Digital Media Activation Executive

Skyrise; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A programmatic advertising company in Manchester seeks a Digital Media Activation Executive to manage high-quality advertising campaigns. You will utilize your programmatic trading experience and analytical skills to enhance campaign performance. This role offers a hybrid working model, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package, including private health insurance and comprehensive holiday leave.

Benefits

Hybrid office and remote working

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday plus birthday

Premium private health insurance

Personal training budget

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience within a programmatic trading role.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable with data.
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Setting up and managing digital campaigns across various platforms.
• Ensure maximum campaign performance and identifying new opportunities.
• Produce detailed analysis and reports of campaign performance.

Skills

Programmatic trading experience

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Self-motivated

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Tools

The Trade Desk

DV360

Amazon DSP

Vistar

Perion

Job description

Department: Trading

Reporting in to: Trading Team Lead

Salary: £27,000 - £35,000 per year (DOE)

About Us

Skyrise is a programmatic ad‑tech company based in Manchester. We provide advertisers with a real‑world alternative to buying, planning, and measuring media. Through unique access to vast privacy‑first data sets, we analyse location, commuting patterns, demographic variance and weblog behaviours, and translate these into data visuals and rich insights into how people behave both online and offline. This gives the brands and agencies we work with clarity and precision to media decision‑making and leads to advertising success across any channel.

About The Role

The Digital Media Activation Executive role requires a blend of creativity, analytical skills, and attention to detail to ensure successful delivery of high‑quality programmatic advertising campaigns. The ideal candidate will be passionate about digital marketing, eager to learn, and capable of handling multiple tasks in a fast‑paced environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Setting up and managing digital campaigns across various Demand Side Platforms (DSP’s) and advertising networks.
• Ensure maximum campaign performance by identifying new opportunities, eliminating weaknesses, and ensuring key results are achieved for client accounts.
• Accurately track delivery and margin, working with Finance to complete month end reconciliation.
• Have knowledge on creative specs, asset requirements and tracking to support creative application.
• Monitor and administer analytics dashboards, reports, and reporting tools, and point out areas of importance in accordance with client objectives.
• Produce detailed analysis and reports of campaigns performance, including written commentary.
• Make and manage internal relationships with Account Management and Sales to ensure campaigns meet the client’s needs.

What we’re looking for

• 2+ years experience within a programmatic trading role working on platforms such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Amazon, Vistar, Perion etc.
• Degree level education in a STEM subject.
• A proficient user of Excel (or other spreadsheet software) in particular, you know your way around a pivot table and basic formulas such as SUMIFS, VLOOKUP etc.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable with data.
• Confident in managing a diverse workload and deadlines.
• Self‑motivated with a desire to learn.
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal.
• A good basic understanding of digital marketing, along with a strong interest in developing your career in this space.
• A solid understanding of core media metrics and their intertwining relationships.

What you’ll get

• Hybrid office and remote working
• Flexible working with sliding start/finish times around core hours
• An enhanced holiday package of 25 days per year plus your birthday
• Premium private health insurance (after your first year)
• Supportive and enhanced parental packages
• A personal training budget to help you progress, learn, and develop in your role.
• Regular social activities, charity initiatives, conferences, awards, and events
• Part of a culture commitment to maintaining an inclusive, engaged and healthy culture

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a diverse and supportive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or to the role itself due to a disability, health condition, or personal circumstances, please let us know — we will do our best to accommodate your needs.