Programmatic Manager
Trampoline is anything but an ordinary marketing communications agency. Our approach is personal, and long-standing partnerships are where we shine. Purpose often trumps profit; we’ve turned down some pretty big jobs that didn’t sit right. And when it comes to the work, our agency of diverse talents makes for an integrated powerhouse—with strategy, creativity, media and technology all coming together to connect our clients with their intended audience.
Based in Halifax, collaboration is one of the key values we hold close as we believe it creates the most powerful work while nurturing our overall wellness and growth. We have a beautiful, large, open space downtown and overlooking the Halifax harbour.
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With our growing agency we are looking to add a new Programmatic Manager to our team. Keep reading to see if this is a fit for you!
Overview
As Programmatic Manager you will be involved in helping to develop our clients’ multi-channel marketing and communication strategies, working towards anchoring media plans in actionable insights, while ensuring best practices are at the forefront of each recommendation. Your primary role on the team will be to lead executional efforts across digital channels. You will be responsible for buying, monitoring and optimizing advertising across various digital channels including Google advertising products, social media ad management tools, as well as our in-house digital trade desk. Using Google Analytics and other performance measurement tools, the Programmatic Manager will also be responsible for assessing campaign success as we work with adjacent teams to deliver a cohesive measurement output across the entire consumer journey while activating data segments to enable optimizations across audience data sets, further to creative variants and tactics. You will be a part of a full-service, integrated communications team, and work alongside social media, creative, web/digital and client service teams to ensure a consumer-centric approach to our media plans that not only achieve communication and business objectives but help shape and evolve them as well.
Salary Range: $60,000 – $65,000
Responsibilities
- Undertake the required research to understand the client’s business objectives, challenges, target audiences, budgets and advertising strategy;
- Optimization across data segments at a tactical level, working to identify not only what tactic is performing best, but what underlining data segment is driving the best performance;
- Under the guidance of the Media leadership team, help develop media strategies, plans and recommend campaign tactics with a focus on digital channels;
- Book and manage media placement space as required working with industry partners on direct buys and leading in-house, self-served tactical implementation;
- Facilitate and coordinate the trafficking and delivery of ads to all media channels/partners;
- Develop performance measurement frameworks based on campaign objectives which includes advanced Google Analytics configuration and pixel implementation;
- With the support of the integrated communications team, perform analysis and prepare reports/dashboards to measure and communicate the effectiveness of campaigns, using data to inform actionable outcomes and future campaign efforts;
- Combine creative thinking with factual analysis to develop appropriate strategies to ensure that campaigns reach their target audiences as effectively as possible;
- Using existing agency resources, contemporary research and data tools like Comscore and Vividata, identify target audiences and analyze their characteristics, behaviour and media habits;
- Work closely with the media team to RFP vendors based on campaign strategy and client briefs;
- Foster relationships with clients, media suppliers and partners;
- Develop spec sheets to guide ad format requirements for creative and production teams along with digital trafficking sheets to ensure aligned naming conventions and trackable URLs for digital ads;
- Perform campaign setup and trafficking on time, with a high level of accuracy;
- Manage various digital self-serve ad platforms including Google advertising products, TruTrade Atlantic, Facebook Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, and TikTok Ads Manager, among others;
- Continuously monitor and optimize ongoing self-serve campaign tactics to achieve a high level of performance, ensuring KPI targets are met;
- Keep up with and advise the team on the latest trends or changes in the media landscape.
Qualifications
· 3+ years experience in advertising operations. Working in an agency setting is preferred, however relevant experience client-side would be considered;
- Experience with demand side platforms (DSPs) (Illumin, 360 or TTD) as well as self-serve social platforms (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat etc.) are a must;
- In-depth knowledge of Google Analytics and how to measure the success of campaign efforts and content;
· A post-secondary education in business/advertising/marketing;
- A passion for customer service and a natural ability in collaboration and working in a team setting;
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create trusting relationships with both clients and advertising partners;
- Confidence in presentation skills;
- A keen eye for detail and proven track record of executional excellence in media administration including blocking charts, digital buy sheets and associated budget control reports.