About the Role
The Ad Operations team is the driving force behind every campaign that goes live. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment where precision, operational excellence, and performance are critical to success.
Responsibilities
- Manage, trade, and optimize campaigns to meet client KPIs and performance objectives.
- Work closely with DSP partners, Curators, and Agency stakeholders to ensure effective campaign management and ongoing optimization.
- Support curators (programmatic resellers) in executing campaign briefs by coordinating with internal supply teams to secure and deliver the appropriate inventory.
- Oversee and support the full post-sale process, including campaign setup, pacing and delivery management, incremental revenue generation, and post-campaign performance analysis.
- Develop deep expertise in the Maestro platform (Equativ Curation & Activation platform), including a strong understanding of its features, capabilities, and operational limitations.
- Respond promptly to urgent trading requests from the Account Management team and provide first-level troubleshooting support when issues arise.
- Collaborate with Support and Technical Operations teams to resolve more complex technical and delivery-related issues.
- Partner with Equativ teams across regions to drive operational synergies, share best practices, and support regional growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Professional working proficiency in both English and Japanese.
- Proven experience working in a global, distributed team environment.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Proactive and solutions-oriented professional with strong multitasking abilities, capable of remaining composed and effective in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
- 5+ years of experience in the media and AdTech industry, with a strong focus on managing and optimizing programmatic advertising campaigns.
- Deep expertise within the programmatic ecosystem, including hands-on experience with SSPs, DSPs, and IAB standards and best practices.
- Highly autonomous and proactive professional with a strong sense of ownership, able to take initiative, adapt quickly, and execute effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Programmatic advertising
- Campaign management
- Campaign optimization
- SSP
- DSP
- IAB standards
- Maestro platform
Location
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Work-from-home policy on Wednesdays
- Work-from-home policy on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting September 1
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
About the Company
- Founded in 2001 in Paris, Equativ has grown into a global independent ad tech platform enabling advertisers and media owners to achieve better business outcomes through programmatic, CTV, and retail media solutions.
- Backed by 750+ employees across 19 countries, Equativ combines global scale with privacy-first innovation.
- Founded in February 2025, Equativ Japan K.K. is headquartered at WeWork KDX Toranomon in Tokyo.
- Our team of eight represents a diverse and multicultural environment, with both English and Japanese serving as primary working languages.
- Equativ Japan K.K. partners with leading premium brands in Japan, including the LVMH group, Kering group, and Richemont group, among others.
- Our value proposition is built on a strong commitment to media trackability, delivering fair and measurable value to clients while offering access to premium, innovative advertising supply.
- This is reinforced by deep expertise across high-growth formats such as mobile interscroller, CTV and other emerging digital media solutions.
