Senior Media Associate, AdOps

Criticalmass; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity leave

Parental leave

Competitive benefits

Vacation and flex days

Employee discounts

Job summary

Critical Mass in San Jose is seeking a Senior Media Associate - Ad Operations Specialist to lead end-to-end trafficking, QA, and campaign launches across digital channels. You’ll ensure pixel and tag accuracy and optimize every detail for success.

You will collaborate with media teams, vendors, and platform partners, manage deadlines, and own deliverable quality in a fast-paced setting. The role demands technical problem solving and meticulous execution.

Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge of GMP and Social platforms.
• Understanding of dynamic Ad serving (Dynamic Creative Optimization).
• Basic understanding of how testing gets set-up.
• Fundamental skills in standard and rich media Ad trafficking software for display, video, mobile, search, and other emerging channels.
• Experience in how pixels and tags are set up in a tag manager using if/then logic.
• Ability to transform Ads into their granular components for reporting purposes.
• Transfer knowledge of trafficking upstream to assist in the population of trafficking documents.

Responsibilities

• Own the QA process, from campaign set up to launch and maintenance.
• Work with third party vendors to verify creative updates and rotations.
• Collaborate with external partners to troubleshoot campaign issues.
• Ensure pixels and tags are firing properly on campaign landing pages.
• Manage deadlines and workflow.
• Own the quality and consistency of deliverables.

Job description

Role

As a Senior Media Associate - Ad Operations Specialist you’ll own the end-to-end trafficking, QA, and campaign launch process across digital media channels. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy solving technical challenges, and take pride in delivering flawless campaign execution.

You'll work closely with media teams, vendors, and platform partners to ensure campaigns are launched accurately, pixels and tags fire correctly, and every detail is optimized for success.

You will:

• Own the QA process, from campaign set up to launch and maintenance.
• Work with third party vendors to verify creative updates and rotations.
• Work with external partners to troubleshoot campaign issues.
• Ensure pixels and tags are firing properly on campaign landing pages.
• Manage your deadlines and workflow.
• Own the quality and consistency of your deliverables.

Experience:

• Foundational knowledge of GMP and Social platforms
• An understanding of dynamic Ad serving (Dynamic Creative Optimization)
• A basic understanding of how testing gets set-up
• Fundamental skills in standard and rich media Ad trafficking software for display, video, mobile, search, and other emerging channels
• Experience in how pixels and tags are set up in a tag manager using if/then logic
• The ability to transform Ads into their granular components for reporting purposes
• Transfer your knowledge of trafficking upstream to assist in the population of the trafficking documents to pass off to media teams

• Able to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity
• Govern in some capacity all the above technical requirements according to an agency SOP

• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, while paying attention to details
• Ability to work effectively under stressful situations and tight deadlines
• Excellent project management, planning, and organizational skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and seek help when needed
• Flexibility in a constantly changing environment

What we offer:

• Maternity and parental leave extra days
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts
• And more…

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team towork from anoffice a minimum of 3 days a week.

The ask stems from our want to:

• Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
• Improve collaboration and team relationships.
• Increase employee engagement

This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.