Ad Operations Specialist - (Remote - US)

Mediavine is seeking a collaborative and driven, Ad Operations Specialist to join our Operations Team.

About Mediavine

Mediavine is a fast-growing advertising management company representing over 10,000 websites in the food, lifestyle, DIY, and entertainment space. Founded by content creators, for content creators, Mediavine is a Top 20 Comscore property, exclusively reaching over 125 million monthly unique visitors. With best-in-class technology and a commitment to traffic quality and brand safety, we ensure optimal performance for our creators.

Mission & Culture

We are striving to build an inclusive and diverse team of highly talented individuals that reflect the industries we serve and the world we live in. The unique experiences and perspectives of our team members is encouraged and valued. If you are talented, driven, enjoy the pace of a start-up like environment, let’s talk!

Position Title & Overview:

The mission of Ad Operations at Mediavine is to support our content creators and their businesses by continuously building and maintaining relationships with our Ad Exchange Partners as well as to partner with internal teams to cultivate potential partnerships, troubleshoot for new and existing partners, and to stay on the cutting edge of understanding and supporting new products and technology.

Our ideal candidate should come ready to play an integral role in meeting this mission. The Ad Operations Specialist will work in a fast-paced team environment, and is eager to learn.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Partner with Publisher Support and Publisher Success teams to understand the publisher onboarding process and provide support for day-to-day issues and questions
• Monitor ad quality using internal and third-party tools to ensure optimal performance
• Oversee the site approval process across 30+ partnerships, maximizing revenue opportunities post-launch
• Ensure complete coverage of the website portfolio, including completion of Comscore Traffic notifications by publishers
• Troubleshoot and resolve partnership site approval issues to prevent revenue loss
• Address supply chain issues in Google Ad Manager (GAM) that impact publisher revenue, escalating as needed
• Manage the Mediavine Direct platform, ensuring smooth advertiser spend through effective troubleshooting, forecasting, and campaign management
• Travel for team retreats, publisher/industry events, and annual all-hands meetings (approx. 15%)

Requirements

Location: 

• Applicants must be based in the United States

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience in Ad Operations or a related field 
• Ad Tech industry experience and familiarity with Ad Technologies such as Google Ad Manager and SSPs, preferred
• Experience working remotely in a distributed team environment
• Proficient in Google sheets with knowledge of excel including pivot tables and basic lookup functions
• Knowledge of various CMS platforms including WordPress, Blogger, and SquareSpace
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to work autonomously while simultaneously managing multiple initiatives
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience working with a CRM such as Hubspot, Salesforce, etc
• Experience working cross-functionally with different teams
• A desire to learn our internal processes, and provide feedback and ideas on how to improve them
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a commitment to teamwork
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Availability to travel to on-site locations for team retreats, publisher/ industry events and the annual all-hands events (approximately 15% of the time)

Benefits

• 100% remote 
• Comprehensive benefits including Health, Dental, Vision and 401k match
• Generous paid time off 
• Wellness and Home Office Perks 
• Up to 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave 
• Inclusive Family Forming Benefits 
• Professional development opportunities 
• Travel opportunities for teams, our annual All Hands retreat as well as industry event

Mediavine provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

We strongly encourage minorities and individuals from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for this position.

At Mediavine, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range.  Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. The base salary range for this role at the time of posting is $55,000 - $65,000  USD/yr.