SENIOR AD OPERATIONS MANAGER (YOUTUBE)

We Realise Potential in Your Story

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are an award winning digital content studio and media network who are currently on a quest to find a Senior Ad Operations Manager to join our Media Team. Is this your next opportunity?

The Senior Ad Operations Manager role is both a great lead technical role and one which requires great stakeholder management. The role offers great responsibility for building out LDS’ Ad Operational capabilities, delivering results for our top-tier clients and building and managing a small technical team.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award winning workspace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender neutral parental leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, yoga and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME 

• Directly manage, appraise and up-skill the members of the YouTube Ad Operations Team, ensuring each member of the team is cared for, has career progression planned and is motivated to deliver their best performance.

• Full training of Graduate level new starters; exposing them to all areas of their role in a contained environment which allows them to learn whilst safeguarding the business & our clients.

• Hold technical relationships with LDS’ top tier clients across YouTube via Google Ad Manager ensuring their LDS ad sales experience is seamless to set up and outperforms our competitors on YT.

• Provide the Sales Team with technical expertise and collateral to assist in providing the best client-first service with a particular focus on upselling existing partnerships.

• Lead in the training of newer members of the YouTube Ad Operations team. Acting as a point of contact for troubleshooting in the first instance.

• Proactively search to expand our capabilities within YouTube reviewing and suggesting the best use of 3rd Party Ad Tech and Processes to ensure the best results for clients.

• Keep up to date with developments within the digital media landscape (LUMAscape), Ad Tech Vendors & Ad Distribution Partners. Maintaining relationships with key partners to ensure the best use of their offerings for our clients.

• Creating efficiencies in LDS’ product offering, spotting gaps in our current practices and implementing solutions to save both time and money.

• Ownership of communication between the Global Ad Sales teams and YouTube Ad Operations Team.

• Stakeholder management; including the ability to work outside of the team to bring efficiencies to business processes, opening up new products and services within the Ad Operations proposition

• Owning repackaging of inventory and management of the monthly channel integration into the LDS network.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED 

Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything. 

• Demonstrable experience in a similar Ad Sales / Digital Advertising Operations role.

• Previous managerial experience and can speak to multiple occasions where their business has benefited from their stewardship.

• A Google Ad Manager expert (inc. an understanding of VAST tag troubleshooting).

• A proven track record when it comes to problem solving within the Digital Ad Operations Space including finding creative solutions where ad inventory is limited.

• Collaborative work ethic to ensure processes and procedures are adhered to across the team. Re-educating where necessary.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets Formulae

• Demonstrates a strong attention to detail and possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in maintaining transparency around issues and accountability for mistakes to stakeholders.

LITTLE DOT, BIG IMPACT 🔥

We’re probably the biggest studio you didn’t know was fuelling your favourite content.
We’ve been one of the top dogs in the digital content space since 2013 (some would say, before its potential was even fully realised). We're proud to work with some of the hottest TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations and brands in the business.

WE ARE COMMITTED

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.