Digital Ad Operations Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

Job Description

This opportunity sits within the digital pillar of Nine, where the focus is driving advertising effectiveness for brands across the suite of Nine digital assets such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey smh.com.au, afr.com.au and theage.com.au.

At the core, you will be accountable for end-to-end campaign management of Digital Ad campaigns, including but not limited to: approving bookings, monitoring campaign performance, deploying optimisation tactics to deliver budgets and technical troubleshooting.

By developing and nurturing a collaborative relationship with your sales patches and providing the highest level of service and project management, you will drive successful campaign delivery outcomes.

Day to day you will:

  • Collectively prioritise campaign launches across your list of dedicated sales teams, ensuring a smooth go live process that is in-line with our Service Level Agreements
  • Implement optimisation tactics as required throughout the lifetime of the campaign to maximise delivery and revenue
  • Make calculated decisions in adjusting inventory and data mixology to achieve campaign objectives and maximise revenue
  • Collaborate with Nines digital sales teams to resolve technical or delivery issues
  • Run ‘In Progress’ meetings with the Sales team to ensure they are on track
  • Provide end of campaign reporting insights, data analysis and recommendations to promote revenue growth

Qualifications

We are seeking a fun, motivated, curious and experienced individual. Candidates who have succeeded in this role typically have strong customer service skills, can effectively multitask
and prioritise, and have priortised their technical skills in the digital space.

This is not a marketing campaign management role.

What we would like to see on your resume:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Proven experience in digital operations and campaign management, using GAM, Xandr, or similar adserver is preferable
  • Excellent dexterity with GSuite and Microsoft suite products with expert Excel skills
  • Curiosity about digital media technology
  • Working knowledge in programmatic trading - DSP/SSP Platforms (not essential)
  • Experience working within CRMs, Order Management Systems, and other digital media tech systems (not essential)

Additional Information

Being part of our Nine Sales team means you will benefit from:

  • Competitive Sales Incentive Scheme that rewards and recognises performance & success. 
  • Sales Academy – our bespoke training and development program for Sales.
  • Complimentary subscriptions to all our platforms including Sydney Morning Herald, AFR, The Age, Brisbane Times and WA today.
  • Brand new offices in the heart of North Sydney – within our building are our news and filming studios where all the action happens - plus views of the Harbour!
  • Exclusive invitations to Nine Events – whether you are a fan of Ninja Warrior or the NRL, it could be you sitting in the audience!

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.

Please note: This role will be advertised during our Christmas shut down period. Applications will be reviewed upon our return from 6th January 2025. Thank you in advance for your understanding while our Talent Acquisition team takes a break. We look forward to connecting with you in the New Year and wish you a safe and happy holiday.

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