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Advertising Operations Associate

Politico


Job Location:

Arlington, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 3 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 17 June 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Job Description:

POLITICOs mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate non-partisan impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed.

POLITICO is in search of an Advertising Operations Specialist who will work closely with the Media Business team to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns. The ideal candidate will be agile and work well in a fast-paced environment.

Who You Are:

  • A detail-driven problem solver who thrives in fast-paced deadline-oriented environments.
  • A collaborative communicator with a knack for translating data into actionable insights.
  • A tech-savvy professional fluent in ad operations tools creative platforms and web languages.
  • A dependable team player who takes initiative and embraces leadership opportunities.
  • A strategic thinker who values integrity innovation and contributing to a mission-driven culture.

What Youll Do:

  • Work closely with Media Business to ensure successful activation and fulfillment of advertising campaigns
  • QA advertising assets and troubleshoot any technical and performance issues
  • Launch monitor and optimize digital campaigns using the ad server
  • Analyze performance of advertising campaigns and products
  • Contribute to product performance benchmarks and insights using multiple data sources and visualization tools
  • Maintain runsheets campaign pacing and inventory forecasting reports
  • Liaise with Design team to insure placement of print advertising
  • Assist with evaluation implementation and administration of ad tech platforms

What Youll Need:

  • 0-1 years of experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to be dependable when working on a team
  • Experience analyzing data to extract meaningful actionable insights
  • Experience using Googles advertising platforms or comparable ad serving platforms
  • Experience using Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Excel
  • Familiarity with web languages (HTML Javascript etc.)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
  • Ready to take on leadership opportunities and become Subject Matter Experts in our platforms

At POLITICO we value integrity collaboration and innovation. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside top executives and contribute to a dynamic HR team. If you are an organized motivated and detail-driven professional who thrives in an in-office setting we encourage you to apply.

We value our people.Clickherefor more on what we offer and whatitslike to work for POLITICO.

Letskeep in touch.You can view our list of open positionshereand email us. We hope to see your application soon!

About Us.

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007 we have delivered intelligence thatanticipatestomorrows headlines not reports on yesterdays news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1100 publishing professionals across the worlds key democratic capitalsWashington Brussels London Paris Berlin Sacramento and New Yorkform the worlds premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources othersdonteven know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch we bet that depth would trump scale that talent would trump traffic and that politics would become central to modern 2011 we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today we are a rarity inmedia: a growing profitable and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The companys guiding principles - first articulated asThe Essentialsby founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the companys foundation today.Learn more about Axel Springer.

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Advertising Operations Associate

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