Coordinator, Ad Operations

Why You’ll Never Want to Leave  Respect People. Produce Results.   For more than 35 years, we’ve built a reputation for both the work we do and how we do it.   Respect shows up in how we work together and with our clients. It means trusting people to do their jobs, giving them the space to do it well, and holding each other to a high standard. Because when people are respected, they do better work, work that grows businesses, shapes culture, and builds relationships that last. And just as important, they have the support to build a career and a life worth investing in. Who You’ll Be Collaborating With  Every day, you’ll be teaming up with a diverse, enthusiastic, multi-disciplinary team of professionals with a smart sense of humor and a strong desire to grow and develop.  An Ad Ops Specialist who was born in Los Angeles, loves traveling, trying new hobbies, and exploring her creativity An Ad Ops Supervisor who loves surfing, playing tabletop games, or stressing over every pitch of a Dodgers game An Associate Director who is an LA transplant from NYC who is currently raising 2 toddlers in beautiful SoCal What You'll Be Helping Achieve   The Ad Ops Coordinator will be responsible for digital ad campaign management. The candidate will collaborate with media teams, account teams and vendors to implement and oversee digital ad campaigns. Excellent attention to detail, organization, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once will be a key component of the ad ops coordinator's success.  This is an entry level position and does not require a college degree. What You’ll Be Working On Obtain trafficking sheet and creative assets for campaign launches Leverage DCM to traffic digital creatives to placements, generate tags to send to publishers Request and implement any verification/study/audience pixels from fourth party vendors (IAS, Comscore, Millward Brown, Nielsen, JD Power, etc.) QA all assets to ensure they are to spec QA trafficking work in DCM – Pull reporting to ensure campaign has launched and the proper ads have been trafficked Maintain a strong understanding of the ad specs sheet and how it is used Work with various DCO vendors: Sizmek, Doubleclick Dynamic, Flashtalking, etc. to traffic out dynamic assets according to campaign KPIs  Coordinate with vendors, publishers, creative agencies, and internal teams to ensure the timely launch of campaigns  Troubleshoot any campaign issues  Commercial record data entry.  Commercial pattern data entry.  Provide overall support and/or coverage for Traffic Operations Floodlights Work with media planning team to strategize floodlight placement on the websites  Generate floodlight tags and work with various dev teams to implement floodlights and partner pixels onto the appropriate websites QA floodlights in staging and live environment to ensure they are firing on the sites by leveraging web debugging tools Pull reports to confirm data is tracking accordingly including through ObservePoint  Implement and QA partner pixels  Troubleshoot any floodlight issues Additional Responsibilities Maintain an understanding of our preferred verification partner's product capabilities and the workflow needed for implementation  Attend all relevant campaign meetings  Set up any partner meetings for Ad Ops Juggle and prioritize tasks to manage constantly changing timelines Keep open lines of communication to ensure all stakeholders are aware of where you are in your workflow  Monitor and respond to emails in a timely manner  Contribute ideas to improve workflow processes  Learn about developing technologies and how they can add value to our clients  And other tasks and projects as assigned  How You’ll Excel In Your Role Extremely detail oriented Ability to work with large amounts of data within Excel SharePoint and/or Media Ocean knowledge Strong communicator and highly responsive to requests Interest in ad tech for digital and broadcast advertising Team player and finisher of all tasks assigned  Preferred SharePoint and/or Media Ocean knowledge Working knowledge of HTML/javascript Familiarity with key ad servers (CM360, Flashtalking, Innovid, etc.)  Able to translate technical details to non technical audiences Bonus points: enjoys solving puzzles/problems    Compensation This is a non-exempt position and is eligible for overtime compensation.  The hourly rate for this position is $20.00 an hour, which is the equivalent to $36,400 gross pay a year. Pay is not negotiable. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, at RPA we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law.   Offices: Santa Monica, California, United States (Santa Monica);