Associate Programmatic Trader

Sky Mavis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

EVERSANA INTOUCH is seeking an Associate Programmatic Trader to join our in-house programmatic team within the media group. You will execute campaigns planned with senior team members, manage lifecycle tasks, and optimize performance with a strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have a willingness to learn, strong Excel skills, and the ability to collaborate with analytics, planning, and vendor partners to meet client objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required.
• 0-1 years of hands-on-keyboard, programmatic experience building and optimizing campaigns within demand side platforms
• Willing to train to achieve: DSP relationships, audience planning, third-party verification tools, and multi-channel campaign management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and data analysis for client presentations and reports
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas) and ability to collaborate across teams

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage and optimize live programmatic campaigns.
• Meet client objectives within the agency trading desk.
• Monitor performance, brand safety, and viewability to ensure standards.
• Maintain campaign calendars, assets, and billing trackers.
• Provide weekly performance snapshots and pacing updates.
• Contribute to analytics reporting with insights and optimizations.
• Identify issues and escalate as needed to stakeholders.
• Build strong vendor and cross-agency relationships.
• Participate in tactical media planning and forecasting.

Skills

Programmatic experience

Excel skills

Data analysis

Campaign optimization

Microsoft Office

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Vendor relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education

Tools

Demand-side platforms (DSP)

DoubleVerify

MOAT

Ad servers

Campaign setup & optimization

Job description

Company Description

EVERSANA INTOUCH® is a global, full-service marketing agency network serving the life sciences industry, and is the first – and only – agency network to be part of a fully integrated commercialization platform through EVERSANA®. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions and data analytics services for clients.

We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors, and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need.

We embrace diversity in backgrounds and experiences. Improving patient lives around the world is a priority, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of the healthcare and the life sciences industry. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that embraces our cultural beliefs.

Job Description

WHAT DOES AN ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMATIC TRADER DO?

THE POSITION:

The Associate Programmatic Trader will join our in-house programmatic team, which is within the media team. The Associate Programmatic Trader's primary role is to operate in-platform, executing campaigns that have been planned in partnership with the Programmatic Trader, Manager or other senior leader on the team. The Associate Programmatic Trader is responsible for executing, managing and optimizing that work through the project lifecycle with varying input from the senior programmatic team. The Associate Programmatic Trader must have a strong attention to detail and be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

The expectation is that this person comes in with strong attention to detail, willingness to learn and dive deeply into programmatic media and a collaborative, positive attitude.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Effective management and optimization of the live programmatic campaigns
• Meet client objectives while implementing and managing programmatic campaigns within agency trading desk
• Monitor and analyze campaign expectations on performance, brand safety and viewability to ensure the proper/agreed upon standards are met
• Manage campaign calendar, assets, screenshots, billing tracker and all pre/post launch processes
• Data analysis and optimization; keep optimization log and date of all optimizations made
• Provide performance snapshots and pacing on a weekly basis
• Contribute to analytics reporting with optimizations made, additional insights and the context of those insights
• Identify and diagnose issues quickly and then elevate those issues to the proper internal stakeholder before they become major problems
• Maintain strong vendor and cross-agency partner relationships
• Demonstrate confidence and actively participate in internal and external meetings
• Contribute to tactical media planning, including forecasting and estimation, in order to build programmatic media recommendations
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
• 0-1 years of hands-on-keyboard, programmatic experience building and optimizing campaigns within demand side platforms
• Interest and commitment to developing expertise in the following areas with the goal of becoming proficient. At point of hire, the candidate does not need to have these skills. Candidate must be willing to train to achieve them:
  • Deep understanding of relationship between DSP and other platforms (including ad server, dynamic creative, integrations)
  • Proficient in demand-side platforms: able to properly set up all components of a campaign with DSP, budget management, campaign optimization, understand creative testing and implementation/rotation, data analysis
  • Audience planning and segmentation execution
  • Proficient in third party verification tools (e.g., DoubleVerify, MOAT)
  • Hands-on-keyboard experience within all or majority of channels: display, mobile, video, connected TV, DOOH, native, custom
• Proficient in Microsoft Office properties for day-to-day operational projects and client presentations
• Strong Excel skills (including pivot tables, formulas, etc.)
• Multitasking across clients to ensure the proper executions of several plans simultaneously
• Ability to communicate/propose optimization recommendations with data-driven support
• Identify trends in data to drive optimization
• Communicate optimizations and shifts in media investments to meet campaign success goals; storytelling
• Is a good collaborator – able to connect regular with the larger media team on monthly dashboard and insights; collaboration with analytics, planning, etc. may also be necessary
• Lead executional calls with multiple parties involved (e.g., kickoff calls)
• Identify issues; know when to elevate
• Ability to troubleshoot effectively
• Experience with private marketplace set up

Additional Information

OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS:

Patient Minded I act with the patient’s best interest in mind.

Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.

Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.

Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.

Win Together I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.

Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful and timely dialogue.

Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.

Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.

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From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.

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