Campaign Activation & Optimization Associate

POLITICO; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

POLITICO Advertising Operations Associate is sought to join the Media Business team in Arlington, VA. You will be responsible for activating and fulfilling digital campaigns, QA assets, and troubleshooting issues to ensure top performance.

You will launch, monitor and optimize campaigns, analyze performance, and contribute benchmarks using data sources and visualization tools. Collaboration with Design and ad tech platforms is essential.

Qualifications

• 0-1 years of experience in advertising operations.
• 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

Communication

Attention to detail

Team reliability

Data analysis

Ad platforms

Adobe Creative Suite

Excel

HTML/JavaScript

Fast-paced environment

Leadership readiness

Tools

Google Ads

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Excel

Job description

POLITICO Advertising Operations Associate is sought to join the Media Business team in Arlington, VA. You will be responsible for activating and fulfilling digital campaigns, QA assets, and troubleshooting issues to ensure top performance.

You will launch, monitor and optimize campaigns, analyze performance, and contribute benchmarks using data sources and visualization tools. Collaboration with Design and ad tech platforms is essential.