Ad Operations-Senior Associate-Paid Media

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$76K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media trafficking and tag governance for CM360 campaigns with strong QA and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own trafficking, QA, and governance of CM360 programmatic, direct IO, and social campaigns.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in digital ad ops with trafficking and tagging.
  • Standout: Experience leading automation initiatives to streamline ad ops workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create and trafficking of paid media programmatic, direct IO, and social campaigns within Campaign Manager 360 (CM360).
  • Own on-site tag deployment via Tag Management System, ensuring accurate capture for performance, monitoring, targeting, and analytics.
  • Lead troubleshooting of trafficked campaign tags, potential discrepancies, and delivery issues, driving resolution with publishers, agencies, and platform partners.
  • Partner with brand safety provider, Integral Ad Science (IAS), to ensure brand safety benchmarks are measured and benchmarks are met.
  • Maintain governance and documentation for ad ops procedures and processes.
  • Perform rigorous QA/QC on campaign setups, launches, and on-site conversion tagging.
  • Build and manage relationships with internal, agency stakeholders, and publishers, coordinate specs, timelines, SLAs, and escalations.
  • Translate technical concepts (identity, measurement, attribution, verification, privacy) into concise guidance for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ensure compliance with privacy and data protection controls for tag deployment and data collection.
  • Identify, scope, and guide automation initiatives to streamline trafficking, QA, reporting, and operational workflows.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in digital marketing/advertising operations, including hands-on trafficking for programmatic, direct IO, and social.
  • 5+ years in media/site tagging, marketing analytics, and campaign measurement using web analytics tools.
  • Proficiency with CM360, Tag Management Systems, DSPs/SSPs; familiarity with Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, JIRA, and brand safety partners.
  • Demonstrated excellence in QA/QC, documentation, and governance.
  • Strong technical problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely.
  • Experience leading or contributing to automation initiatives in advertising operations.

    Benefits

    • comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.

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