount and a strong business position.

Cons

Most roles are going to have an in-office requirement (4 days in, Fridays remote). This might be a con for some, but after years of being remote, I've enjoyed being back in an office environment. There's also flexibility I've seen (e.g. leaving early if you have to take a kid to a doctor, working from home an extra day if you're going to have a plumber coming to the house), but this probably needs to be more consistently applied.

4.0
3 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great office culture. Because there is Monday breakfasts and Wednesday/Thursday lunches, people gather all the time. We also have DashPass for the other days. I also appreciate the transparency on how we're doing as a company. We had an all hands meeting and the founders shared our business results and put our initiatives into context. Everyone is friendly and welcoming. The benefits (free for me!) are really good.

Cons

Depends on who you are...we have a 4 d/w hybrid. I actually like coming in but know others would like less. There is no 401K match but we do get RSUs (stock). Their are great managers and not-so-great managers, like all companies (I like mine and like my team). Some managers are not great at setting goals and holding their people accountable to them. Super NOT important but there isn't much around the Irvine or LA offices for food options.

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