Yahoo! Overview:
Yahoo! is a true web pioneer - founded 15 years ago to help people makes sense of the internet. Today, across the globe, over 550 million people use Yahoo! every month. As the web has expanded we’ve continued to build innovative and imaginative experiences that are uniquely Yahoo! We do it each and every day and you could too. Now’s the time to show the world what you’ve got. Put your ideas to work and help half a billion people get more from the internet than they every imagined.
Department Overview:
The EMEA Advertising (Ad) Operations team is responsible for the successful execution of multifaceted advertising campaigns across the Yahoo! network on behalf of our clients. Team members are responsible for coordinating the scheduling of campaigns, working closely with the Sales, Client services teams and Clients to ensure smooth execution and delivery of ad campaigns.
Responsibilities:
Campaign set up
• Receive and check advertising creative material from advertisers and ad agencies
• Co-ordinate scheduling of campaigns
• Working closely with finance to ensure that revenue is recognised accurately
Campaign management
• Creative swaps and revisions
• Monitoring ad campaign status, ensuring campaign delivers according to contract
• Performance optimisation and campaign revisions
Customer service
• Frequent liaison with clients and agencies to chase up advertising creative and answer queries etc.
• Daily liaison with sales team to ensure smooth progression of ad campaigns and feedback to sales person as to campaign performance
• Provision of excellent all round customer support for sales teams and advertisers
Requirements:
• Must be organised with a keen eye for detail
• Must be numerical and accurate
• It is essential that the individual is able to work under their own initiative demonstrating their ability to prioritise workload and juggle multiple tasks
• Excellent administrative, communication and inter-personal skills
• Must enjoy working in a pressurised and fast-paced media sales environment
• Positive attitude is a must
• Must be reliable, approachable, confident and flexible
• Must be a team player
• Must be able to speak English, Arabic and one other European language beneficial (Spanish, French, Italian or German)
• Should have some knowledge of the Internet
• Should have some knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• HTML/rich media knowledge/experience would be an advantage but not necessary
• Minimum of 1-year trafficking experience is beneficial
