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Job Description: POLITICO’s mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed. POLITICO is in search of an Advertising Operations Specialist who will work closely with the Media Business team to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns. The ideal candidate will be agile and work well in a fast-paced environment. Who You Are: A detail-driven problem solver who thrives in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments. A collaborative communicator with a knack for translating data into actionable insights. A tech-savvy professional fluent in ad operations tools, creative platforms, and web languages. A dependable team player who takes initiative and embraces leadership opportunities. A strategic thinker who values integrity, innovation, and contributing to a mission-driven culture. What You’ll Do: Work closely with Media Business to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns QA advertising assets and troubleshoot any technical and performance issues Launch, monitor and optimize digital campaigns using the ad server Analyze performance of advertising campaigns and products Contribute to product performance benchmarks and insights using multiple data sources and visualization tools Maintain runsheets, campaign pacing and inventory forecasting reports Liaise with Design team to insure placement of print advertising Assist with evaluation, implementation and administration of ad tech platforms What You’ll Need: 0-1 years of experience Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong attention to detail Ability to be dependable when working on a team Experience analyzing data to extract meaningful, actionable insights Experience using Google’s advertising platforms or comparable ad serving platforms Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel Familiarity with web languages (HTML, Javascript, etc.) Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment Ready to take on leadership opportunities and become Subject Matter Experts in our platforms COMPENSATION: $50,000 Annual Base. This position is eligible for commission. The final salary offered will be based on factors including relevant experience, skills, and qualifications. We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO. Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here and email us careers politico.com . We hope to see your application soon! About Us. POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow s headlines, not reports on yesterday s news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital. Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes. Our 1,100 publishing professionals across the world s key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world s premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don t even know exist. Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself. These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization. POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer . Posting date: 2026-10-19 Title: Advertising Operations Associate

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A detail-driven problem solver who thrives in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments.
A collaborative communicator with a knack for translating data into actionable insights.
A tech-savvy professional fluent in ad operations tools, creative platforms, and web languages.
A dependable team player who takes initiative and embraces leadership opportunities.
A strategic thinker who values integrity, innovation, and contributing to a mission-driven culture.
Work closely with Media Business to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns
QA advertising assets and troubleshoot any technical and performance issues
Launch, monitor and optimize digital campaigns using the ad server
Analyze performance of advertising campaigns and products
Contribute to product performance benchmarks and insights using multiple data sources and visualization tools
Maintain runsheets, campaign pacing and inventory forecasting reports
Liaise with Design team to insure placement of print advertising
Assist with evaluation, implementation and administration of ad tech platforms
0-1 years of experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to be dependable when working on a team
Experience analyzing data to extract meaningful, actionable insights
Experience using Google’s advertising platforms or comparable ad serving platforms
Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel
Familiarity with web languages (HTML, Javascript, etc.)
Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
Ready to take on leadership opportunities and become Subject Matter Experts in our platforms
COMPENSATION: $50,000 Annual Base. This position is eligible for commission. The final salary offered will be based on factors including relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.

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