Platform Investment Manager

About the role

The Platform Investment Manager at Novus Media is a hybrid position combining in-office and remote work. The role requires a combination of performance digital planning and buying experience, with a focus on managing junior staff and overseeing digital operations.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage junior staff
• Manage the team’s daily duties, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all deliverables
• Oversee digital operations and quality assurance for all campaigns under their management
• Mentor and train junior staff to ensure continuous growth and development
• Continuous refinement of digital operations process to ensure the delivery of high-quality, error-free deliverables
• Maintain professional working relationships with clients and coworkers
• Analyze and interpret data trends and develop improvement solutions; educate Client Services / Campaign Managers on changes to process
• Support new business pitches with tactical expertise and innovative recommendations
• Collaborate with leadership and peers to develop solutions that will enhance our campaign performance, operational efficiency, tools, and systems, and improve current workflows
• Oversee, build, and implement campaigns to ensure flawless execution
• Keep up with day-to-day management of the media plan’s performance, ensuring buys are properly executed
• Act as a “player/manager” - know how to balance delegation and training with being hands on to help get things done
• Build and maintain relationships with key vendors and partners
• Manage client relationships, leading presentations and providing a primary point of contact
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or department head

Requirements

• Above all, must be curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
• Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience in performance media required and can demonstrate a history of being able to quickly learn and adapt in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Demonstrated hands on programmatic activation experience a must, across relevant programmatic channels like CTV, OLV, Display, Streaming Audio, and Native
• Ability to manage paid social media campaigns across a variety of objectives, from awareness to conversion, across the top social networks including Meta, TikTok, Snap, Pinterest, and Reddit
• Additional media channel experience a plus, specifically: Commerce/Retail Media Networks
• Expert in the use of relevant buying platforms (i.e. Google Ads, Meta Ads, Amazon Ads, Innovid/Flashtalking, etc.)
• Working knowledge of digital ad operations and tagging/tracking tools such as Google Analytics
• Working knowledge of 1P and 3P data sources to deliver campaign performance
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience managing direct reports
• Bachelor’s degree or coursework in related industry strongly preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Strong analytical capabilities with aptitude for determining the optimal ways to setup, deliver, troubleshoot, QA, and optimize campaigns
• Agency experience preferred
• Experience with managing multiple projects and deliverables
• Knowledge of project management software like Asana a plus