Digital Media Trader

Neptune Retail Solutions•Jersey City, NJ

2d•Remote

About The Position

Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, Neptune Retail Solutions is the nation’s premier retail marketing services company. We are experts at influencing buying behaviors through disruptive, innovative, and results-oriented solutions, including in-store, home-delivered, and digital media tactics. Our powerful advertising and promotional programs are supported through rich data and insights. The country’s largest consumer packaged goods manufacturers rely on NRS for unparalleled consumer reach and engagement. NRS’s digital portfolio is making its mark on the industry. NRS digital products include Checkout 51, Freedom Platform, digital media tools/services (digital display, premium mobile, social, email, DOOH, and digital in-store). We continue to strengthen these existing tactics while expanding our product offerings, partnerships, and capabilities. We offer unique and data-led strategies for our clients to reach their most valuable shoppers. Our products continue to evolve to include best-in-class methods to deliver engaging content at the most impactful time in the most relevant geographies. Description The Media Trader is responsible for the accurate and timely execution of digital media campaigns across DOOH, Display, Mobile, and Paid Social. This role focuses on campaign setup, optimization, pacing, and performance monitoring within our ad tech platforms to ensure campaigns are launched correctly and perform as intended. Key tasks include creative QA and testing, tag implementation, troubleshooting, pacing and budget monitoring, reporting support, billing tasks, post-campaign wrap reporting, and product UAT. The Media Trader will work cross-functionally with internal teams and is expected to provide strong operational partnership and service, as well as technical campaign guidance as needed. This position reports to the Manager, Media Trading and collaborates closely with Media Trafficking, Media Strategy/Planning, Digital Account Management, and Media Product to ensure seamless execution across channels. The role requires flexibility to support evolving business needs across platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, Business, Statistics, Economics, Math, or related discipline
1–3 years of hands-on digital media trafficking and trading experience, with exposure to Paid Social required
Familiarity with various paid social platforms, creative formats, and placements
Ability to independently manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication skills
High level of attention to detail and strong organizational skills
Proficiency with Excel (formulas, VLOOKUPs, SUMIFs, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with social ad management platforms (e.g., Mediaocean Scope/4C, Smartly, Skai, etc.) is a plus
Hands-on experience with digital media ad servers preferred
Digital Out of Home ad serving experience is a plus
Experience with demand-side platforms (DSPs) preferred
Experience with The Trade Desk (TTD) is a plus

Responsibilities

Execute and optimize digital media campaigns across DOOH, Display, Mobile, and Paid Social
Flex across channels based on business needs, supporting Paid Social while also executing Display, DOOH, and other programmatic campaigns
Ensure campaigns are set up and launched on time
Conduct pre-launch campaign QA including testing creative functionality and technical specifications and validating third-party trackers to ensure accurate platform implementation
Liaise with external media platform representatives as needed
Provide technical QA support on ad serving as needed, and liaise with Platform Support and Engineering teams as needed
Assist with documenting, updating and maintaining ad specs, trading processes, and workflow procedures
Provide screenshots and/or preview links when campaigns go live
Provide reporting across various metrics and analyze data for actionable insights
Deliver post-campaign wrap reporting
Partner with Product and Team leaders on new feature testing and feedback
Proactively identify process improvements to enhance internal workflow and cross-collaboration