Digital Advertising Operations Specialist – Creative QA

Aquent; Richfield (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Aquent is partnering with a leading national retailer to hire a Digital Advertising Operations Specialist to support the day-to-day operation of its advertising platform. This contract role focuses on reviewing advertiser creative, ensuring submissions meet established standards, resolving routine submission issues, and helping campaigns launch accurately and on time.

This position is ideal for someone early in a digital advertising career who combines meticulous attention to detail with strong

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years in digital advertising or related operations.
• Proven ability to review work against guidelines or specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requests and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Review display, video, and sponsored advertising creative before campaign launch.
• Validate submitted assets against creative specifications, brand standards, and platform requirements.
• Approve creative or request changes with clear explanations.
• Monitor review queues and maintain turnaround times.
• Troubleshoot common creative submission and campaign setup issues.
• Escalate complex product, platform, or policy questions.
• Maintain accurate records of approvals and rejections.
• Communicate decisions to internal partners and advertisers.
• Perform quality reviews to promote consistent decisions.
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve workflow efficiency.

Skills

Ad operations

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multitasking

Tools

Ticketing systems

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a leading national retailer to hire a Digital Advertising Operations Specialist to support the day-to-day operation of its advertising platform. This contract role focuses on reviewing advertiser creative, ensuring submissions meet established standards, resolving routine submission issues, and helping campaigns launch accurately and on time.

This is an excellent fit for someone early in their digital advertising career who combines exceptional attention to detail with strong communication and operational instincts.

What You’ll Do

• Review display, video, and sponsored advertising creative before campaign launch.
• Validate submitted assets against creative specifications, brand standards, content guidelines, and platform requirements.
• Approve creative, reject submissions or request changes with clear explanations.
• Monitor review queues and help maintain established turnaround times.
• Troubleshoot common creative submission, formatting, and campaign setup issues.
• Escalate complex product, platform, or policy questions.
• Maintain accurate records of approvals, rejections, and exceptions.
• Communicate decisions and required changes to internal partners and advertisers.
• Perform quality reviews to promote consistent approval decisions.
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve workflow efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

• 1–3+ years of relevant experience in digital advertising, ad operations, campaign operations, content moderation, platform support, e-commerce, or a related environment.
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated experience reviewing work against defined guidelines or specifications.
• Ability to manage multiple requests and deadlines in a fast-moving operational environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong judgment and ability to determine when an issue can be resolved independently versus escalated.

Nice to Have

• Advertising-platform or retail-media experience.
• Knowledge of digital advertising formats and creative specifications.
• Campaign-management experience.
• QA or compliance experience.
• Experience with ticketing systems.
• Experience supporting operational processes within a technology environment.

Why Apply

• Build hands-on experience supporting a major digital advertising platform.
• Work across advertising, product, sales, and operations.
• Gain exposure to retail media and digital advertising workflows.
• Develop valuable platform-operations and campaign-QA expertise.
• Join a highly visible workflow directly connected to successful advertiser campaign launches.