Senior Associate, Media Optimization

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$45K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize programmatic campaigns across DSPs, leading setup, tracking, QA, troubleshooting, tagging strategies, and performance-driven optimizations while collaborating with account teams and driving new processes.

  • Own campaign setup, testing, and optimization across DSPs
  • Drive insights and share data-backed recommendations with account teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Plan the structure and take ownership of the setup of programmatic campaigns (ex. TTD, Xandr, DV360, Amazon).
  • Manage all aspects of campaigns including campaign and creative setup, tracking, QA, proactive performance checks, optimizations, pacing, and profitability updates to ensure goals are met within team SLAs.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to troubleshoot any creative, HTML tags, pixel-related, or verification-related issues.
  • Work closely with all account teams to develop tagging strategies.
  • Drive test and scale programs. Seek out new optimization tactics and knowledge and share them with the wider teams.
  • Provide insights into your optimization approach and work with the account service team to turn data-backed actionable insights into recommendations that enhance client strategy.
  • Act as a consultant to educate account teams on best practices for campaign setup, data collection, technology, and platform use
  • Complete requests in internal data management platforms
  • Discrepancy investigation and resolution
  • Work with your manager to meet the goals of the Media Optimization team and to fulfill the team strategy.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience working on biddable or programmatic platforms such as DV360, The Trade Desk, or Xandr (ideally including certification).
  • Experience with one or more ad servers (DCM, Sizmek, AdForm).
  • Knowledge of HTML, XML, and JavaScript in an advertising context.
  • Good understanding of the online ad industry, ad targeting and optimization through DSPs/SSPs, an understanding of video and DOOH advertising and related metrics is a plus
  • Passion and curiosity for advertising technology; eagerness to learn new tools (e.g., HTML, Big Query, and Python, etc.)
  • Proficiency in technologies: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP’s, etc.) is required.
  • Strong analytical skills and an affinity for numbers is key; experience with Google Analytics is a plus.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; the ability to clearly communicate your findings and solutions in both written and verbal.
  • The ability to form strong relationships with internal/external teams.
  • A self-starter attitude – not afraid to ask for help or volunteer with new ideas.

Preferred

  • knowledge of video and DOOH advertising and related metrics is a plus
  • experience with Google Analytics is a plus
  • eagerness to learn new tools (e.g., HTML, Big Query, and Python)

Benefits

  • competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
  • significant paid time off
  • preferential partner discounts
  • employee mental health awareness days
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Senior Associate, Media Optimization

WPP Media · New York City, NY · Hybrid