Assistant Programmatic Buyer

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableEntry Level1+ years expInternship

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive programmatic media buying across DSPs to plan, launch, and optimize campaigns that meet client goals and convert qualified traffic.

  • Own day-to-day programmatic buys across DSPs including budgeting, pacing, and optimization.
  • Must-have: 1+ year DSP experience or strong digital marketing fundamentals.
  • Standout: Cross-team collaboration with proactive reporting and actionable insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch, manage, and optimize programmatic campaigns across platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Amazon Ads, and other leading demand-side platforms.
  • Within media buys, you will be building 1st & 3rd party audience targets, curating inventory targeting, pulling and analyzing campaign reporting to inform performance, and thinking creatively to optimize media buys according to client goals.
  • Collaborate on strategic and tactical programmatic initiatives that drive, engage, and convert qualified traffic
  • Collaborate on day-to-day campaign management and strategy across various internal and external client efforts
  • Perform daily campaign activities including budget management and pacing, forecasting, performance monitoring and optimization.
  • Participate in agency relationships and meetings to benefit campaign performance.
  • Proactively communicate recommendations, needs, and expectations to internal account managers
  • Create campaign wrap-up reports, including insights and recommendations for future campaigns
  • Stay on top of evolving programmatic trends, DSP innovations, compliance policies, and performance best practices.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience in digital marketing, 1+ year DSP experience preferred
  • Strong learner with ability to explore and retain new ideas and concepts thoroughly
  • Strength in interpreting data, deriving insights, and transforming insights into action
  • Highly organized with a keen attention to detail; able to manage multiple tasks and campaigns simultaneously
  • Self-driven with excellent planning, organizational, and time-management skills.
  • Experience with the principles of media planning and buying
  • Strong understanding of digital media metrics

Preferred

  • Bonus points if you’re bilingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese.

Benefits

  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • a flexible spending account
  • voluntary life and accident plans
  • a 401(k) retirement plan with matching
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We are a modern media, commerce, and data technology company comprised of strategists, creatives, media and commerce experts, data scientists, and engineers driven by one common purpose — to accelerate business growth through data-driven marketing, creative, and commerce. With over 400 experts worldwide, our teams deliver full-funnel, predictive marketing solutions for global brands.

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Assistant Programmatic Buyer

Mindgruve · San Diego, CA · Hybrid