Associate Programmatic Trader

TL;DR

Associate Programmatic Trader (Programmatic Media): Executing, managing, and optimizing live programmatic advertising campaigns across multiple channels with an accent on DSP operations, performance analysis, and campaign quality. Focus on troubleshooting delivery issues, driving data-based optimizations, managing campaign workflows, and supporting media planning and reporting.

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA; hire is available in select U.S. locations

Salary: USD 49,440–71,000 per year

Company

hirify.global INTOUCH is a global full-service marketing agency network serving the healthcare and life sciences industry through creative, media, enterprise solutions, and data analytics services.

What you will do

• Execute, manage, and optimize live programmatic campaigns within the agency trading desk.
• Monitor performance, pacing, brand safety, and viewability against client objectives and agreed standards.
• Manage campaign calendars, creative assets, billing trackers, screenshots, and pre- and post-launch workflows.
• Analyze campaign data, maintain optimization logs, prepare performance snapshots, and contribute to client reporting.
• Diagnose and escalate delivery issues, communicate optimization recommendations, and support media investment decisions.
• Contribute to tactical media planning, forecasting, private marketplace setup, and collaboration with vendors, analytics, and media planning teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and professional experience.
• 0–1 years of hands-on programmatic experience building and optimizing campaigns in demand-side platforms.
• Strong attention to detail, troubleshooting, multitasking, collaboration, and data-driven communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas.
• Ability to develop proficiency with DSP campaign setup, budget management, audience segmentation, creative testing, data analysis, and third-party verification tools.
• Experience or developing capability across display, mobile, video, connected TV, DOOH, native, and custom channels is expected.

Culture & Benefits

• Patient-minded, client-focused environment centered on improving healthcare and life sciences outcomes.
• Culture emphasizes action, continuous development, transparent communication, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.
• Competitive salary and employee benefits are provided.
• Employment is subject to business and operational considerations for eligible U.S. locations.