Essence jobs - Senior Ad ops Executive

About the role

Essence is seeking a Senior Advertising Operations Executive to become an integral part of our Advertising Operations team. As a Senior Advertising Operations Executive within our team, you will be responsible for the set-up, execution and delivery of digital campaigns. You will work with both internal teams and external parties to ensure campaign delivery objectives are met. You will have expert knowledge of ad serving systems and a passion for new and emerging technologies. You will also have a collaborative and “can do” attitude to help interface with our Analytics and Media team and deliver exceptional media solutions.

Some of the things we’d like you to do:

•  Serve as a trafficking expertise owning the set-up, management, and execution of several of our top accounts, while maintaining a high quality standard for the Advertising Operations department to ensure 100% accuracy and to exceed client expectation
• Monitor campaign delivery to ensure campaigns are running as expected and targeting objectives are met; including checking daily reports and providing troubleshooting support for trafficking issues related to creative, publisher implementation, and escalating to third party vendors when necessary
• Collaborate with team members by providing guidance on how to continually improve operational processes, supporting systems and communication channels where needed
• Act as a strategic partner within account teams; providing consultation to clients on the correct setup of campaigns, tagging of clients sites, and the use of web technologies to meet client needs

A bit about yourself:

• Ideally at least 2 years’ experience in Advertising Operations with demonstrable knowledge of ad serving, DCM and preferably gained agency side
• An exceptional ability to learn new concepts and challenge the status quo
• Great communication, organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrable ability to recognize and resolve problems quickly and efficiently
• Diligent and attentive to detail; able to follow through on projects and/or issues
• Good analysis skills (including quantitative analysis) and confidence in making information based decisions
• Computer literate with superior knowledge of Excel
• Knowledge of Google docs a plus.