Media Manager
ESPN
New York, NY
In this role, you will be a key contributor to our Ad Operations team supporting the CBS Sports Digital Group! The Campaign Manager will have the unique opportunity to own publisher ad operations for critical initiatives across the CBS Sports portfolio. You will take ownership of flawless online advertising campaign executions across a myriad of placements and platforms including display, mobile, and video. The ideal candidate will be focused, detail oriented, accountable, and can bring an ownership mentality to the table! Ability to break down and communicate complex technical, operational information to non-subject matter experts is a plus.
Your Day-to-Day:
Set up and manage direct digital advertising campaigns; focusing on timely, accurate implementations, and full campaign delivery
Ensure all creative asset specifications and ad policies are met before launch of new executions
Monitor, analyze and optimize campaign performance against delivery and KPI objectives
Proactively conduct in-depth QA through the use of debugging tools
Troubleshoot creative issues, implement custom executions, monitor under/over delivery issues, optimize for viewability, address brand safety concerns, and be knowledgeable about site ad tagging logic to address ad disruption issues
Establish and successfully handle implementation timelines to all internal stakeholders
Coordinate asset hand-off with client and internal teams; while proactively communicating updates and setting expectations with all stakeholders
Key Projects:
The Campaign Manager will continuously hone project management skills throughout the creation and scheduling process of custom, integrated campaigns in partnership with various internal and external teams
Provide suggestions on novel ways to improve current Ad Operations processes and procedures to improve team excellence.
Join kick off calls with clients to understand advertising specifications and discuss custom or complex executions
Build first hand knowledge of publisher side advertising technology in order to consult with partners on best practices
Staying educated on key developments in the rapidly changing digital advertising ecosystem. (e.g Viewability, brand safety, invalid traffic etc.) and apply that knowledge to update or build new processes that support changing industry needs
Qualifications:
What you bring to the team:
1-2 years experience managing digital advertising campaigns
Proven experience with ad serving platforms (i.e. DFP/GAM)
Demonstrated ability to think critically and solve complex problems
Extreme attention to detail
Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, and formulas)
Possess strong organizational, verbal and analytical skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proven ability to see the ''big picture''-- Recognize and prioritize concurrent projects with different timelines to increase revenue and client satisfaction
You might also have:
Experience with third party ad serving technologies (such as DCM, Celtra, Clipcentric, etc.) is strongly preferred
Knowledge of Rich Media, Video Encoding, HTML5
Knowledge of web page composition and analytics
Good understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript
Knowledge of Programmatic advertising
Experience with Content Management Systems
ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbobv6-54-234-136-147-42 in your application.