Ad Operations Specialist with IAS - Remote Job role

SCOPE OF WORK

Title: Contractor - Ad Operations Specialist
Schedule: 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST
Location: Remote
Contract Length: 6 months

Role Summary
The Media Operations Specialist Contractor will support paid media and advertising operations by executing campaign setup, trafficking, quality assurance, and platform maintenance across multiple AdTech and media buying platforms. This role is highly executional and accuracy-driven, supporting high-volume digital advertising campaigns within the Media Operations function.

Essential Job Functions
Media Operations & Campaign Execution
• Create and maintain paid media taxonomies and TV-related coding structures
• Generate and manage QR codes used across advertising initiatives
• Traffick end to end campaign set-ups within CM360, IAS and other media buying platforms
• Execute audience development within applicable advertising platforms and assist with ongoing governance of audiences.
• Manage creative and asset expiration timelines
• Assist in facilitation of campaign execution related communications with internal and external stakeholders.

Quality Assurance & Campaign Validation
• Conduct pre-launch quality assurance across:
o Placements
o Ads?
o Creative assets
o Audience targeting
o URLs, redirects, and tagging
• Perform ongoing QA checks using Looker Studio to ensure default ads are not firing incorrectly
• Ensure internal documentation remains aligned with platform configurations within the Google Marketing Platform stack

Platform Monitoring & Technical Support
• Monitor multiple advertising platforms to ensure campaigns are pacing correctly and proactively field disapprovals
• Support in-platform implementation for upcoming initiatives and new launches
• Provide general technical troubleshooting related to campaign setup, ad delivery, and platform behavior

Operational & Team Support
• Assist the Media Operations team with research related to trends and updates in the AdTech and advertising space
• Assist in the continuous improvement of processes and development of documentation of best practices within the Channel Marketing AdOps scope.
• Support ad hoc operational needs related to paid media execution

REQUIREMENTS
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in advertising operations, media operations, or a related digital advertising role
• Hands-on experience or direct exposure to paid advertising and AdTech platforms is required
• Experience must be advertising-focused (paid media, ad operations, campaign trafficking); Experience limited to organic social media management as well as SEM efforts (also known as PPC, Paid Search or SEO) does not meet role requirements

Tools & Platforms
Experience working with one or more of the following platforms is required or strongly preferred:
• Campaign Manager 360 (CM360)
• Display & Video 360 (DV360)
• Google Ads
• Integral Ad Science
• The Trade Desk
• Yahoo DSP
• Amazon DSP
• Microsoft Ads