Manager, Investment, Programmatic

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$75K/yr – $95K/yrManager4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive programmatic media strategy and client leadership across display, video, native, and CTV for Rise’s portfolio.

  • Own end-to-end programmatic planning, execution, and optimization across all media types.
  • Must-have: 4+ years in digital/programmatic media with agency experience.
  • Standout: Experience leading remote teams and scaling processes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Onboard, maintain and grow assigned client portfolio; coordinate / collaborate with Account Management, Media Strategy and programmatic leadership on long-term strategic roadmap
  • Develop programmatic strategies utilizing knowledge, experience, and strong analytical skills to extract insights from campaign data and provide well-developed quantitatively based recommendations to accomplish client goals and objectives
  • Create presentations, regular reporting, and other documents for client use in the evaluation and approval of programmatic campaigns
  • Develop programmatic campaign targeting and measurement strategies, ensuring it aligns to the client’s business goals; oversee strategy implementation across all programmatic mediums (display, video, native, digital audio, CTV, digital out of home)
  • Develop action plans for achieving and measuring campaign success; identify KPIs, processes for measurement, and optimization strategies
  • Own performance accuracy for campaign execution, optimization, and insights for all assigned clients
  • Develop processes to help improve efficiency of the team; scale processes across greater programmatic practice
  • Keep agency counterparts and clients up to date on industry trends and technology partners, seeking out opportunities to vet and test new technologies
  • Research, vet and test technology partners to drive performance for clients
  • Responsible for managing a team of direct reports (remote and across all Rise locations)

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (communications, marketing, advertising, or business)
  • 4+ years relevant work experience in digital / programmatic media preferred; agency experience a plus
  • Expert usage of Microsoft Office suite, with strong emphasis on Excel
  • Experience building media plans and determining budget allocation on a yearly and monthly basis using different forecasting methodologies
  • Experience developing and managing high performance teams a plus
  • Strong relationships with publisher and technology partners
  • Advanced knowledge of the importance and role of programmatic within a media plan and how to leverage it strengths
  • Proven ability to convert and implement strategic plan directions into flawless tactical executions
  • Demonstrated understanding of media planning concepts such as reach, frequency, frequency management, impression share, ROI, ROAS, and other KPIs
  • Certificates in Google DV360, Google Campaign Manager, and The Trade Desk required.

Preferred

  • Experience developing and managing high performance teams a plus
  • agency experience a plus
  • Strong relationships with publisher and technology partners
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Quad

Quad (NYSE: QUAD) is a global marketing experience company that helps brands make direct consumer connections, from household to in-store to online. Supported by state-of-the-art technology and data-driven intelligence, Quad uses its suite of media, creative and production solutions to streamline the complexities of marketing and remove friction from wherever it occurs in the marketing journey. Quad tailors its uniquely flexible, scalable and connected solutions to clients’ objectives, driving cost efficiencies, improving speed to market, strengthening marketing effectiveness, and delivering value on client investments.Quad employs approximately 13,000 people in 14 countries and serves approximately 2,700 clients including industry leading blue-chip companies that serve both businesses and consumers in multiple industry verticals, with a particular focus on commerce, including retail, consumer packaged goods, and direct-to-consumer; financial services; and health. Quad is ranked as the 14th largest agency company in the U.S. by Ad Age (2023), and the second-largest commercial printer in North America, according to Printing Impressions (2023).For more information about Quad, including its commitment to ongoing innovation, culture and sustainable impact, visit quad.com.

Founded in 1971
Sussex, Wisconsin, USA
10K employees (1,327 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
55.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.2%
Direct
53.8%
Referral
9%
Social
1.6%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
676 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
9.4 years

Funding

Total Funding
$1.9B
Last Raise
$35M
Post IPO Debt, 7 months ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $35M
  • Apr 2014
    Post IPO Debt • $1.9B

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