Advertising Operations Specialist: Campaign Activation

G0549 Politico LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

POLITICO is seeking an Advertising Operations Specialist to join the Media Business team in Arlington, VA. The role focuses on activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns, QA of assets, and troubleshooting technical issues while optimizing campaigns in real time.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and comfortable leveraging ad servers, Google Ads, and Adobe Creative Suite. A background in web languages such as HTML/JavaScript is preferred, with 0–1 years’ experience and

Qualifications

• 0-1 years of experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to be dependable when working on a team.
• Experience analyzing data to extract meaningful, actionable insights.
• Experience using Google’s advertising platforms or comparable ad serving platforms.
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with web languages (HTML, Javascript, etc.).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Ready to take on leadership opportunities and become Subject Matter Experts in our platforms.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Media Business to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns.
• QA advertising assets and troubleshoot any technical and performance issues.
• Launch, monitor and optimize digital campaigns using the ad server.
• Analyze performance of advertising campaigns and products.
• Contribute to product performance benchmarks and insights using multiple data sources and visualization tools.
• Maintain runsheets, campaign pacing and inventory forecasting reports.
• Liaise with Design team to insure placement of print advertising.
• Assist with evaluation, implementation and administration of ad tech platforms.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Leadership potential

Tools

Google Ads platform

Ad serving platforms

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Excel

HTML

JavaScript

Job description

POLITICO is seeking an Advertising Operations Specialist to join the Media Business team in Arlington, VA. The role focuses on activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns, QA of assets, and troubleshooting technical issues while optimizing campaigns in real time.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and comfortable leveraging ad servers, Google Ads, and Adobe Creative Suite. A background in web languages such as HTML/JavaScript is preferred, with 0–1 years’ experience and