Campaign Management Specialist / Ad Ops

Condé Nast Germany; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Bupa Private Healthcare

Season ticket loans

Eye tests

Remote work option (1 day)

Job summary

Condé Nast in London seeks a Campaign Management Specialist to implement direct and programmatic campaigns across display, video, and email. You will handle trafficking, delivery pacing, and testing, working closely with clients, agencies, and vendor partners.

A background in ad operations and a proactive approach are essential. The role reports to the Senior Manager, Campaign Management UK and France, with a hybrid office pattern four days on-site.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of digital Ad Operations/Campaign Management experience.
• Expertise with Google Ad Manager or other ad servers.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to self-prioritise tasks.
• Proficient in Excel and data organisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation of all digital ad campaigns for a given sales team, ensuring execution according to insertion orders.
• Test and QA all ads prior to launch, coordinating with clients and agencies for technical implementation.
• Coordinate with outsourced vendor partners and handle administrative tasks for campaign launches.
• Monitor campaigns actively, optimise against goals, and provide recommendations for KPI performance.
• Stay up to date with industry changes to guide sales and marketing on new products and changes.

Skills

Ad Operations

Google Ad Manager

Communication

Excel

DV Publisher Suite

HTML knowledge

Tools

DV Publisher Suite

OMS

Developer tools

Job description

Condé Nast is one of the world’s most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today’s most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company’s owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.

Job Description

Location:

London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden, and Tatler, among many others.

We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.

The Role

The Campaign Management Specialist is a key member of Condé Nast’s Campaign Management team within the digital organisation. The Campaign Management Specialist is responsible for the implementation of direct and programmatic guaranteed campaigns across display, video, and email. This role is critical to the success of our campaigns and is directly responsible for technical feasibility, trafficking, and management of pacing and delivery. The ideal candidate has proven experience with ad trafficking and reporting and a curiosity about the media landscape and digital technologies.

The Team

The Campaign Management team is part of the wider Global Campaign Management team that also includes France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Middle East and the US, and sits within the Commercial organisation. They partner closely with Digital Media Strategy, Global Monetisation Strategy, Ad Platforms and Condé Nast Ad Studio teams and play a vital role in ensuring the success of our digital campaigns. This role will report directly to the Senior Manager, Campaign Management UK and France.

What will you be doing?

• Manage the implementation of all digital ad campaigns for a given sales team, ensuring execution according to insertion orders.
• Work with clients and agencies to manage technical implementation of allthird-partytagging. Thoroughly test and QA all ads prior to launch.
• Coordinate with outsourced vendor partners, handling administrative tasks associated with launching campaigns.
• Actively monitor all assigned campaigns, optimising against deliverable goals, and providing recommendations for optimal performance against KPIs.
• Stay up to date with the industry to help guide sales and marketers on new products and changes within the digital landscape.
• Expert knowledgeof ad specs, ad units, our sites and platforms.
• Expert knowledge of Google Ad Manager and campaign delivery, serving as primary liaison and support for sales operations colleagues.

Who you are:

• Must possess 1-3 years of digital Ad Operations/Campaign Management experience
• Expertise with Google Ad Manager or other ad servers a must
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to self-prioritise tasks
• Proficient in Excel, comfortable with organising data
• Familiarity with DV Publisher Suite or any OMS beneficial
• Knowledge of developer tools or HTML beneficial

Does this sound like you?

We value the time and effort behind every application. All submissions are reviewed by a member of our talent team - we don’t use AI-assisted technology to review applications.

What benefits do we offer?

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.
• You’ll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.
• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• We’re a dog friendly office, plus you’ll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.
• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training, available in local languages.
• Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.