Flytedesk powers media and advertising on college campuses. We build the technology that college media organizations and universities use to manage their operations. We build the technology that small businesses use to reach students. We work with brands, campaigns, and causes as their college partner in understanding, reaching, and driving outcomes with students.
We have a presence at almost every college in the country and the ability to reach 20 million students through campus billboards, student influencers, campus email newsletters, college newspapers, digital ads, SMS, and more.
We started flytedesk as the tool we needed at our college newspapers and have grown to become the single largest funding source for student journalism. Brick by brick, we’re creating a sustainable business model for college media by providing a coveted service to advertisers. We’re mission-driven, profitable, newly remote, and unrelenting in pushing our business and customers forward.
who you are
You’ve had at least a few years experience in Ad Ops, and you’re ready to take the lead on owning and running things yourself. You’re familiar with ad tech and the agency world, and understand what great campaign performance looks like.
You’re a tactical operator who loves executing a ton of moving parts and building processes on the fly. You’re not afraid of elbow grease, and you’re obsessed with getting the details right. You’re comfortable in Excel, HTML/CSS, and digital advertising concepts and best practices.
If that sounds like a lot, it is. But you also get to work with an awesome, battle-tested team who cares fiercely about becoming the best at what we do.
responsibilities
Digital campaign execution & analysis. You’ll be accountable for the entire digital campaign lifecycle, from static/video display to (eventually) email and digital OOH. You’ll run the day-to-day campaign execution, including ensuring accurate testing, trafficking, optimization and reporting for all digital display campaigns.) You’ll build and maintain dashboards for our sales and internal teams. Ultimately, your job is to ensure we’re delivering above and beyond for our clients.
Supporting digital placement installation & maintenance. Work directly with our publisher team to ensure that ad units are installed and serving properly.
Support additional product roll outs. You will be responsible for supporting installation, managing, troubleshooting, and monitoring additional digital products as they are rolled out by our team. Currently on our horizon is email tags and Digital OOH. You’ll be an expert in these products and the go-to person in-house for set up and troubleshooting.
skills
Must have:
- 2+ years experience in digital ad operations
- Proficient in Excel and Google Sheets (PivotTable, vlookup, etc.)
- HTML/CSS
- Detail-oriented and hyper-organized
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to operate autonomously and comfortable with ambiguity
- Ability and eagerness to wear many hats and take on projects that are significantly outside of your comfort zone as needed
Nice to have:
- Experience with Google Data Studio and/or Airtable
- Student media experience (especially leadership)
- Customer service or account management experience
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