Ad Operations Executive
The Ad Operations Executive is responsible for the end-to-end management and optimisation of digital advertising campaigns across platforms. This includes campaign setup, technical troubleshooting, performance analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure flawless ad delivery.
The role plays a critical part in achieving client goals, ensuring compliance with platform standards, and supporting continuous performance improvements.
- Set up, manage, and optimise ad campaigns using Google Ad Manager (GAM) across display, video, and mobile formats.
- Ensure accurate delivery, pacing, and targeting.
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues with ad tags, creatives, and tracking.
- Use HTML, JavaScript, and other basic coding skills for implementation and fixes.
- Monitor campaign KPIs, interpret data, and provide actionable insights to improve performance and efficiency.
- Partner with account managers, creative teams, developers, and third-party vendors to ensure campaign alignment with client goals and platform specifications.
- Create detailed performance reports, document campaign setup processes, and maintain records of optimisations and campaign outcomes.
- Ensure campaigns meet ad policy standards, comply with brand guidelines, and go through rigorous QA before launch.
- Proficiency with Google Ad Manager (GAM) and other major ad platforms (required).
- Hands-on experience with HTML, JavaScript, and basic coding for ad setup and troubleshooting (required).
- Strong understanding of ad serving technologies, including real-time bidding (RTB), programmatic advertising, and ad verification tools (required).
- Familiarity with third-party ad tags, tracking pixels, and campaign measurement tools (required).
- Skilled in data interpretation and reporting tools (e.g., Excel, Google Data Studio, or similar platforms) (required).
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail (required).
- Time management and multitasking skills to handle multiple campaigns simultaneously (required).
- Strong communication skills, able to translate technical details into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders (required).
- A collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams under tight deadlines (required).
- Adaptable and resilient in a fast-changing ad tech landscape (required).
- Company Performance Bonus
- Flexible Working Agreements where applicable
- Private Healthcare Scheme + Employee Enhanced Assistance
- Enhanced Family Leave - Maternity, Shared Parental & Adoption Leave: up to 6 months at full pay and 6 months at half pay.
- Paternity leave: up to 4 weeks at full pay
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Annual Travel Card Loan & Ride to Work Scheme
- Life Assurance (x3 salary)
- Contributory Pension Plan
- Virgin Family: Giving you access to exclusive Virgin offers and experiences.
- Thursday drinks in the office and regular socials.
LiveScore Group is a sports media and betting company, home to the LiveScore, LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet brands. Its flagship LiveScore product delivers real-time scores and free live streams to a large global audience, while LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet provide online sports betting and gaming. Headquartered in London, the privately owned group operates internationally, with offices in Stoke, Galway, Vienna, Gibraltar, Lagos, Malta and Cape Town. It combines media reach with regulated betting products across the UK and other markets.