BBC Career Opportunities: Regional Ad Ops Manager EMEA

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent- Full time 
DEPARTMENT: Digital News and Streaming – Advertising Product, Technology & Operations
LOCATION: London-TVC
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £65,000–£75,000, plus a London Weighting allowance of £5,441, which is added on top of the base salary.
 

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Lead Digital Ad Operations across EMEA, managing a London-based team of digital experts and traffickers supporting sales teams in London, Dubai, Paris and across Europe and MENA. You’ll oversee end-to-end campaign delivery, sales enablement, optimisation and operational excellence, while partnering across Product, Technology, Sales, Finance and Compliance to ensure advertising activity is delivered effectively, efficiently and in line with business objectives.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Join a central team at the heart of BBC Studios’ digital advertising business, working closely with Product, Technology, Sales and commercial partners across EMEA. You’ll lead a technically skilled team, shape best practice, support new advertising products and help improve campaign performance and client delivery across a complex digital advertising environment.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of EMEA ad operations campaigns, including quality control, trafficking, troubleshooting, reporting, optimisation, capacity planning and accurate billing, while mentoring Ad Operations Executives and Coordinators.


• Act as the regional Ad Operations lead for sales enablement, ensuring adherence to sales policy, communicating new strategies and products, and driving adoption through training and best-practice sharing.


• Partner with Sales, Planning and Account Management on inventory requests and client implementations, providing campaign updates, progress reports and dashboards while building strong relationships with advertisers, agencies and media buyers.


• Use business analytics, user behaviour and market insight to improve Ad Operations, support ad format testing and development, strengthen programmatic and cross-platform delivery, and contribute to the digital order management product roadmap.


• Provide first-line operational support and troubleshooting across digital advertising, collaborating with regional Ad Ops leads and stakeholders across Product, Sales, Finance and Compliance, and owning reconciliation and billing for direct regional campaigns.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience managing Digital Ad Operations teams and delivering digital advertising activity in a publisher or advertising technology environment.


• Excellent understanding of Ad Operations, ad measurement and the digital, television, OTT and programmatic advertising landscapes.


• Advanced knowledge of advertising campaign management ecosystems and technologies, such as Operative One, Google Ad Manager, DV360, SSPs, YouTube and contextual advertising tools, with experience of order management systems and CRMs.


• Strong ability to coordinate geographically dispersed stakeholders and work across Sales, Product, Technology and other business teams to keep Ad Operations aligned with commercial needs and activity.


• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills, with working knowledge of JavaScript and HTML for troubleshooting and the ability to use market, audience and analytics insight to inform planning and improvement.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

•  Experience working with direct-to-consumer and digital media addressable advertising products.


• Experience developing campaign health metrics, reporting and analysis, including use of Business Intelligence tools to support decision-making.


• Understanding of reconciliation and billing cycles for advertising campaigns.


• Ability to work resourcefully under tight deadlines and respond effectively to shifting priorities across multiple client accounts.


• Ability to balance strategic initiatives with hands-on attention to operational detail when required.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding. 

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