Programmatic Media Buyer

Job Title: Media Buyer – Programmatic

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid - 1 day/week onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Contract Type: W2 only

Pay Rate: $59.85/Hour

Description:

Hands-on management role on client’s in-house programmatic media trading desk team. Ideal candidate is an experienced programmatic media professional who can manage the workflows of multiple media buys to ensure the flawless execution of media assignments. Well-versed in media buying concepts and can advise on how campaigns should be built and optimized within ad buying platforms to best achieve various marketing objectives. Able to build effective relationships cross-functionally and enjoys working on multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities:

Execute programmatic campaigns, ensuring campaigns are built, launched, optimized, and reported on successfully and within specified scope

Vet and qualify inbound campaign assignments; lead discovery phase with Marketing and Media Strategy teams to define campaign parameters (budget, timing, objective, goals, audience targeting) and secure ad assets (creative assets and landing destinations) for media buyers

Engage Analytics & Operations and WebDev teams to fulfill pre-launch campaign measurement requirements

Set and manage timing and deliverable expectations with campaign stakeholders and ensure key deadlines are met

Monitor campaign performance across Media Buyers on an ongoing basis and ensure campaigns are meeting expectations

Analyze campaign performance data and action on optimizations across multiple DSP’s

Skills and Qualifications:

Hands-on experience DSP platforms including DV360, Yahoo/Verizon, TTD, and the Adobe Ad Cloud.

Experience managing end-to-end programmatic media planning and buying workflows—from discovery phase through post-mortem reporting

Solid comprehension of programmatic media optimization concepts and able to communicate them clearly to non-technical audiences

Broad understanding of the programmatic media and paid social landscape

Ability to analyze and draw meaningful and actionable insights from data

Excellent time management and multitasking skills with keen attention to detail

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience:

1 year of hands-on, in-platform programmatic display and YouTube at an agency, media trading desk, or media vendor required.

1+ year of managing programmatic media planning or buying workflows

Working proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, etc.)

Experience optimizing media toward multi-touch attribution data preferred

Experience with FlashTalking ad serving tools and Adobe Audience Manager DMP preferred

Bachelor's Degree