Senior Executive, Ad Ops

About the Role

Based off Charing Cross Road, OMD EMEA are currently recruiting for a talented Ad Operations Senior Executive to work on a major technology client. This is fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop a career on the technical side of digital advertising, where you will be supporting the team as we design ways to implement Ad Operations buying solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in managing clients' trafficking, measurement, tagging, and ensure effective execution of all digital display and video campaigns, including Pre-roll/TVO/Programmatic, and other online campaigns data set-ups.
• Translate media plans accurately into an ad server, with creative details, landing URLs and analytics tracking to achieve campaign objectives.
• Manage the building of taxonomy URLs.
• Assign creatives to appropriate media placements via trafficking sheets.
• Collaborate with Brand Safety partners (e.g., DV) to wrap tags when required.
• Contribute to data integrity management across all digital activity.
• Conduct QA/testing of tags to ensure accurate setup and troubleshoot when required.
• Manage the distribution of creative/ad tags (redirects) to key stakeholders/media partners.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver responses to briefs.
• Establish and nurture relationships with client service teams.
• Demonstrate curiosity and be a diligent learner with great attention to detail.
• Ensure that the work delivered by the team meets the client's objectives.
• Manage multiple priorities effectively and delegate work within the team when necessary.
• Maintain high standards of quality in the team's deliverables.
• Employ creative problem-solving skills to find innovative solutions to business challenges.

About You

• Previous exposure to trafficking, reporting, and tagging with a strong knowledge of Ad Operations
• You should be comfortable using Excel and able to handle large sheets of data.
• Knowledge of ad verification and brand safety tools.
• We need someone capable of managing a variety stakeholder - client, planning and local activation teams across different markets.
• Being a technical point person for questions from client service teams
• Excellent attention to detail, with strong communication, analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to self-prioritise tasks and manage multiple campaigns.
• Must be a team player, with collaborative work ethic and a strong desire to succeed. 
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment, reacting quickly and efficiently to changing priorities.
• Previous experience in a media agency managing a large international brand/account would be beneficial. 

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Acquisition team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

About OMD EMEA

At OMD EMEA you will experience a place of work unparalleled with any other; to do the best work in your career. With half of our employees originating from outside the UK, you will join a truly connected culture which celebrates difference and embraces diversity. This is a huge organisation, albeit one with a small agency feel. You will play a key role in developing strong relationships and shared ethos, whilst at the same time benefit from a plethora of career opportunities and training. Undeniably, this is an agency with a grounded sense of belonging and community, one which is social and emotionally-aware. Everything you achieve and learn at OMD EMEA will be exciting and rich in value – everyday will be a new challenge that needs solving!

At OMD, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.