Ad Operations Manager, Japan (Junior to Mid level)

About

Equativ is an independent ad tech company offering an advertising monetization platform for the most important websites in the world.

Our objective? Disrupt the digital advertising industry through high-performance solutions, innovative formats, and exceptional quality.

Based in the heart of Paris (IXᵉ), and NYC (Midtown), the company continues to expand internationally with offices in locations including Singapore, Dubai, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Montreal, London, and Tokyo). We have been recognized in the "Champions de la Croissance" rankings by Les Echos, the"Fast 500 EMEA" by Deloitte, and were selected as a part of the “French Tech Next40” in 2024.

Our pride? A team of over 700 employees who flourish through a corporate culture advocating ownership and who live through 3 essential values: Be brave, Be thoughtful, Be together.

Job Description

What’s in it for you? 

You will join Equativ at a key moment as we start our Japan operations and set up the founding team for the market. You will be a critical member to support our local ad operations force in order to help shape the future of Equativ Japan!

Key responsibilities

Traffic management incl. trading and troubleshooting (70%)

  • Trade and optimize on campaign needs and execute to hit client KPIs
  • Respond to urgent trading needs from clients and support them to identify the first level of troubleshooting issues and liaise with support teams for in-depth troubleshooting
  • Effectively navigate through our Demand platforms (Curation Maestro and our internal DSP) for campaign optimization and troubleshooting when needed
  • Maintain continuous communication with the Ad Operations team to achieve campaign goals
  • Liaise with the supply team when additional traffic is required
  • Create and update sitelists, ensuring accurate market inventory estimation
  • Conduct regular discrepancy checks between platforms

    • Account management (30%)

  • 2+ years of experience in managing ad trafficking, campaign delivery, and optimization for programmatic advertising campaigns
  • Some prior involvement in technical integrations and data analysis
  • Manage campaign set-up, pacing and delivery, incremental revenue generation, and post-campaign analysis for the campaigns in your batch
  • Communicate with clients proactively in terms of campaign performance and work on incremental revenue generation and post-campaign analysis

    • About you

  • Native Japanese and at least conversational English 
  • Some programmatic setup and troubleshooting knowledge
  • Hands on DSP experience (especially DV360, TTD) is required; Japanese DSP experience is a strong plus 
  • 2+ years experience in ad operations (set up, troubleshooting, optimization) 
  • Strong collaborative and cooperative mindset that can work with cross functional teams
  • A team player, a quick thinker and a fast learner to pick up the industry nuances
  • Good knowledge of digital media, advertising technology and emerging trends 
  • BS/MS degree in business administration or a related field

    • Additional Information

    • Contract Type: Full-Time
    • Location: Tokyo
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