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Assistant, Programmatic

Horizon media

New York, NY
Full Time
Entry Level
40k-50k
27 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

At Horizon Media, we are committed to fostering innovation and achieving success for our clients' businesses through exemplary media planning and buying. Within Horizon, the Programmatic media capability plays a pivotal role in ensuring that our clients' messages and value propositions resonate with consumers amidst a rapidly evolving media landscape. Horizon is devoted to investing in technology, automation, and artificial intelligence to enhance our offerings, making them as intelligent, sophisticated, interconnected, effective, and distinguished as possible. Programmatic media planning and activation goes to the heart of Horizon's investment focus. The Assistant, Programmatic role seeks an enthusiastic, analytical, and detail-oriented individual eager to learn digital advertising skills for a career in Media. This role supports planning, buying, and analyzing programmatic media campaigns across digital platforms, providing a strong foundation for becoming a modern marketer.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the planning and execution of programmatic media strategies across a portfolio of clients and all digitally connected channels and formats.
  • Provide tactical and technical support, including pixel creation, tag upload, tag QA, creative assignment, pacing tracker management, budget actualization and dissemination, file maintenance, and notetaking.
  • Create performance reports and budget-pacing documents and assure the quality of new campaigns before and after launch.
  • Support the relationship management with clients via facilitating client billing accuracy and assisting on all coordination matters in the name of account service on programmatic campaigns.
  • Participate in Horizon Media's Programmatic Bootcamp and other training sessions.
  • Attend and participate in weekly status meetings, capturing and distributing meeting recap notes to internal team members.
  • Learn key programmatic fundamentals and develop knowledge of tools, processes, and systems.
  • Collaborate with team members and the agency on translating strategic considerations into tactical plans, optimization options, product ideas, and technology solutions to manage and troubleshoot campaigns.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated interest in programmatic media.
  • Experience working with large data sets and familiarity with self-service digital platforms like The Trade Desk, DV360, Walmart Connect, Amazon, Yahoo.
  • Strong ability with Microsoft Excel.
  • Education in media, marketing, and communications.
  • Proven ability to build relationships and thrive in highly collaborative work environments.
  • Advanced ability to capture and recall detailed information.
  • Strong familiarity with ad operations and campaign management (e.g., tagging, ad-servers, viewability tracking).
  • Knowledge of statistical concepts relevant to optimization and scientific testing in live campaign environments.

Nice to Have

  • Preference to work on the disruptive side of business, with new technology.

Qualifications

  • Education in media, marketing, and communications.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive total rewards package including a discretionary bonus.
  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Retirement savings plans.
  • Company paid holidays and unlimited paid time off (PTO).
  • Mental health and wellness resources.
  • Pet insurance.
  • Childcare resources.
  • Identity theft insurance.
  • Fertility assistance programs.
  • Fitness reimbursement.

Working at Horizon media

Horizon Media is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 29, 2025
Job CategoryMedia Planning
Salary40k-50k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceEntry Level

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About Horizon media

Website

horizonmedia.com

Company Size

1001-5000 employees

Location

New York, NY

Industry

Advertising Agencies

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