Associate Director, Programmatic
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Associate Director, Programmatic
dentsuaegis· Carat Colombia S.A.S.
About this role
Job Description:
Role Purpose: The Associate Director (AD) manages daily workflow for the team across specified account(sfor programmatic buying, within the dentsu portfolio of agencies, including Carat, dentsuX, and iProspect. They oversee tactical development, campaign activation, pacing and optimizations, and contribute to reporting. The AD is responsible for reviewing client deliverables to ensure quality outputs.
The AD is accountable for monitoring campaign performance and proactively ensuring optimization and that any needed course-corrections are implemented to deliver against campaign goals. They provide oversight of QA and operational best practices, while providing continuous training and mentorship to direct reports. The AD assists the USA Activation Leads with managing timelines and priorities to ensure high-quality, on-time deliverables. Beyond day-to-day team deliverables, they foster knowledge-sharing and support the Activation Leads with central tasks and are key to cultivating a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
Key Accountabilities:
Accountable to daily team operations and campaign excellence, ensuring best practices are evident in work of the activation/investment team
Ability to articulate optimizations, rationale, results, and recommendations in reporting commentary and on client calls, and address concerns as needed
Develop tactical recommendations showcasing innovative thinking across platforms and audiences
Be an expert on the buying platforms
Identify and test emerging tech solutions and innovations, highlighting client value in results and sharing across hub team
Ensure the team adheres to defined processes for campaign management across programmatic channels, with extra oversight on hands-on-keys activation work
Effectively manage and communicate with direct reports, managing expectations, timelines, and priorities
Ability to delegate and foster accountability within junior level team
Identify training and development needs of team
Update Activation Leads on team performance, campaign health, and strategic growth opportunities
Contribute to thought leadership, POVs, or other shareable collateral that improves the overall level of knowledge across digital and programmatic investment teams
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 5 years’ experience within the programmatic and digital industry
Experience with management of a team, with the ability to lead a highly successful team
Strong experience across all digital media channels and ability to eloquently speak to each
Strong understanding of business concepts and client objectives to identify expansion opportunities
Consistent, exceptional project management
Excellent verbal and written communications, presentation, and analytical skills
Collaboration mindset with a proactive work ethic and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks
Ability to retain professionalism in all situations
Detail-oriented with strong attention to project management and follow-through
Solutions orientated with strong critical thinking abilities and problem-solving skills
Strong analytical thinking and mathematical skills
Proficient in programmatic technology, platform, and partner solutions, including but not limited to, DSPs, ad servers, ad verification platforms, planning/financial platforms, DMPs, analytics & reporting dashboards, etc.
Strong experience working with business applications; MS Office Suite required
Location:
CudinamarcaBrand:
CaratTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
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Associate Director, Programmatic
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