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Senior Ad Operations Specialist

IBT Media

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3–5 years in ad operations or digital advertising on the publisher side
  • Strong analytical chops - fluent in Excel/Google Sheets
  • Experience executing and troubleshooting programmatic deal types (PMP, PG, Preferred)
  • Clear communication and instincts to work cross-functionally

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end campaign management in Google Ad Manager (GAM)
  • Set up and manage programmatic deals including deal ID troubleshooting
  • Protect the reader experience through frequency capping and brand safety enforcement
  • Partner with sales and account management as the go-to technical resource

Key facts

Hard skills

AdWorks Google Ad Manager Campaign Management Interactive Advertising Business Intelligence Tools Video Advertising Healthcare Marketing Inventory Management Cross-Functional Collaboration

Other skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Forecasting
  • Communication
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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IBT Media

News Media & Journalism (Digital)

Under the umbrella of IBT Media, IBTimes launched in 2005 to connect the dots around the world to fuel your passion for news and ability to make informed decisions. IBTimes has a vision to document the unfolding story of the global economy in ways radically different from other publishers at the time. While there were some publishers that covered business in various geographies, it was often done through the perspective of their home countries, missing nuance and important detail to make the coverage locally relevant. With constant innovation, we are ensuring that whether by website, app, newsletter or feed, you have access to global information that moves your world. Recognizing the incomplete narrative, IBT quickly launched foreign editions, not only to report news back to New York, but to become an indispensable tool to serve local economies and businesses as well. Now, under new management, IBT Media is upholding that philosophy and focused on engaging a new generation of readers with content that speaks to their interests, analysis that serve their businesses, and insight to make sense of a globally connected world.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryNews Media & Journalism (Digital)
Company size201 - 500

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Job description

Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years. Newsweek reaches 100 million people each month with thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia. 

 

Senior Ad Operations Specialist

About the Role

Great campaigns don't run themselves - they run because someone behind the scenes makes sure every impression lands where it should. As our Ad Operations Specialist, you'll own campaign execution end-to-end: trafficking, QA, delivery monitoring, optimization, and reporting across display, video, and programmatic inventory. You'll be the connective tissue between sales, account management, product, and engineering, and your work will directly protect and grow revenue. If you love clean data, smooth launches, and finding the "why" behind a delivery issue before anyone else notices, you'll thrive here.

What You'll Do

  • Own Technical troubleshooting and debugging on ads 
  • Own end-to-end campaign management in Google Ad Manager (GAM) - trafficking, QA, monitoring, and troubleshooting for both direct-sold and programmatic campaigns, ensuring flawless, on-time delivery 
  • Set up and manage programmatic deals (PMPs, Programmatic Guaranteed, Preferred Deals), including deal ID troubleshooting with buyers, DSPs, and SSP partners 
  • Protect the reader experience and our premium news environment through frequency capping, viewability benchmarks, brand safety enforcement, and creative quality control 
  • Partner with sales and account management as the go-to technical resource - supporting RFPs, capability questions, campaign scoping, and final wrap reports 
  • Use AI-assisted tools to streamline trafficking, QA, and reporting workflows 
  • Build and maintain documentation that makes trafficking workflows, campaign setup, and reporting repeatable and scalable 

What You'll Bring

  • A proactive, detail-obsessed approach: you catch problems before they become fires 
  • Clear communication and the instincts to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving newsroom-adjacent environment 
  • Strong analytical chops - fluent in Excel/Google Sheets and comfortable turning messy delivery data into a clear story 
  • Experience executing and troubleshooting programmatic deal types (PMP, PG, Preferred) 
  • 3–5 years in ad operations or digital advertising on the publisher side (news or premium content experience a big plus) 
  • Experience with SSPs, DSPs, and programmatic platforms like Assertive Yield; FreeStar is a plus

Nice to Have

  • BI tools like Looker or Tableau 
  • Video ad ops experience (VAST tag troubleshooting, video header bidding) 
  • Familiarity with creative quality/malvertising tools (Confiant, GeoEdge) 
  • Experience supporting healthcare/pharma advertisers or other regulated verticals 
  • Forecasting and inventory management experience 
  • Google Ad Manager or IAB certification  

Newsweek is an equal opportunity employer. We seek employees of diverse backgrounds and are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace.

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