Ad Operations Manager
About Medal
Medal is the largest platform for gaming clips — where millions of players capture, share, and relive their best gaming moments every day. We’re building the future of social experiences around gameplay, and advertising is a core part of how we connect brands to this massive, engaged audience.
The Role
We’re looking for a hungry, hands-on Media Strategist / Ad Operations Manager with 3–5 years of experience in media planning, ad operations, or campaign strategy. This is a hybrid role that blends creative campaign design with technical execution, data analysis, and client-facing account management. You’ll work across the full lifecycle of campaigns — from concept and proposal to trafficking, optimization, and reporting — helping leading brands show up authentically in gaming.
What You’ll Do
Campaign Planning & Strategy: Design and plan multi-channel media campaigns that resonate with gaming audiences, including bespoke activations and creative integrations.
Ad Ops & Execution: Traffic, QA, and manage campaigns end-to-end across platforms like Prebid, GAM, and major SSP/DSP partners.
Creative Collaboration: Partner with design and product teams to shape innovative ad experiences, including custom creatives, rewarded experiences, and branded content.
Account Management: Serve as a trusted point of contact for clients and agencies — own campaign communication, pacing, performance updates, and post-mortems.
Data Analysis: Pull, parse, and analyze data from various ad tech and analytics platforms. Translate insights into actionable recommendations to improve performance and deliver value.
Optimization & Innovation: Constantly test, learn, and iterate on campaign strategies, ad formats, targeting tactics, and creative approaches to push results forward.
What We’re Looking For
3–5 years in media planning, ad operations, or digital advertising, ideally in gaming, tech, or agency environments.
Strong understanding of modern ad tech — especially Prebid, Google Ad Manager (GAM), and programmatic ecosystems.
Hands-on experience trafficking and optimizing campaigns across multiple platforms.
Demonstrated creative sensibility — able to brainstorm and build compelling campaign concepts with brands.
Experience working directly with clients and managing relationships from kickoff to wrap-up.
Analytical mindset — highly skilled at pulling data from disparate sources, building reports, and finding stories in the numbers.
A proactive, “figure it out” attitude — eager to roll up your sleeves and grow with a fast-moving team.
Bonus Points
Experience with branded content, influencer programs, or custom creative production.
Familiarity with gaming culture and communities.
Comfort presenting insights and recommendations to senior-level clients.
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