Digital Operations Specialist

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Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are…
When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

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Your New Role…
This position supports ad sales for all digital sales related matters, on assigned networks and processes commercial & sponsorship bookings into the traffic system.
This role works closely with sales departments, editorial programming, strategic planning, strategy and creative service departments.  Supporting daily promos and manages all sold interactive campaigns with an emphasis on multi-platform video/display advertising for CNN International, , CNNBusiness and CNN  to help maximize revenue.
They are also required to support day to day operational issues of Intl Digital Ad Sales from an ad serving and trafficking point of view. As well as involvement with project work.

Your Role Accountabilities...
To book, traffic, & manage campaign performance and distribution of weekly performance report to CNN Digital sales staff.  Handle screen-grabs for sales/clients at the beginning of ad campaigns, monitor campaign performance, optimize campaigns and prepare post ad-campaign reports

Creative submission and testing, ensuring that the creatives meet CNN’s technical specs

Campaign co-ordination between sales, agency, and 3rd party production/ad serving vendors

Ensure campaign billing, rep commissions and vendor payment is correct and co-ordinate with finance department for process and amendments where required

Troubleshoot issues:
All banner creative, custom executions, under/over-delivery issues, order management and implementation

Communicate with sales, programming, strategy and creative services departments daily to ensure a smooth operation for the network

Participate in work projects

Qualifications & Experience...
Essential:
Min 2 years experience with ad serving technologies (GAM, Free Wheel, Operative One and Celtra) and some experience in using IAS definite plus

Familiarity with mobile, video advertising, behavioural and contextual targeting

Experience with major Rich Media vendor products and agency reporting tools

Experience with performance campaign metrics

Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel, familiarity with pivot tables, charting and producing custom reports. Advanced excel skills is an added advantage

Desirable:
Knowledge of Rich Media, Video Encoding, HTML5

Knowledge of web page composition and analytical tools

Good understand of HTML, CSS and JavaScript a plus

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

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