AD OPERATIONS MANAGER

Under Armour is the chosen brand of this generation of athletes... and the athletes of tomorrow. We're about performance - in training and on game day, in blistering heat and bitter cold. Whatever the conditions, whatever the sport, Under Armour delivers the advantage athletes have come to demand.
That demand has created an environment of growth. An environment where building a great team is vital. An environment where doing whatever it takes is the baseline and going above and beyond to protect the Brand is commonplace.
The world's hungriest athletes live by a code, a pledge to themselves and everyone else: Protect This House... I Will.  Our goal is to Build A Great Team!  WILL YOU…PROTECT THIS HOUSE?!

ABOUT UACF (UNDER ARMOUR CONNECTED FITNESS):

UACF is the leader in Connected Fitness – building the world’s largest digital health and fitness community by providing interactive tools to make fitness and nutrition social, simple and rewarding. The flagship consumer brands – MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal and Endomondo – are among the most popular apps on iOS and Android and the cloud-based platforms have been supporting a rapid growth of over 100,000 new users every day for a total of 150 million users across the UACF network. UACF’s mission is to make all athletes better through passion, design and the relentless pursuit of innovation. We are changing the way millions of users around the world are tracking their health and fitness.

ABOUT UACF MEDIA TEAM:

UACF uses our best-in-class audience to connect brands before, during and after every workout, every accomplishment and every win. We believe that advertising - when done well with the right audience – can greatly enhance the user experience and generate a positive branding association for our advertising partners. UACF offers advertisers a rich array of innovative advertising solutions to engage with the most active, health-conscious market in the world.

UACF is creating a world-class team of media professionals and seeking an Ad Ops Optimization Manager to develop our business with Fortune 500 brands. 

This position is located in the UACF Austin, TX office. 

ABOUT YOU:

You are smart, hardworking, professional, innovative, curious, problem solver and coach. You are highly motivated to drive projects to a successful completion and possess a strong sense of organization and personal responsibility. You leader and thrive on developing the skills and careers of your teammates. You make good decisions with limited guidance and you are very knowledge of the digital marketplace. You thrive on a rapidly evolving, high-energy environment and are passionate about quality. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own management of internal Advertising Operations team. This leader is a well-rounded expert, possessing digital media expertise as well as process-driven operational leadership skills.
• Proactively optimize advertising campaigns for our largest strategic partners, while maintaining the advertisers KPI’s
• Design and implement processes, systems and best practices for ad operations – drive accountability, operations strategy, operations finance, and KPIs
• Re-enforce a success-oriented, goal-driven and collaborative environment within the team supported through coaching, mentorship and career development opportunities for ad-ops team.
• Develop models, business justification and product requirements to implement new, innovative solutions that will help drive effectiveness and efficiencies for our advertising campaigns.
• Traffic and QA HTML5/Image/Flash creatives, tracking pixels, and third party ad tags from multiple vendors across several platforms.
• Provide support for troubleshooting 3rd party reporting discrepancies and testing rich media creatives
• Act as a point of contact for internal teams regarding optimization, implementation and maintenance.
• Work with various internal departments and 3rd party vendors to facilitate integrated campaigns
• Look for ways to convert complex activities into repeatable and scalable processes

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of online advertising and analytical experience
• 3+ years of experience supervising a team of professionals and managing cross-functional teams
• Expertise utilizing ad-serving technologies such as DoubleClick for Publishers by Google (DFP).
• Working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, XML, CSS, Flash and Rich Media.
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics or similar technology.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Self-motivated and self-organized, impeccable organization skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced & high intensity environment in order to meet tight deadlines and flexible with unanticipated tasks.
• Strong analytical capability and Excel proficiency required.
• Sound critical thinking skills and solutions-oriented.
• Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team.
• Active sense of urgency in all tasks.
• Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent work experience in technology industry.

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.  Under Armour believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.