Operations Head jobs in United Kingdom

Footballco is a global, football focused, digital platform with an ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe. Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award winning creative and production function, as well as digital platforms that are loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world’s biggest sport.

With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile and fun organisation. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values – with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market.

We connect fans to football and brands to fans, come join us and be a part of it!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Footballco is seeking an Ad & Programmatic Ops Executive to work across two teams that are responsible for the successful delivery of revenue across direct sold campaigns and indirect revenue. You will support the set up, monitoring, and analysis of campaign performance, across display, video and app that run across Footballco’s portfolio of websites. You will also work closely with the programmatic team on implementing new partners and driving revenue. This role will need to handle multiple requests from different teams internally so attention to detail and organisational skills are imperative. The ideal candidate would be an excellent communicator with an aptitude and hunger to learn new technologies and a proactive approach.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Work with various internal departments to implement and oversee the delivery of ad campaigns across display, video and app

Test, traffic and troubleshoot new creatives and 3rd party tracking

Proactively optimise campaigns at regular intervals and communicate delivery concerns

Provide internal and external technical support for campaign related issues

Conduct regular discrepancy checks & trouble-shoot any technical issues

Deliver campaign reports and regular metric based reporting to all areas of the business

Reconcile delivery figures and handle any additional billing queries

Support the technical implementation of programmatic and ad tech integrations across Footballco’s portfolio

Manage and prioritise own workload, take ownership of all assigned tasks and provide output within the deadlines

Identify and escalate issues ahead of time to help reduce financial implications

WHAT YOU HAVE:

0-2 years in an operations role at a publisher, media owner or ad tech vendor

Ability to multi-task

Experience with Google Ad Manager and/or SSPs/ad tech vendors

Problem solving approach and the ability to think critically

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and efficient in time management

Positive, proactive attitude and enthusiastic

High Attention to detail, accuracy, and reliability

Significant proficiency in Excel

Some experience using debugging tools, such as Charles & Fiddler (not essential)

Use of analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Core Web Vitals)

Experience working with OMS/CRMs

Footballcois proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.