Director of Ad Operations

Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years. Newsweek reaches 100 million people each month with thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia. Position Overview Newsweek is seeking an analytical, hands-on, and detail-oriented Director of Ad Operations to oversee our end-to-end campaign execution and trafficking ecosystem. This role will own campaign trafficking, QA, pacing, troubleshooting, and reporting, while partnering closely with Sales, Account Management, Product, Technology, and Yield teams to support scalable business growth. Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end trafficking and execution of Direct, PMP, and PG campaigns, including forecasting, setup, targeting, creative, tracking, QA, launch, pacing, and closeout. Manage trafficking across display, video, social, and newsletter campaigns, ensuring accurate targeting and delivery. Monitor campaign pacing and performance, proactively resolving under-delivery, over-delivery, discrepancies, and targeting issues. QA creative assets and troubleshoot creative rendering, tracking, tags, pixels, HTML5/JavaScript, and VAST/VPAID issues. Serve as the primary ad operations contact for Sales and Account Management, providing campaign updates, reporting, and delivery insights. Partner with Product and Technolo