CareerPlan

Trading Specialist

ChicagoFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10

Core

Primary technical operational contact for advertiser partners, ensuring campaign setup, QA, performance monitoring, and issue resolution across programmatic formats.

Role type

Senior IC programmatic trading specialist (ad operations)

Builds

Successful programmatic campaigns and seamless client activations

Domain

Digital advertising / Programmatic trading

Required skills

Programmatic trading (DSP/SSP/Exchange), Campaign management, Technical troubleshooting, Data analysis (Excel/Google Sheets), Client communication, SQL (preferred)

Preferred skills

Trafficking, QA tools, Reporting tools, SQL

Technologies

DSPs, SSPs, Ad servers, Tracking solutions, Excel, Google Sheets, Omni

Responsibilities

Serve as primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts; Provide consultative activation support for advertiser and agency partners; Monitor campaigns for performance, delivery, and pacing; Own end-to-end troubleshooting from setup to exchange-level issues; Partner with product/engineering teams to resolve gaps; Present technical data and functionality to clients; Build custom dashboards to identify liquidity blockers.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC