Senior Programmatic Trader — Campaign Growth & Automation

Ultimate Asset; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Independent Performance Media Agency in Central London is hiring a Senior Programmatic Trader to own a portfolio of major client accounts, managing campaigns from setup to optimisation in a hands-on role.

You will work with DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, Yahoo, Vistar and Spotify Ads, handling budgets of £250k+ per month, and collaborate with the Senior Trading Lead and Client Services to drive ROAS and growth.

Qualifications

• At least three years of hands-on programmatic trading experience.
• Experience with DSPs such as DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP or similar.
• Experience setting up, managing and optimizing performance-focused campaigns.
• Track record of managing meaningful campaign budgets, ideally £250,000+ per month.
• Experience across formats including display, video, CTV, audio, native or DOOH.
• Strong knowledge of audiences, inventory, SSPs, supply paths, measurement, attribution and brand safety.
• Ability to manipulate campaign data and turn it into practical optimisation decisions.
• Confident communicating with clients, planners, sales teams and internal stakeholders.
• Proactive approach to improving performance and growing accounts.

Responsibilities

• Building and launching campaigns across DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, Yahoo, Vistar and Spotify Ads.
• Managing targeting, bidding, pacing, budget allocation and performance delivery.
• Optimising campaigns against KPIs including ROAS, CPA, incremental CPA and new customer acquisition.
• Analysing campaign data and making evidence‑based optimisation decisions.
• Improving inventory quality and identifying more efficient supply paths.
• Diagnosing underperformance and taking direct action to improve results.
• Identifying opportunities to automate manual trading and reporting processes.
• Advising clients on channel, audience and data strategy.
• Building the commercial case for increased investment and account growth.

Skills

Programmatic trading

DSP platforms

Campaign optimization

Data analysis

Client communication

Budget management

Tools

DV360

The Trade Desk

Amazon DSP

Yahoo DSP

Vistar

Spotify Ads

Job description

Independent Performance Media Agency in Central London is hiring a Senior Programmatic Trader to own a portfolio of major client accounts, managing campaigns from setup to optimisation in a hands-on role.

You will work with DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, Yahoo, Vistar and Spotify Ads, handling budgets of £250k+ per month, and collaborate with the Senior Trading Lead and Client Services to drive ROAS and growth.