Associate Account Manager, Ads Campaigns & Growth

Lyft; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is hiring an Associate Account Manager in New York City to support pre-sales, inventory forecasting, and post-sales campaign execution. You will collaborate with Sales, Ad Ops, Legal, Product, and Engineering to keep campaigns on track, manage trafficking, and deliver insightful reporting to advertisers.

The role emphasizes strong communication, organization, and analytical skills, with opportunities to grow client relationships and product expertise within Lyft Ads.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree and 2+ years of experience in digital advertising sales, media planning or campaign management.
• Proficient in Google Suite products, particularly Google Sheets and Drive.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Exhibits outstanding attention to detail.
• Excels at multitasking and is comfortable managing several campaigns throughout the ad life cycle at once.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to turn data into clear recommendations for sales teams and clients.
• Consistently self-motivated and proactive in finding new solutions before being asked.
• Exposure to ad serving solutions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales planning: Support sales team in RFP fulfillment and inventory management, including forecasting ad inventory against goals and checking takeover/events calendar.
• Data hygiene: Keep pitched and booked inventory and campaign data accurate across internal systems and CRMs.
• Post-sales execution: Own day-to-day post-sale tasks including smooth contract execution, creative services support, and campaign reporting.
• Cross-functional liaison: Coordinate with Ad Operations, Legal, Product, Engineering, and other teams to ensure all external and internal needs are adequately met.
• Ad campaign trafficking and optimization: Partner with Ad Operations to manage direct ad campaigns via internal planning tools and ad-server, including proper ticketing, set-up, scheduling, daily pacing and complete delivery based on Insertion Order parameters.
• Measurement and reporting: Build regular campaign reports and wrap reports, share insights with advertisers and internal teams, and support measurement studies where applicable.
• Billing: Coordinate with Lyft Billing at the end of each billing cycle on campaign totals and ensure invoices are generated and delivered to our advertising partners.
• Client relationships: Join the Account Executive in client and agency meetings to start building relationships, with the opportunity to take a bigger role in client conversations over time.
• Product knowledge: Learn and eventually become an expert in the full Lyft Ads product suite as well as targeting and measurement capabilities.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Proactive mindset

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Google Sheets

Google Drive

Job description

Lyft is hiring an Associate Account Manager in New York City to support pre-sales, inventory forecasting, and post-sales campaign execution. You will collaborate with Sales, Ad Ops, Legal, Product, and Engineering to keep campaigns on track, manage trafficking, and deliver insightful reporting to advertisers.

The role emphasizes strong communication, organization, and analytical skills, with opportunities to grow client relationships and product expertise within Lyft Ads.