Programmatic Trader (Digital Marketing)

TL;DR

Programmatic Trader (Digital Marketing): Launching, managing, and optimizing programmatic advertising campaigns through demand-side platforms with an accent on performance, brand safety, viewability, and campaign pacing. Focus on analyzing campaign data, diagnosing delivery issues, improving media recommendations, and coordinating execution across planning, analytics, vendors, and agency partners.

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA; eligible for hire in select U.S. locations based on business and operational considerations.

Salary: USD 57,680–84,000 per year.

Company

Global full-service marketing agency network serving the life sciences industry through creative, media, enterprise solutions, and data analytics services.

What you will do

• Launch, manage, and optimize programmatic campaigns within the agency trading desk.
• Monitor performance, brand safety, viewability, pacing, budgets, and campaign delivery against client objectives.
• Manage campaign calendars, assets, screenshots, billing trackers, insertion orders, launch documentation, and pre- and post-launch processes.
• Analyze campaign data, maintain optimization logs, produce weekly performance snapshots, and contribute insights to analytics reporting.
• Diagnose campaign issues, escalate risks to the appropriate stakeholders, and maintain relationships with vendors and cross-agency partners.
• Support tactical media planning, forecasting, proposals, creative testing, and identification of new media opportunities.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of mandatory self-service experience working in a demand-side platform; 2–3+ years preferred.
• Proficiency in demand-side platforms and the ability to configure all campaign components.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between DSPs, ad servers, data platforms, and data vendors.
• Experience with campaign optimization, budget management, data analysis, creative testing, and implementation or rotation.
• Experience with third-party verification tools such as DoubleVerify or IAS.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas; a bachelor's degree or equivalent education is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Work focused on improving patient and physician experiences in healthcare and life sciences.
• Inclusive environment emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Culture built around client focus, initiative, professional growth, collaboration, communication, and innovation.
• Competitive salary and employee benefits package.