Director of Ad Operations

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
Sales and Business Development
Newsweek

Newsweek

Newsweek provides in-depth analysis, news, and opinion about international issues, technology, business, culture, and politics. With over 80 years of experience, Newsweek is a premier news magazine and website offering high-quality journalism to a glob...

Media
251-1K
Founded 1933

Description

  • Own end-to-end trafficking and execution of Direct, PMP, and PG campaigns from forecasting through closeout.
  • Manage trafficking across display, video, social, and newsletter campaigns.
  • Monitor pacing and performance and resolve under-delivery, over-delivery, discrepancies, and targeting issues.
  • QA creative assets and troubleshoot rendering, tracking, tags, pixels, HTML5/JavaScript, and VAST/VPAID issues.
  • Serve as the primary ad operations contact for Sales and Account Management.
  • Partner with Product and Technology to troubleshoot site-level ad issues and improve campaign execution.
  • Lead and manage a team of 1–2 ad traffickers with training, quality control, and daily guidance.
  • Establish and improve trafficking workflows to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
  • Support Brand Lift Studies and third-party measurement/verification.
  • Provide campaign updates, reporting, and delivery insights to stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in digital ad operations with hands-on campaign trafficking experience.
  • Advanced experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM) and direct/PMP campaign management.
  • Strong understanding of campaign setup, targeting, creative QA, pacing, optimization, and reporting.
  • Technical troubleshooting skills across HTML5, JavaScript, VAST/VPAID, tracking pixels, and third-party tags.
  • Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and problem-solving ability.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior ad operations professionals.
  • Preferred experience managing ad operations for digital publishers or news media.
  • Preferred experience with PMP and PG (Programmatic Guaranteed) deals.
  • Preferred experience with social media and newsletter advertising operations.
  • Preferred experience with third-party verification and measurement platforms such as DoubleVerify, IAS, MOAT, and DISQO.
  • Preferred familiarity with first-party data and identity solutions, including UID2 and other identity frameworks.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $135,000–$145,000, commensurate with experience.
  • Equal opportunity employer.
  • Inclusive, equitable, and respectful workplace.

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