Junior Digital Ad Operations Specialist - West Coast

AdGear (belonging to the Samsung Ads business), is an Advertising Technology Company located in the heart of Old Montreal. AdGear focuses on enabling brands to connect with Samsung TV audiences as they are exposed to digital media across all devices. Being part of an international company such as Samsung and doing business around the world means that we get to work on big complex projects with stakeholders and teams located around the globe.  

Samsung has developed a proprietary ad platform that leverages unique first-party TV data to help brands connect to their audience as they explore content across desktop, mobile, tablets and our SMART TVs. The Samsung Ad Platform delivers high-quality audience targeting powered by three key components: first-party audience data at scale, data science, and brand-safe cross-device ad inventory.

What you’ll do:

The AdGear Client Service's team is looking for a multi-talented team player to help provide highly effective advertising services to its clients. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to work on the leading edge of innovation with all the different actors involved in online advertising and to learn hands-on about digital advertising. The ideal candidate would have a keen interest for new technologies and digital media, would possess great communication skills and be highly motivated to grow and learn in this challenging fast-paced environment.

In this position you will be required to manage online campaigns working hands-on with the company's proprietary adserver. You will have the unique opportunity to manage national advertising campaigns for the most known advertisers in the USA, Canada and all over the world. You will be working on west coast hours which are from noon until 8pm.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implementation and optimization of advertising campaigns (Smart TV)
• Monitor campaign delivery to ensure campaigns are running as expected and targeted objectives are met
• Follow-up and monitoring based on given KPIs
• Produce reports and recommendations
• Work closely with our account management and sales teams
• Align with inventory team on inventory needs and requirements
• Perform quality control of creatives, directly on the TVs

REQUIRED SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• University degree in marketing, commerce or IT/IS
• Customer service mentality; professional communication skills, both internally and externally with customers
• Attentive to details and is rigorous
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and resolve problems in a timely manner
• Quick learner; critical thinker, analytical and problem solver
• Highly motivated to learn and work in digital technologies
• Proficiency in Excel – pivot tables, vlookups, creating charts, etc
• 0 to 2 years of work experience
• The familiarity of Google Adwords or Facebook Ads or any ad server is an asset
• Familiarity and comfort with basic programming languages such as Python, SQL or JavaScript is an asset
• Good communication skills and capacity/willingness to work in a multi-team environment
• Be resourceful, inventive and passionate about Internet technologies
• A "can-do" attitude

What's in it for you?

• Great choice of snacks and drinks in the office available daily
• Board games and Ping-Pong table
• Company outings, roasts, and many more interesting things
• Yoga in the office once a week
• Referral bonus
• Perkopolis website with great rebates, coupons and promotions
• Amazing discounts through Samsung Employee Discounts website
• 100% Company-paid comprehensive extended health & dental coverage
• Travel, Life, and Short/Long term disability Insurance
• Group RRSP Matching Program up to 5%
• Group TFSA Program