Ad Solutions Producer

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times Company in New York is seeking an Ads Solutions Producer to oversee the production and deployment of custom HTML5 display ads, collaborating with Sales, Campaign Management, and external clients.

You will lead kickoff calls, build responsive ads with HTML/CSS, enforce processes, coordinate talent for podcasts and voiceovers, manage vendor QA, and ensure on-time delivery in a hybrid, NYC-based role.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a producer or in a related account management role within Rich Media/Creative Solutions, Ad Operations, or related area.
• Proficiency with HTML and CSS; experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience coordinating between technical and non-technical groups and managing multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily production with high client satisfaction, leading kickoff calls and aligning creative specs.
• Build NYT proprietary responsive ads using HTML templates and CSS.
• Follow production processes and enforce best practices across teams.
• Coordinate with Sales Planning, Campaign Management, Sales, and external clients.
• Be the internal and external promoter for the product offering and liaise with the sales channel.
• Coordinate podcast script collection and engage voice actors within budget and deadlines.
• Manage vendor mixing for final QA of recordings.
• Escalate live advertising issues and track with an issues log to evaluate vendors.
• Work with Creativetech and vendors to document challenges and refine technical docs.

Skills

Rich Media

Ad Operations

Project Management

HTML/CSS

Client Coordination

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Jira

Monday.com

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

Job Description

The New York Times' Advertising team is looking for an Ads Solutions Producer. You are eager to join this great team of experts critical to NYT's success at creating and QA’ing compelling responsive ad units for our advertising clients. As an Ads Solutions Producer, you will oversee the daily coordination, management, production and deployment of all custom creative HTML5 display ads.

About the Role

This is a hybrid role based in our New York headquarters, reporting to the Senior Manager, Ad Solutions. You can typically expect to be in the office 3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all daily production responsibilities and with high client satisfaction including but not limited to, leading kick off calls with advertising clients and our Sales team, communicating creative specifications, managing timelines, and coordinating production with Campaign Management to meet deployment of campaigns and flight starts.
• Use CSS to build NYT proprietary responsive within HTML templates
• Follow rich media best practices and production processes as established by Ad Solutions Manager
• Play a critical role to enforce and refine processes with Sales Planning, Campaign Management, Sales, and external clients
• Be the internal and external promoter for your product offering, occasionally work with the sales channel and important customers
• Coordinate with Campaign Management team for podcast script collection, and engage voice actors for tailored recordings on time and within budget
• Manage the vendor mixing process of raw recordings for final QA
• Be the escalation point for live advertising-related issues. Use a tracking system for live site issues and use the issues log to assess vendor partnerships and QA process
• Work with our established custom unit vendor partners to improve ad production, shepherding best practices for working with those vendors from pre to post-sale teams
• Work with CreativeTech by documenting and communicating critical production challenges and client custom requests to establish the best technical requirements, release date/schedules, and refine technical product documentation
• 3+ years of experience working as a producer or related account management working in Rich Media and Creative Solutions, Ad Operations, or related area
• We ask that you have experience with HTML, CSS, experience using programs such as Adobe Creative Suite, and project management tools like Monday.com and Jira

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have experience with digital advertising and web design technologies
• You are comfortable coordinating between technical and non-technical groups
• You are comfortable handling client kickoff meetings regarding production
• You are a proactive communicator, able to independently manage and follow up on multiple concurrent tasks
• An understanding of the evolving media landscape, specifically around advertising
• Familiarity with The New York Times brand and sub-brands

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$70,000 - $80,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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