Programmatic Campaign Operations Specialist / Trader
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 2d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 67d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-08-27). Last seen at its source 8h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 4 Sep 2026 (59 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 8 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
South Africa
The description agrees: it names South Africa.
What the ad says
…Location: South Africa – Remote…
Pay not stated
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Workable employer's own board first seen 59d ago · last seen 8h ago
The listing
Location: South Africa – Remote
Hours: 14:00–23:00 SAST, Monday–Friday, aligned with U.S. Eastern business hours
Employment: Permanent, Full-Time
Role Purpose
Execute and maintain programmatic campaigns accurately and efficiently within an established strategy, workflows, and QA standards. This is a hands-on campaign execution role focused on campaign builds, trafficking, pacing, optimisation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Build campaigns, line items, targeting structures, and campaign components within assigned DSPs.
- Traffic creative assets and third-party tags.
- Complete pre-launch campaign QA.
- Monitor campaign pacing and delivery on a daily basis.
- Identify and escalate pacing or delivery risks before they become client-visible.
- Execute routine optimisations and approved campaign changes within defined guidelines.
- Troubleshoot campaign, creative, targeting, and activation issues.
- Escalate complex technical issues to the Senior Programmatic Operations Lead.
- Maintain accurate campaign documentation, naming conventions, and change histories.
- Provide screenshots, compliance documentation, and campaign data when required.
- Support campaign closeout, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
- Work accurately across high volumes of campaigns and line items.
Must-Have Requirements
- 2–4 years of hands-on digital or programmatic campaign execution experience.
- Direct experience building and managing campaigns within at least one major DSP.
- Ability to learn and work across additional platforms quickly.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable with repetitive, high-volume campaign production where accuracy is critical.
- Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
- Comfortable working from insertion orders, build sheets, and campaign specifications.
- Strong written communication.
- Disciplined escalation and issue-management skills.
Preferred Experience
Experience with one or more of:
- DV360
- Basis
- Simpli.fi
- Amazon DSP
- Meta
- YouTube
- VAST and ad-server tags
- PMP deals
- Verification tools
- CTV/OTT
- Online video
- Agency or managed-service campaign operations
Success in the Role
- Campaigns are built correctly the first time.
- Campaigns meet agreed launch SLAs.
- Pacing and delivery issues are identified early.
- Routine changes are completed quickly and accurately.
- Campaign documentation remains clean and up to date.
- QA and escalation procedures are consistently followed.
- The wider programmatic team can rely on accurate, consistent execution.