Associate Programmatic Trader

• Base Pay $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 / Year
• Job Category Entry
• Employee Type Full-Time Non-Exempt
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree

The Associate Programmatic Trader is responsible for supporting channel strategy, execution and stewardship of effective programmatic campaigns on behalf of a major, high-profile advertiser. This individual will have experience with campaign management, programmatic execution, and has hands-on experience in self-serve advertising platforms. Experience executing various campaign types including online display, video, and audio, in an agency environment is preferred. This Associate Programmatic Trader will have a firm grasp and ability to navigate intricacies of hyper targeted, complex campaigns as well as an understanding of basic digital metrics and calculations, media measurement, terminology, and how these impact delivery and performance.

The nature of this role requires extreme attention to detail and above average data management skills, heavily leveraging Microsoft Excel, to ensure correct application of a large amount of campaign parameters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the planning process by working closely with senior resources to provide guidance and answer questions.
• Partner with cross-functional team members to gather data and learn how to identify optimizations that improve campaign results.
• Continuously analyze key performance metrics to measure effectiveness of campaign initiatives.
• Demonstrate growing expertise by supporting senior resources in establishing materials like POVs and other thought leadership to educate internal and client stakeholders on strategy shifts, account restructuring etc.
• Stay updated on the latest paid programmatic tools, applications, and strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute programmatic campaigns across display, audio, video, and digital out of home ensuring adherence to budgets and timelines.
• QA campaigns to ensure accuracy.
• Optimize campaign delivery through precise pacing, bid management, audience and placement analysis, and performance tracking.
• Conduct ongoing delivery pacing checks and provide comprehensive weekly, monthly, and campaign wrap-up reports.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with digital media partners, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
• Assist senior resources in the communication, evaluation, and implementation of programmatic media partners, technology, and platforms, including Private Marketplace (PMP) and Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) deals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leverage advanced Excel functions (Pivot Tables, VLookups, Concatenates, and IF statements) to gather, analyze, and articulate mid-level insights on campaign performance.
• Accurate QA of all data including PowerBI models.
• Support internal client-facing teams by explaining campaign performance and addressing any questions.
• Ability to articulate tactical performance analysis to internal and external parties via detailed written and verbal summaries.
• Maintain accurate documentation of changes and learnings to inform future campaigns.

• Additional accountabilities and tasks may be assigned by leader/management, to contribute to overall team and agency success.

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, or equivalent work experience
• High level of proficiency in Excel, being able to create &/or utilize formulas, VLookups, concatenate and other functions

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience managing campaigns in the digital marketing ecosystem
• Experience in hands on execution of advertising within biddable platforms (programmatic, paid search, paid social, media operations, ad operations, etc.).
• Experience involving heavy utilization of MS Excel (or similar tools) to manage large amounts of data with precision and accuracy.
• Proven track record in operating with a high-level of integrity, commitment, and enthusiasm to take on a challenging role with cross-functional commitments.

• CUSTOMER FOCUS/CLIENT INTIMACY: seeking to understand client business challenges/needs and delivering continuous value to our clients
• COLLABORATIVE: working with teams and across the organization with ease
• OWNER AGILITY: able to continuously learn and quickly adapt to changing…