Digital Operations Specialist

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

The Job

As a Digital Operations Specialist for CNN International, you will support Sales teams in executing digital sold campaigns running on CNN International, CNN Business, CNN Arabic and CNN Espanol.

In this role, the Ad Operations Specialist is responsible for the proper setup for digital campaigns to ensure successful and timely campaign activation. This includes executing & managing direct digital campaigns, including booking & trafficking, ad delivery, QA, and reporting & optimization. This role plays a vital part in ensuring all digital advertising campaigns run smoothly and exceed client expectations, KPIs and revenue deliverables. We are looking for a detail oriented, organized, creative problem solver with superior customer service skills.

The Daily
• Perform all aspects of digital campaign traffic management – booking order, trafficking ads, creative implementation, testing, reporting & ad optimization of sold campaigns.
• Test and gather all media and assets from clients/agencies, QA'ing, and ensuring that the creatives meet CNN's technical specs – requiring prompt QA of all 3rd party tags and local creatives.
• Provide campaign screenshots and weekly reports to the sales team, as well as managing ad hoc reporting requests.
• Create and analyses campaign reporting while offering optimization recommendations to ensure successful campaigns.
• Work with Sales Invoicing & Strategic Planning to ensure correct revenue is billed for campaigns once completed.
• Troubleshoot issues that may arise with creative banners, delivery, site issues, custom executions, & under/over-delivery issues.
• Participate in work projects & work closely with Sales on inventory requests.
• Communicate with cross functional teams, including creative teams, ad designers, and internal vendors, to ensure smooth communication and launch of campaigns.

The Essentials
• Experience in digital ad trafficking in an ad server (Google Ad Manager (GAM). A plus if knowledge of FreeWheel, Operative One)
• Experience with 3rd party reporting
• Experience with performance campaign metrics
• Experience handling large volumes of emails and multiple campaigns live at one time
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel, producing custom reports. Advanced excel skills is an added advantage

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dye15m-52-14-253-170-42 in your application.