At Spark Foundry, our purpose is clear: we bring HEAT to brands. HEAT stands for Higher Engagement, Affinity & Transactions. In other words, we get consumers to pay more attention, care more deeply about the brand, and buy more of its products and services.

Our Sparklers “bring their heat” - their unique superpowers and individual backgrounds – with them to work every day, and that heat is what has driven the continued growth of our culture and our brand.

Spark Foundry is not just a media agency. To our clients, we are true partners. This is not only a huge benefit to the brands we work with, but to our people as they expand their skills and expertise. We offer clients the best of both worlds: a startup spirit and a powerhouse soul. Our spirit embraces our ability to deliver high-touch service, boutique insights, bold creativity, and ever-evolving product and process, just like a startup. And our powerhouse soul comes to life through our unique marketplace access, best-in-class partnerships, and unparalleled buying clout to deliver our clients' increased value.

We believe a fulfilling and rewarding personal life inspires fresh thinking and the ability to create great work.

Overview: 

Responsible for overseeing the flawless execution of the campaign operational process. Be a leader on the front lines of the digital advertising industry where technology is ever-changing.  

 
Role Objectives: 

• Oversee global Tech Ops Associates and support the media and creative teams to activate digital campaigns (display, video, social, mobile, and programmatic) 

• Co-lead strategic conversations with client and media teams around technology integrations that can improve efficiency, range or quality of data, or support new media 

• Support Associates in the basic aspects of the trafficking process, including connecting placements to creatives, setting up consistent configurations, and collecting clean data. Lead the more complex aspects of trafficking, including Floodlight tags, DMP integrations, network upgrades, and more 

• Lead conversations with the media team on ways to work faster and smarter. Collaborate with fellow Tech Ops Managers on process to prevent errors, to ensure consistency, to create a bomb-proof QA checklist 

• Collaborate with vendors on behalf of creative agencies when troubleshooting is required 

• Become a Subject Matter Expert on any number of technologies; keep yourself and the team up to date on the ever-evolving media landscape through regular research and writing POVs 

• You may work across multiple clients, in which case we want you to share the best practices of each with the rest of the group in order to improve our output and standardize our work 

• Assist clients in technology tests such as verification partners, and mobile ad servers 

• Be responsible for holding media teams and creative agencies to execution timelines 

Minimum Qualifications:  

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in digital media (agency or publisher side) 

• Four years of college education preferred (technology, marketing, computer engineering, web development, mathematics) 

• A passion and/or skill for training and development, as the role involves both doing your work and supporting others on the team in their pursuit of excellence 

• Experience with digital platforms: programmatic (DMPs, DSPs, Exchanges), second- and third-party vendors, ad servers of all types (display, video, social, mobile), Tag Management Systems (GTM, Ensighten, Signal, etc.), and/or VVF vendors (viewability, verification, and fraud prevention) 

• Exposure to and/or interest in online advertising bid and pricing models (CPA, CPM, CPC, CPI), and skills with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript 

• You should know your way around ad servers; we use DCM (Google) and Sizmek  

• Knowledge/experience with the Doubleclick Digital Marketing suite (DDM) and/or Google 360 suite  

• Skills in QAing ad tags and conversion tags in a browser environment or tag diagnostic tool are key 

• Microsoft Office suite, particularly PPT and XLS 

• Looking for someone highly detail-oriented, an excellent time manager, obsessed with accuracy, a strong critical thinker, and able to juggle multiple tasks/clients  

• A patient and diligent troubleshooter, unwilling to let go of a problem until it is solved 

• Good at building relationships – a creative problem solver, a customer service expert, a great team player 

• A proven manager of individuals and leader of teams; able to adapt to the mood of the collective 

• A good communicator – able to write clearly, speak professionally, and teach complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience in a way that helps the ideas stick 

• Unafraid to speak up in meetings large and small 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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