Programamatic Sr. Specialist

Company Description:

Merkle is a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company. For over 30 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with us to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios.

Job Description:

The Programmatic team is a group driven to deliver highly effective campaigns through data targeting, audience targeting, and contextual targeting. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with programmatic trading in self-service demand side platforms (DSPs). The Programmatic Supervisor will be a great communicator and ready to lead the team in implementing programmatic media buys across the agency.

Key Accountabilities:

• Holistic understanding of digital, deeper understanding of optimization strategy
• Support Manager/Sr Manager with all client deliverables including campaign set up, launch notifications, ad creative screenshots, optimization to performance KPIs, reporting, and updates
• Complete quality assurance per dentsu QA process within ad server, buying platform or DSP
• Understand and execute responsibilities to traffic in the ad serving process. Act as account point person for agency ad operations coordinating assets for upcoming campaign launches
• Capable of communicating effectively and building strong relationships with agency team counterparts (planning/activation/ad ops/analytics) as well as Client Centers
• Troubleshoot basic campaign delivery and performance issues independently
• Traffic all ad serving needs (if applicable) and provide quality assurance of tagging process
• Manage pace reporting across campaigns and provide optimization suggestions to ensure full delivery
• Become an expert in the programmatic and digital display ecosystem understanding the taxonomy of digital media landscape and its components
• Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years' experience within the digital and programmatic industry
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• Collaboration mindset
• Strong attention to detail
• Proactive work ethic
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Solutions orientated with strong critical thinking abilities
• Strong analytical thinking and mathematical skills
• Comfortable with analysis and data
• Experience working with business applications; MS Office Suite desired

Additional Information:

Our benefits include:

• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Matching 401(k)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Must be able to work in our 150 E 42nd St. office every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress, and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data, and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $51,000-$80,000. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.