Programmatic Trader

ABOUT CAPTIFY
Captify is the leading Search Intelligence Platform for the open web and the largest independent holder of first-party search data outside of Google, connecting the real-time searches from over 2 billion devices globally. Its Search Intelligence technology powers omnichannel programmatic advertising and real-time insights for the world's biggest brands, such as Disney, Unilever, eBay, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Nestlé, GSK, Uber, Mars, P&G, Sony and Toyota-without reliance on third-party cookies. Captify brings brands more customers, publishers greater yield and consumers the most relevant digital experiences.
OUR CULTURE AND VALUES
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Step inside any of our global offices and one thing that is blissfully obvious is that while we're putting blood, sweat and tears into disrupting the Search game, we're having a seriously good time doing it. We've travelled the world together, enjoyed Captify Festivals, parties and our famous events across every market. We always take time to stop to celebrate milestones and wins.
We champion diversity and inclusion. Our 'BeTheChange' programme and internal D&I Taskforce brings our teams together to challenge, learn and build a more equal Captify.
We live by our core values

• Building this together
• Give a shit
• Fail fast to succeed faster
• Unlimited potential

Find out more about our culture here: https://careers.captify.co.uk/
OVERVIEW
The Captify US Trading team is growing, and we are adding a Programmatic Trader to our group! Our Trading team is responsible for the management and optimization of media campaigns using programmatic buying channels and platforms. This role will be responsible for setting up, trafficking, and monitoring media campaigns across multiple advertising channels. Analyzing data and identifying behavioral trends for optimizations will also be key components of the role.
We are looking for a Trader who is passionate about digital advertising and hitting client KPIs, loves problem-solving and lateral thinking, has an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoys working as a team.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with programmatic trading in self-service demand-side platforms (DSPs). The Programmatic Trader will be a great communicator and ready to contribute to the team in implementing programmatic media buys for the clients we support. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical and have hands-on experience in The Trade Desk (TTD), Google's Display Video 360 (DV360), Pubmatic, Mediamath, Xandr or similar self-service platforms. We are looking for someone comfortable navigating between trading platforms, ad servers, attribution models, and client-specific web analytics to isolate challenges and opportunities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIESWhat you'll be doing:

• Campaign set up on World Class DSPs (Xandr, Dv360, and The Trade Desk)
• Campaign QA, pacing, and 1st and 3rd party reporting.
• Verify all campaign and creative collateral for each order prior to trafficking.
• Troubleshoot and resolve ad delivery and technical issues, including 3rd party tag delivery to ensure minimal server-to-server discrepancies.
• Support the overall delivery of campaigns by ensuring timely trafficking of campaigns, optimization, troubleshooting, and reporting.
• Provide a sales team with inventory forecasts, data segments, optimizations, and campaign assistance, for OTT and YouTube opportunities.
• Follow ad operations workflow and suggest enhancements to the process.
• Ongoing quality assurance support for advertising campaigns.
• Coordinate and communicate across multiple teams including but not limited to sales and account management teams, to maximize performance and revenue.
• Develop and document best practices and daily operating procedures for campaign execution in various Advertising platforms

REQUIREMENTS
What you need to be successful:

• Bachelor's degree in media-related, computer, or customer service area preferred or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing digital advertising campaigns is required.
• Preferred experience with one or more advertising platforms (i.e., DV360, Xandr, The Trade Desk).
• Knowledge of DSP, SSP, and social media platforms and their ad-serving capabilities.
• Working knowledge and understanding of VAST, VPAID, HTML, and rich media ad formats.
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, diligence and follow-through, and experience prioritizing multiple deadlines.
• Experience working on several platforms and demonstrated expertise using Google Drive, MS Office (with a strong emphasis in Excel), DropBox, Basecamp, Slack & Salesforce
• Great analytical skills; familiar working with/analyzing large amounts of data, and summarizing finds through reports

COMPENSATION
The annual compensation range for the Programmatic Trader role in New York City is $85,000 - $95,000 per annum.
Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
YOU WILL ENJOY

• Enjoy our flexible core working hours and a flexible hybrid working model
• Generous time off to recharge - 22 days of PTO, US National holidays, Winter holiday shut down , and your birthday off
• Medical, dental and vision plans, 100% covered by employer for the employee only cost
• Work from any Captify office in the world - giving every employee the opportunity to experience life at Captify in another city
• Giving something back to the community - Give A Day Away for volunteering
• We care about Wellbeing - from a Peloton discount, mental health resources, CitiBike membership and so much more
• In house talent development service - offering 1:1 sessions from becoming a manager, being a great leader, or working on your own career development
• Capti-parents enhanced leave policies
• Commuter benefits
• 401k plan
• A DEI task force, constantly educating & celebrating diversity
• Happy hours, social events, lunches and company outings
• In office snacks, soft drinks, coffees and teas
• Legendary Summer and End of year parties

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
You are welcome at Captify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what your search history says about you. At Captify, equality is at the core of our culture and we are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. We don't want you to fit in with our culture, we want you to add to our culture.
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