Job Description
Paramount is a global media and entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).
We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What's more, you'll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, Nickelodeon), our digital platform 10 Play that also includes a vast array of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV known as FAST (including numerous MTV and Nickelodeon channels), and our subscription video on demand service Paramount+.
This is a permanent full-time role based in SYDNEY (hybrid work model available)
Enough about us! What you'll do as a Ad Tech Engineer:
Reporting into the Head of Digital Technology, this role will have sound technical understanding of ad technologies and solutions. The Ad Tech Engineer will be a key player in ensuring our platform continues to provide a leading user experience. The candidate will be working with developers and product owners to communicate desired technical outcomes and issues as they arise.
Duties and Key Responsibilities will include:
• Responsible for managing existing ad products and helping advance new video and display ad technologies.
• Some out hours work will be required to support business needs and major planned events.
• Interface between local and international Video ad ops and technology team
• Support the video and advertising operations during planning and execution of major events
• Ad serving expertise, including offering escalation and troubleshooting for the ad ops team
• Helping ensure video ad serving is optimised, across Live and VOD. Drive improvements wherever possible.
• Understanding of video and Advertising industry standards
• Implement new ad configurations across all digital channels
• Advocate for best practices in video and ad serving throughout N10
• Guide internal and external software developers on implementation of ad products and features understanding API / SDK documentations.
• Be a subject matter expert in debugging advertising issues cross platform.
Experience and Skills:
• Able to understand technical documentation (SDKs), API specifications and able to work with engineers on implementation across web, iOS, Android, TV platforms
• Advanced publisher experience with Google Ad Manager with setup and integration
• Troubleshooting and optimisation of performance and delivery issues within Google Ad Manager
• Work with technical account support teams from ad tech vendors
• Knowledge of, and experience analysing log level data
• Experience with OTT application and platforms
• Possess an analytical mindset for troubleshooting and investigating issues with tools like Charles Proxy and Fiddler
• Experience with Google DV360 desirable
• Excellent written and oral communications
It would be advantageous if you have these skills:
• SQL experience
• BI and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc)
• Any software development and coding experience
Why Paramount?
We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day. However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:
• 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
• We hold a 4.4 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)
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Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.
We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world's oldest living cultures.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0kzwe-18-118-0-203-42 in your application.