Channel Factory provides intelligent marketing solutions for the next generation of contextual safety, suitability, and performance for brands and agencies. Our platform helps marketers implement, automate, and scale their marketing programs across the world's largest video library, YouTube and emerging growth channels. We sit at the intersection of marketing and suitability and have a mission of enabling the world's top brands to consciously connect with the right audience in the right context, maximizing suitability and contextual performance.

Channel Factory embodies a strong start-up culture that values diversity, collaboration, and results. Our bias towards execution balances critical thinking, analysis, and pragmatic problem solving. We expect a lot from one another and value our thoughtful and intellectually curious company culture.

The Assistant media buyer will be eager to learn professionally, seeking to learn and grow and become the expert in the video marketing offerings and capabilities of YouTube and off-YouTube platforms. Through meticulous attention to detail, he/she/they can manage multiple complex projects with ease - whether they call for organizational skills, statistical analysis, or business acumen - and is always ready and excited to hit the ground running.

Channel Factory is looking for an assistant to support the media buyers, including QA, setting up, and reporting, supporting delivery, top performance, and other client needs from digital campaigns. This assistant has a passion for analytics, creativity, and technical details! This individual goes above and beyond in their day-to-day, strives to consistently exceed the expectations of their clients and fellow team members, and wants to help further the team's expertise. This individual thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing marketplace that requires smart decisions and an eye for small changes that can become big waves. The right person for this role must be very detail-oriented, a strong communicator, collaborative, and a quick problem-solver.

Main Responsibilities:
• Owning the quality assurance (QA) process pre/post-campaign launch
• Assist with campaign activation across multiple platforms
• Escalating to media buyers for day-to-day tasks (flag RCO deadlines, discrepancies, audits, daily pacing checks, etc.)
• Support campaign management/coverage/overflow - pace and optimize towards unit goals, KPIs, and margin caps.
• Respond with urgency to all general and specialized requests using knowledge and understanding of all internal systems.
• Work with Google support teams on tracking tag implementation, and issue troubleshooting/inquiry.
• Maintain internal process and best practices documentation up-to-date
• Report ownership, forecasting avails, and ad hoc audits
• Take & share notes for various team meetings

Requirements
• Fluency in English both written and verbal
• EXPERIENCE: 1 year of digital media experience
• Strong work ethic & discipline to work productively in a remote environment
• Proficiency in video conferencing and messaging apps e.g., Zoom, Google Hangouts, Slack
• Advanced knowledge of Excel calculations, pivot tables, and graphs is a must!
• Bonus points if you are AdWords or YouTube certified!
• Have a thirst to learn the digital landscape and share with the team.
• A self-directed professional who knows what needs to be done and operates with a sense of urgency, focus, and discipline.
• Able to effectively prioritize and work with little to no supervision.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented professional.
• Have strong communication skills; verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation.
• A collaborative individual who can work both in a team and independently.
• Driven and determined to learn and adapt in a face-paced digital world.
• Above all, possess the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and ethics.

Benefits

• Work with a leading startup in a high-demand industry, and you would be working with like-minded experts aiming to transform video ad operations
• Competitive salary
• Work-life flexibility - we value your contributions above all

About Channel Factory

Founded in 2010, Channel Factory is an award-winning marketing technology company that helps top global brands and agencies maximize YouTube advertising. Recognized as a technology innovator by Cynopsis and one of the fastest-growing companies by Inc., Channel Factory has served over three hundred of the Fortune 500 in delivering scalable, brand-safe, contextually aligned YouTube advertising software and services. By tapping into the deepest proprietary data pool on the market, the company enables highly customized, contextually aware, and dynamically optimized campaigns and provides industry-leading performance for a portfolio of clients across all industries.

Channel Factory is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Channel Factory makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. The company also has employee resource groups focusing on encouraging inclusion and diversity in the workplace, including an LGBTQ+ committee.