Campaign Manager

At POLITICO, we dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed. We experiment constantly to find ways to innovate and improve, and we are not afraid to take risks if it means being the best at what we do.

POLITICO is looking for a Campaign Manager to join its Consumer Strategy and Operations team. As a Campaign Manager, you will support goals in growth, diversifying our advertising revenue streams, maintain an exceptionally high standard of ad quality control and play a critical role in delivering the content experiences produced by POLITICO Focus team to POLITICO's influential audience.

What You'll Do:

• Manage activation and fulfillment of Audience Extension campaigns, leveraging DSPs to purchase display, video, native and CTV inventory.
• Serve as subject matter expert for Audience Extension product line; field and answer questions on inventory, campaign performance, optimizations, etc.
• Collaborate with Audience Insights, Programs & Partnerships, and Sales teams to refine audience targeting opportunities, strategies, and workflows to maximize value for advertising partners.
• Manage relationships with 3rd party DSP partners.
• Research and evaluate potential new DSP partnerships
• Manage junior team member whose primary responsibilities involve promotion and performance analysis of brand content produced by POLITICO Focus. This includes building and activating plans utilizing native, display, and paid social ad inventory.
• Oversee junior Campaign team member's performance, responsibilities, workload, deliverables; provide coaching and feedback.
• Build trusted relationships through collaboration, communication and impact-oriented action and follow through with strategic clients.
• Provide input on tactical and strategic roadmap as product lines grow and evolve.

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years experience in ad operations, campaign management, or media-buying at an agency or DSP.
• Strong knowledge of DSPs and programmatic platforms such as MediaMath, Yahoo DSP, The Trade Desk, Simpli.fi and DV 360
• Strong understanding of building audiences for activation.
• Extremely detail-oriented and dependable when working on a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• B.A./B.S. or equivalent professional experience required

We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

We value our people. We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness benefits, commuter and cell phone reimbursements, retirement plans, as well as work-life balance flexibility and opportunities for career development. Click here for more on what we offer and what it's like to work for POLITICO.

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