Ad Operations Executive

Job Title: Ad Operations Executive

Location: London (Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 days remote)

Job Description

We are looking for a talented ad ops executive to work alongside our trafficking team and global ad ops team. This individual will be responsible for the smooth running of all UK Display campaigns, working closely with a trafficking team, Project Managers and sales to ensure full delivery and optimum performance of digital display campaigns across the Time Out site.

Responsibilities

• Being the main point of contact when it comes to display campaign delivery and performance.

• Provide insight and consultancy during brief and PCA stage for Display campaigns, advising on best practises.

• Reporting on campaigns and making decisions on how best to optimise in order to encourage repeat business from clients.

• Represent the outsourced ad ops team and communicate effectively between them and the wider business.

• Ensuring that SLA’s are met and flagging campaigns going live late and if/how this affects revenue.

• Troubleshoot campaigns where necessary, identifying and escalating issues where needed.

• Liaise with Sales, PM’s and leadership to ensure all stakeholders are aware of the campaign status and any potential issues.

• Holding regular meetings and catch ups with the sales team on display delivery and performance.

• Responsible for building out Permutive Cohorts as well as delivering Permutive audience insights for end-of-campaign analysis.

• Attending meetings with the global ad ops team, sales team and PM team actioning requests, providing insight and keeping abreast of the global ad ops & programmatic side of the business.

Requirements

This candidate must be proficient in GAM, as well as have experience in ad trafficking and optimisation.

• Revenue focused, delivering campaigns with the goal to encourage repeat business.

• Project Manager mind-set. This role requires excellent organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

• A background in digital media is essential.

• Experience working on paid social is ideal, but not essential.

• Experience in running campaigns and supporting sales pre and post sale is desirable.

• At least two years of experience in a similar role is desirable.

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

About Time Out Group
Time Out Group is a global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the best of the city - today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to Do, See and Eat across 333 cities in 59 countries and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels. Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city's best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. There are currently Markets in ten cities including Lisbon, New York and Dubai, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Group PLC, listed on AIM, is headquartered in London (UK).

About Time Out Market
Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs, drinks and cultural experiences together under one roof. From award-winning chefs to much-loved local gems, from cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures and celebrates the best of the city. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion, and there are currently Markets in eleven cities including New York, Montreal, Dubai and Cape Town, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Market is part of Time Out Group PLC (AIM: TMO), a brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city – today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to do, see and eat across 333 cities in 59 countries, and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.