Publisher Specialist

adMarketplace; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

Wellness programs

401k matching

Summer Fridays

Catered lunches

Happy hours and corporate retreats

Catered lunches

Kitchens

Job summary

A leading digital advertising platform in New York is seeking a Publisher Specialist to optimize publisher performance and use data to drive growth. The ideal candidate will collaborate with multiple teams, analyze performance metrics, and engage directly with publisher partners. A Bachelor's degree and experience in Digital Media or Account Management are required, along with strong communication and analytical skills. This role also offers benefits like comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and various employee perks.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Digital Media or Account Management experience.
• Ability to analyze performance data and communicate insights.
• Adaptable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Comfort bridging business needs with technical analytics and client KPIs
• Proven goal setting and accountability in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize media placements for publisher partners.
• Analyze daily performance data to ensure account health.
• Engage with publisher partners to share updates and insights.
• Identify growth opportunities and potential risks and communicate them promptly
• Collaborate with Product, Tech, Operations, and Demand teams to resolve issues
• Leverage internal and external data to uncover trends and inform strategy
• Support onboarding of new publisher placements with tracking, reporting, and optimization readiness
• Maintain documentation of performance metrics, account updates, and insights
• Provide market intelligence and partner feedback to inform product development
• Project manage internal initiatives related to publisher performance and growth

Skills

Data analysis

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Communications

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Who We Are

adMarketplace is the largest global marketplace for Native Search advertising. For over 25 years, we’ve connected brands with consumers at the moment they express commercial intent beyond legacy search engines.

Today, our Native Search solutions are exclusively integrated across next-generation platforms where discovery happens, including web browsers, Buy Now Pay Later apps, and AI chat surfaces. Powered by vector search technology, our platform delivers relevant text and product ads that match consumers with the brands, products, and offers they’re actively seeking.

Our award‑winning culture is grounded in the principles of Curiosity, Collaboration, Creative Conflict, Commitment, and Competitiveness – our 5Cs. These values drive us to turn complexity into clarity and create measurable value for consumers, advertisers, and publishers alike.

The Role

As a Publisher Specialist, you will be responsible for learning and understanding publisher performance data to be able to serve as a subject matter expert on accounts. You will collaborate with the Partner Managers and Technical Account Managers to optimize and generate maximum value for adMarketplace’s publisher partners.

In this role, you will use data analysis, soft skills and cross‑team collaboration to enable successful relationships with our publishers. You will also support account teams in designing and executing on partner strategy and growth. An ideal candidate is a problem solver, comfortable with data and analytics, is collaborative with strong communication skills, and process oriented.

What You’ll Do

• Own the performance monitoring and optimization of media placements across multiple publisher partners
• Analyze daily performance data to ensure accounts remain healthy, profitable, and aligned with partner goals
• Engage directly with publisher partners to share performance updates, insights, and optimization recommendations
• Identify and communicate growth opportunities and potential risks in a timely manner
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Tech, Operations, and Demand teams to resolve issues and improve outcomes
• Leverage internal and external data to uncover trends and inform account strategy
• Support onboarding of new publisher placements by ensuring tracking, reporting, and optimization readiness
• Maintain accurate documentation of performance metrics, account updates, and key insights
• Contribute market intelligence and partner feedback to inform product and feature development
• Project manage internal initiatives related to publisher performance and growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; 1+ years of Digital Media or Account Management experience, or similar major
• Strategic thinker who is comfortable using data & insights to identify and solve problems
• Adaptable and able to work within a team, handle multiple assignments, and meet tight deadlines
• Excited about bridging business needs with technical prowess and analytical skills to deliver against client KPIs
• Proven ability to set clear and deliverable goals – demonstrated tenacity and a commitment to deliver and be accountable for results
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven, high‑growth environment
• Search/Digitally savvy, with specific proficiency at Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Join Us

adMarketplace has been named as one of the best places to work in New York City by Built In and Crain’s – the latter of which have recognized us the past three years straight! AMP is currently experiencing triple digit growth, and it’s never been a better time to join our team!

We offer a robust continuing education program, management training, regular company‑wide lunch and learns, and well‑defined career paths to ensure all our employees have an opportunity to grow.

At adMarketplace, we play to win, but we learn from our setbacks. Our commitment to a collaborative environment means no one succeeds alone, and no one fails alone either.

We know you’ve come to expect comprehensive healthcare, wellness programs, paid time off, commuter benefits, and 401k matching from any company, so it’s a good thing we offer all of that and so much more. adMarketplace offers Summer Fridays, catered lunches, a fully stocked kitchen, ZogSports teams, happy hours and corporate retreats to encourage a strong work/life balance.

No Third Party Recruiters. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

• This range represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of adMarketplace in the New York office. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience; training; associated responsibilities; and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.