CPG Ad Operations Specialist

What are we looking for in our CPG Ad Operations Specialist?

A ride-share company is looking to hire an Ad Ops Specialist. 

Location: Chicago or NYC/ hybrid schedule 

Pay: $50-64/ hourly

Contract: 6 Months

• In this role as CPG AdOps Campaign Success and Performance Manager, you will support the Advertising business by guaranteeing flawless campaign set up and performance for our CPG Advertisers.
• You will work with partners across the globe to propel the business forward, by acting as a coordinator for display, search and sponsored items campaigns as well as bridging the gap between the business’ needs and the offshore operational team.
• You will report to the CPG AdOperations Manager and your main responsibilities include:
• Partner with Account Executives, Account Managers, Audience Strategy and Data Analysts to ensure smooth campaign launch and mid-flight optimizations
• Execute multi-tier campaigns with various strategies: display, search, sponsored items and others
• Understand Sales pipeline and coordinate the campaign operations across partners and offshore teams to ensure campaigns launch on time and successfully
• Troubleshoot live campaigns by proactively monitoring them and proposing optimizations to ensure they reach budget utilization and performance indicators
• Closely supervise the offshore operational team supporting the region
• Partner with other managers on the Revenue Operations team to improve SOP’s, launch new products and apply change management where needed
• Collaborate with Measurement Operations to drive campaign monitoring and tooling improvements
• Work with Product and Engineering to identify changes to internal Ad systems / tools that reduce the occurrence and impact of bottlenecks affecting delivery scalability, and improve the efficiency and quality of ad campaigns
• Providing high-level POVs on industry trends and impact to Advertising campaigns
• Participate in cross-functional team decisions and projects to enhance overarching process, workflow, and growth of Advertising

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of overall professional experience
• Proven experience working in the digital advertising industry (3+ years at least)
• Experience working with CPG advertisers (1+ year at least)
• Minimum of 3 years in Ad Operations, digital campaign management in a publisher, agency or
• Hands on experience managing and optimizing digital advertising campaigns
• Strong analytical skills (data driven and quantitative skills) with MS Excel and Salesforce proficiency
• Ability to work cross functionally with many teams and Stakeholders.
• Candidates with experience with Criteo platform will be prioritized
• Strong project management capabilities with stakeholder management skills
• SQL, Tableau experience highly preferred
• Experience working with data management platforms (ex. Krux, Cxense, etc) and analytics tools (ex. Google Analytics, ComScore, etc)
• Knowledge of DFA/DCM, GAM, Sizmek, Innovid, Citrus platforms preferred
• Have a core operational understanding of critical campaign components such as brand safety guidelines, ad viewability, and filtering for suspicious and/or fraudulent media activity
• Nimble and fast - able to balance priorities and move quickly in a rapidly changing environment
• Proactivity - ability to ensure high standards and a bias toward action

Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

As a certified minority-owned business, Pride Global and its affiliates - including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, and Pride Now - are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization.

We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies.

We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.

Rate/Salary: $50-64/hourly