Ad Operations Manager Kosmix

In this position, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of key display advertising accounts and campaigns. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Work closely with the advertising agency or the client and the account management team at Kosmix to ensure that campaigns deliver on time, and that they meet or exceed the performance goals set by the client or agency.
Keep a close communication loop with the sales and account management team about the performance of ongoing accounts and campaigns.
Manage the day to day ad delivery process -- schedule and enter advertising campaigns into an ad management system, traffic ad tags to publisher's for inclusion on their websites
Oversee all aspects of ongoing advertising campaigns -- order management, campaign management, trafficking, production, inventory management, campaign tracking and reporting, etc.
Monitor advertiser's compliance to technical specifications
Solve technical issues related to Ad operations and provide solutions between external vendors and internal staff, including Engineering, Product Management and Account Management .
Work with Sales and Product teams to test new or changing technology and products; Support changes and improvements to ad server software as necessary

Required Experience
Minimum 3-4 years experience managing online ad operations for a large publisher, ad network, media company or advertising agency.
Excellent communication skills a must
In-depth knowledge of third party ad serving systems (e.g. DoubleClick DART, Atlas DMT, etc.)
Thorough understanding of ad campaign metrics and analysis including; CPM, CPC, and CPA
Knowledge of the online advertising industry, trends, technologies and pricing models; marketing and sales concepts; sales order processing; accounting and finance processes and concepts, including revenue and billing.
Knowledge of HTML, Macromedia Flash, JavaScript, Internet file formats and web coding concepts. Experience with DHTML, and streaming video formats.
Ability to compile and analyze performance data and metrics.
Excellent customer facing and problem resolution skills
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience (Master's Degree preferred).

Location:	444 Castro Street Suite 109 Mountain View, CA 94041 United States