Programmatic Ad Specialist

New York City, NY (Remote)

$60K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 7 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end programmatic campaigns across major platforms, optimizing spend, ROAS, and KPI targets while leading testing and optimization of creative, audience, and bidding strategies.

  • Own planning, execution, and optimization of programmatic campaigns
  • Lead testing and optimization of creative, audience, and bidding strategies

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the day-to-day management of programmatic ad campaigns across major ad platforms, including Amazon Advertising, Google Ads, and StackAdapt, among others.
  • Launch, monitor, and optimize campaigns to ensure spend pacing, ROAS goals, and KPI targets are met.
  • Design and run A/B tests to uncover new opportunities for creative, audience, and bidding strategies.
  • Maintain audience segments for targeting, remarketing, and upper-funnel growth initiatives.
  • Analyze campaign performance data and prepare reports for internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with creative teams to provide clear direction and feedback on ad assets.
  • Stay current with platform trends, new tools, and best practices; proactively propose tests and new ideas.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical skills and comfort working with performance data.
  • Experience building reports or visualizations (Google Looker Studio, Excel, Sheets, etc.).
  • Demonstrated creativity and willingness to test new approaches independently.
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
  • Strong communication skills, including ability to present insights to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and adapt quickly to shifting priorities.
  • 1–2 years of experience managing digital advertising or paid media campaigns (internships included).
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Advertising
  • Familiarity with book publishing, media, or entertainment marketing.
  • Knowledge of audience development, first-party data use, and remarketing strategies.
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We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world. Macmillan Publishers is a leading publishing company and home to some of the world's most cherished authors and creators. We are firmly committed to our employees, authors, and core values — and strive to build a culture that is inclusive of diverse voices and perspectives throughout all levels of the company. Our U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. Macmillan Publishers is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to reflecting a broad representation of differences — race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective — in our workplace.

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$60K/yr – $65K/yr

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Programmatic Ad Specialist

Macmillan · New York City, NY · Remote