Senior Ad Operations Specialist

Job Overview

The Senior Ad Operations Specialist will play a key role in supporting Haymarket Media’s digital advertising business. This role is responsible for trafficking and monitoring ad campaigns across website and newsletter inventory. Reporting to the Ad Operations Manager, the role will collaborate closely with Client Success, Marketing, and Email Ops to ensure timely and accurate campaign execution that meets or exceeds client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Book, traffic, and QA all ad campaigns and creative assets across Google Ad Manager, LiveIntent, and DSP platforms to ensure technical compliance.
• Monitor campaign performance daily using tools like STAQ to track pacing, discrepancies, viewability, NHT, and brand safety.
• Act as the technical escalation point for complex troubleshooting while providing daily mentorship and guidance to junior team members.
• Deliver performance reporting and insights to cross-functional stakeholders (Client Success, Sales, Marketing, Email Ops, and Editorial) to drive campaign optimization.
• Identify ad tech stack inefficiencies and lead workflow projects to improve overall delivery and QA processes.

Skills and Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years of digital ad operations experience, preferably within a publisher, media agency, or programmatic environment.
• Advanced mastery of Google Ad Manager and LiveIntent; deep familiarity with DSP/SSP platforms (e.g., The Trade Desk, Nexxen).
• Strong understanding of the programmatic landscape, including header bidding, identity solutions (UID2, LiveRamp), and privacy compliance (GDPR/CCPA).
• Experience with verification tools (DoubleVerify, IAS) and technical knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and VAST tags.
• Interest in people leadership, with a strong desire to transition into a management role as the team scales.
• Proactive problem-solver with exceptional troubleshooting skills and a strong sense of ownership.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and analyze data using Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

About Haymarket

Haymarket has its heart and soul in publishing and media. Since the company was founded half a century ago, Haymarket has always prided itself on being a highly creative business, with an unrelenting focus on the quality of the products and the people. The philosophy has always been quite simple: only by having the highest quality individuals can you produce the highest quality products, combining the best in content, design, production and customer services. Globalization is opening up the world further and provides many opportunities for growth. Haymarket has offices around the world and many of the titles are now truly global brands. Haymarket serves a broad spread of business markets, from marketing to medicine to technology along with exhibitions and live events. Predicting the shape of the business in 3, 5, or 10 years is almost impossible; and the unpredictability is part of the appeal. Haymarket aims to be the perfect company to work with or for – we have the processes and attitude that ensure quality and consistency, and an entrepreneurial spirit that makes every day rewarding. As a Certified B Corporation, we’re proud to be part of a community of companies working together for change, and taking part in collective action to advocate for a shared goal of a global economy that benefits people and the planet. An equal opportunity employer, Haymarket Media does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other protected category recognized by state, federal, or local laws.