Programmatic Advertising Specialist (Toronto)

Cosmo5; Toronto; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cosmo5, a global marketing group, is seeking a proactive Programmatic Advertising Specialist to join the operational engine of our Programmatic team. You will own the end-to-end execution pipeline from pre-campaign setup to post-campaign reconciliation, ensuring campaigns run smoothly behind the scenes.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love platform mechanics and structured data, this role offers hands-on impact and exposure to multi-channel campaigns.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of hands-on experience in programmatic advertising operations or digital trafficking.
• Familiarity with DSP platform hierarchies and bulk management tools (SDFs/CSV uploads).
• Strong organizational skills with a proactive mindset—you catch errors before they hit live campaigns.
• Familiarity with project management tools (Wrike, Jira, ClickUp).

Responsibilities

• Pre-Campaign Management: Build trafficking sheets, validate assets, verify tracking pixels, and coordinate launch materials for 100% QA.
• Platform Operations & Setup: Execute quick campaign setups and bulk edits across DSPs using SDFs/CSV uploads.
• In-Flight Pacing & Monitoring: Track spend and pacing, flag anomalies, troubleshoot setup issues.
• Reporting & Analytics Prep: Prepare raw campaign data into client-facing reports and internal summaries.
• Post-Campaign Finance: Reconcile spend against IO caps for accurate billing.

Skills

Programmatic advertising

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Tools

Wrike

Jira

ClickUp

Job description

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WHO WE ARE

Driven by the connected power of five core capabilities — Media, Commerce, Creative, Data, and Technology — Cosmo5 is a global marketing group with experts in 18 countries across four continents.

Cosmo5 exists to help ambitious brands thrive in an era defined by constant change and intelligent technology. We combine AI, human creativity, and scalable tech to craft marketing that moves as fast as the world does.

WHO YOU ARE

We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Programmatic Advertising Specialist to serve as the operational engine of our Programmatic team. In this role, you will own the end-to-end execution pipeline, handling everything from pre-campaign setup to post-campaign financial reconciliation, so our Programmatic Consultants can focus on strategic growth.

If you are an organized multitasker who loves platform mechanics, structured data, and keeping campaigns running seamlessly behind the scenes, this role is for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Pre-Campaign Management: Build detailed trafficking sheets, validate ASINs and creative assets, verify tracking pixels, and coordinate launch materials to ensure 100% QA before going live.
• Platform Operations & Setup: Execute quick campaign setups and bulk edits across Demand-Side Platforms, specifically using Structured Data Files (SDFs) in Amazon DSP and DV360.
• In-Flight Pacing & Monitoring: Track daily spend and impression pacing, flag delivery anomalies (e.g., out-of-stock ASINs or bidding issues), and troubleshoot basic setup errors proactively.
• Reporting & Analytics Prep: Pull, format, and structure raw campaign data into clean client-facing reports and internal performance summaries.
• Post-Campaign Finance: Perform end-of-month reconciliations, cross-referencing delivered spend against signed Insertion Order (IO) caps to ensure accurate billing.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 1-3 years of hands-on experience in programmatic advertising operations or digital trafficking.
• Familiarity with DSP platform hierarchies and bulk management tools (SDFs/CSV uploads).
• Strong organizational skills with a proactive mindset—you catch errors before they hit live campaigns.
• Familiarity with project management tools (Wrike, Jira, ClickUp, etc.).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensure campaign readiness, accurate budget tracking and reconciliations, timely delivery of reporting data, and maintenance of internal documentation.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Budget Tracking and Financial Reconciliation Accuracy: Zero discrepancies in monthly billing actualizations, with budget trackers updated according to agreed timelines, such as weekly or biweekly.
• Asset Readiness and Preparation Turnaround: 100% of campaign kickoff assets — briefs, creatives, and tags — compiled, quality-assured, and delivered to Consultants according to established service-level agreement timelines.
• QA and Setup Accuracy: Fewer than 1% of campaigns flagged for tagging, landing-page, or creative errors during pre-launch checks.
• Documentation and Knowledge Management Hygiene: Quarterly reviews and updates completed for all team standard operating procedures, training decks, and taxonomy sheets.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

As an equal opportunity employer, Cosmo5 celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.