Summary:

Join an established, growing (domestically and internationally), independent content-driven / content-creation media company.  Content includes original series, films, and documentaries.  They are committed to inclusive content and colorful storytelling that unites culture and represents the often unrepresented. The content streams on OTT, FAST channels, on cable/satellite, and with its subscription service, on nearly every app store out there.

We are looking for a standout Ad Operations Manager to help us scale. The Ad Operations Manager will oversee both the technical integration process with clients (involving both frontend and backend integration work) as well as managing campaign configuration, delivery, troubleshooting, and reporting. The ideal candidate should have a very good understanding of Ad Ops, Ad measurement and the digital, television, OTT, and programmatic video advertising landscapes. This position is based in our NYC office and reports to the Vice President of Digital Operations. The person hired may work hybrid (in the office 1 – 2 times per week).

Responsibilities:

• Work with a cross functional team spanning sales, business intelligence, and digital operations to traffic direct sales and programmatic digital advertising campaigns in a timely manner to ensure client expectations are exceeded
• Manage and analyze live direct sold and programmatic campaign effectiveness daily across content types (FAST/Live Channels, VOD) and devices (CTV, mobile, web), adjusting campaigns as needed to ensure fulfillment and maintain profit margins. Support business intelligence with revenue analysis and optimization strategy
• Manage multiple advertiser and agency accounts, developing positive working relationships with media buyers and operations teams of clients and partners
• Handle inventory requests for Sales Team and work closely with sales and account management teams to ensure client implementations are built for success, including updates to the broader sales teams, campaign status emails and progress reports, and dashboards as needed
• Identify operational workflow enhancements and help instill best practices related to trafficking, campaign management and programmatic ads
• Lead troubleshooting of monetization and campaign delivery issues such as under pacing, reporting discrepancies, ad architecture, and technical issues. Drive resolution efforts by collaborating with internal and external partner teams
• Supervise external vendors and platforms to ensure all systems are running efficiently

Qualifications:

• Experience in in Ad Operations in the digital advertising industry (Media Buying experience a plus)
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and hands-on experience
• Proficient in MS Office & Google Suite
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Team oriented with the ability to work independently
• Possess a passion for media and all things pop culture

Required Notification:  Certain states require that job postings indicate a minimum and maximum base salary in an effort to not discriminate – a very worthwhile purpose that Media Recruiting Group supports. MRG’s practices are and have always been non-discriminatory, and jobs are open to all candidates with respect to race, color, religion, national origin, military status, sexual orientation, sex/gender, age, national origin, disability, etc.  That said, companies require that we supply them with candidates with very specific experience, and the commensurate compensation for every job varies.  It is a function of a person’s years of experience, type of experience, skills, knowledge of certain computer programs, etc.  And every job may have a unique requirement.  And every job could come in higher or lower than the range we are given.   We do not control the upper and lower ranges for our clients, so we make a best efforts attempt to include information requested by said states.  In the case of sales people, most time it is also a function of their contacts.  If the job is an analyst, analytical skills and experience matter.  Etc.  This makes stating a reasonable minimum and maximum challenging absent all of this information about a given candidate.  Companies also have other elements of compensation, including but not limited to, commission, bonus, equity, profit sharing, varying levels of healthcare coverage and how much a person would have to contribute to the premium, various perks like continuing education, commuter reimbursement, phone reimbursement, etc. – not included in “salary” as the law states.  Thus, know that anything we note in a salary range does NOT include such other compensation elements.  And, as recruiters, we don’t know what all of those elements are, as we are recruiting for a company, not for ourselves, and they do not brief us as to each benefit.  We are a 3^rd party and can only estimate to the best of our knowledge, and thus offer the minimum and maximum salary MRG in good faith believes at the time of the posting the client is willing to pay for the advertised job.

Qualified by all of the above, for this job with requisite/required  years of the required experience and skills, the minimum and maximum salary is approximated at $90,000 and $130,000 respectfully, exclusive of commission, bonus, equity, profit sharing, any element of healthcare coverage, any reference to how much a person would have to contribute to the premium of a healthcare plan, any perks, or other forms of compensation.  Fewer years of experience could bring the base salary lower, and more experience could bring the base salary higher, if the company is willing to increase their salary bands.