Digital Ad Operations Specialist
PTR Global · Santa Clara, CA · 5 days ago
Marketing$50–$55/hrContract
Responsibilities
- Meticulously build and launch campaigns, ad sets, and individual ads across key channels.
- Manage the technical pipeline of performance marketing initiatives, contributing directly to the growth of a sophisticated e-commerce business.
- Oversee audience targeting integration, manage audience match rates across platforms (TTD, Meta, Google/YouTube), and curate segments using tools like LiveRamp.
- Lead the technical QA process for all ad creative—including static, rich media, video, and third-party tags—to ensure they meet standards and fire correctly across web, mobile, and app platforms.
- Systematically investigate and reconcile data discrepancies between the Google Ad Server, DSPs, and publisher reporting systems.
- Be able to resolve complex ad-serving, tracking, and reporting issues with internal teams and external partners.
- Monitor and optimize campaigns to ensure they run without issue, managing budget pacing to avoid under/over spend, and hit campaign KPIs successfully.
- Utilize Excel/Google Sheets for data manipulation and deliver standardized or custom reports from the Google Ad Server to provide performance insights.
- Work closely with Campaign Strategists to create media plans based on historical performance data.
- Document and implement scalable best practices for campaign trafficking and naming conventions to reduce human error.
Qualifications & Technical Expertise
- Expert-level proficiency and hands-on experience with Google Campaign Manager 360 (CM360).
- Deep expertise in DSPs like Display & Video 360 (DV360), The Trade Desk (TTD) and major social platforms including Meta (Facebook/Instagram), LinkedIn, and Reddit.
- 3-6 years of dedicated experience in Ad Operations, Digital Media Operations, or Ad Technology roles.
- Comfort with HTML, JavaScript, rich media formats, VAST/VPAID for video, and current cookie/privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA).
- Experience with LiveRamp, Bomobra, Demandbase and other ABM or Audience focused vendors is a plus.
About PTR Global
PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit www.ptrglobal.com.