Programmatic Campaign Operations Specialist Trader

<p>Location: South Africa – Remote<br /> Hours: 14:00–23:00 SAST, Monday–Friday, aligned with U.S. Eastern business hours<br /> Employment: Permanent, Full-Time</p>Role Purpose<p>Execute and maintain programmatic campaigns accurately and efficiently within MediaPath's established strategy, workflows, and QA standards. This is a hands-on campaign execution role focused on campaign builds, trafficking, pacing, optimisation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.</p> <p></p>Key Responsibilities<ul><li> Build campaigns, line items, targeting structures, and campaign components within assigned DSPs. </li><li> Traffic creative assets and third-party tags. </li><li> Complete pre-launch campaign QA. </li><li> Monitor campaign pacing and delivery on a daily basis. </li><li> Identify and escalate pacing or delivery risks before they become client-visible. </li><li> Execute routine optimisations and approved campaign changes within defined guidelines. </li><li> Troubleshoot campaign, creative, targeting, and activation issues. </li><li> Escalate complex technical issues to the Senior Programmatic Operations Lead. </li><li> Maintain accurate campaign documentation, naming conventions, and change histories. </li><li> Provide screenshots, compliance documentation, and campaign data when required. </li><li> Support campaign closeout, reconciliation, and reporting processes. </li><li> Work accurately across high volumes of campaigns and line items. </li></ul>Must-Have Requirements<ul><li> 2–4 years of hands-on digital or programmatic campaign execution experience. </li><li> Direct experience building and managing campaigns within at least one major DSP. </li><li> Ability to learn and work across additional platforms quickly. </li><li> Strong attention to detail. </li><li> Comfortable with repetitive, high-volume campaign production where accuracy is critical. </li><li> Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills. </li><li> Comfortable working from insertion orders, build sheets, and campaign specifications. </li><li> Strong written communication. </li><li> Disciplined escalation and issue-management skills. </li></ul>Preferred Experience<p>Experience with one or more of:</p><ul><li> DV360 </li><li> Basis </li><li> Simpli.fi </li><li> Amazon DSP </li><li> Meta </li><li> YouTube </li><li> VAST and ad-server tags </li><li> PMP deals </li><li> Verification tools </li><li> CTV/OTT </li><li> Online video </li><li> Agency or managed-service campaign operations </li></ul>Success in the Role<ul><li> Campaigns are built correctly the first time. </li><li> Campaigns meet agreed launch SLAs. </li><li> Pacing and delivery issues are identified early. </li><li> Routine changes are completed quickly and accurately. </li><li> Campaign documentation remains clean and up to date. </li><li> QA and escalation procedures are consistently followed. </li><li> The wider programmatic team can rely on accurate, consistent execution. </li></ul><br/><br/>Please mention the word **GLORIOUS** and tag RMmEwMTo0Zjg6MTQxOjQyMjk6OjI= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMmEwMTo0Zjg6MTQxOjQyMjk6OjI=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.