The OpenCandy team is currently seeking an Ad Operations Trafficker to help us manage and optimize our current campaigns. We work with some of the biggest names in the industry, like Google and Microsoft, and need your help making them successful.

Are you interested in learning the ins and outs of managing ad campaigns? Do you enjoy testing new concepts and providing analysis to improve campaign performance? Are you a detail oriented and inquisitive self-starter? Do you have the competence, creativity and hustle to remain focused, productive and execute well beyond expectations in a fast-moving start-up environment? Are you just the right amount of nuts? If you answered yes to all or most of these questions, read on as this position with OpenCandy could be an ideal match for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the Ad Operations team in creating and managing campaigns for our partners
• Scheduling and launching advertising campaigns in an accurate and timely manner
• Working with the Ad Ops team and account managers to recommend campaign modifications in order to optimize performance on our network
• Monitoring and analyzing campaign performance to ensure campaign success
• Providing suggestions and design testing concepts for optimization
• Providing regular status updates and reports on the performance of existing campaigns
• Assuring the quality of campaigns by minimizing errors
• Proactively troubleshooting campaign elements that affect tracking, implementation or reporting

What we’re looking for:

• 1-2 years of online advertising or ad campaign management experience
• An understanding of the online advertising industry, ad serving technologies, campaign metrics (CPM, CPA, etc) and optimization strategies
• The ability to understand advertisers’ offerings, assess the effectiveness of their campaigns and implement creative solutions to ensure campaign success
• A quick-learning self-starter and someone who is able to manage their own time effectively
• The ability to perform analysis of, and produce reports involving, large and complex datasets
• Thorough attention to detail with excellent accountability and follow-through skills
• A high level of comfort juggling multiple tasks
• The ability to prioritize responsibilities
• Experience with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel
• Experience with SQL, XML and/or Ad Networks is a plus