Senior Specialist, Programmatic (Kia 2026)

About the role

The Programmatic Sr. Specialist works within the Programmatic group – as a subset of the Biddable group, and reports into the Associate Director, Programmatic. While the programmatic group is a specialized channel, the role also requires the programmatic specialist to work with strategy teams and investment teams as an extension of their plan execution process. Programmatic Sr. Specialists own campaign management and strategy from start to finish – inclusive of all self-service capabilities in planning, trafficking, execution, optimization, and reporting.

Platform responsibilities

Primary - DSP: Master the usage of demand side platforms for campaign set up, optimization, and reporting; inclusive of: Bulk updating of campaigns, budget management, and troubleshooting platform issues. Work in reporting suite to glean insights and make optimizations against KPI goals. Applying insights to put together recommendations and set up campaigns. Support managing relationship with platform teams to continually bring innovation and updates to product.

Secondary – partner platforms: Learn and master processes and systems related to the trafficking and workflow management of programmatic campaigns inclusive of: Primary Ad Server, Dynamic Creative Ad Server, Billing/Planning system, Verification systems, Measurement systems. Learn and become proficient in reporting systems that support programmatic campaigns (inclusive of data, verification, analysis that comes from reporting output directly in DSP).

Campaign ownership

• Work collaboratively with multiple groups both internally and externally (strategy teams, client and creative agency)
• Participation in status meetings – and communicate updates outward
• Clarify with strategy teams on campaign deliverable requirements
• Work collaboratively with analytics + adops teams on tagging requirements to QA performance
• Own billing and reconciliation process (inclusive of ad serving estimation) to maintain campaign parameters
• Communicate outwardly on partner recommendations + rationales to share feedback on partners
• Clear communication on if deadlines will not be met to manage expectations
• Join client meetings and be able to speak to campaign optimizations and performance with rationale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working on Programmatic Team
• Knowledge and Experience with DSP platforms (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP) required
• Proficiency in advanced Excel formulas and experience manipulating large datasets into digestible insights
• Be proactive: Show interest in constantly learning and growing
• Be organized: able to work with dept head to prioritize projects across campaigns while also clearly communicating progress and project completion
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior level traders

Pay

$74,000 - $80,000 a year. Actual base salary is determined upon factors such as experience, qualifications, training, certifications, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Generous medical, dental, vision, pet insurance, commuter benefits, disability and life insurance coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Up to 14 holidays per year, a "Do Good Day," and unlimited PTO
• Employee social and wellness events
• DEI Council
• Auto purchase rebate program
• Monthly wellness allowance
• In-office amenities such as fresh kombucha and an in-house barista inside our beautiful, new vibrant El Segundo office

Schedule

This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 3 days in-office per week.