Campaign Manager, The Athletic
Advertising Operations
$60-70k
Subscription-based sports content publisher
Job no longer available
Subscription-based sports content publisher
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$60-70k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To produce smarter coverage for die-hard fans and redefine the way fans get access to sports content by flipping the normal model for sports journalism.
Role
Who you are
- This position requires excellent organizational skills along with the ability to manage critical follow-up on a wide variety of issues
- The candidate must be a detail-oriented, self-motivated individual able to work effectively within a team environment
- They must possess the ability to manage significant volumes of digital and audio campaign details and issues while remaining organized and highly responsive to internal and external client needs
- Candidates must possess excellent communication skills as well as familiarity with the technical aspects of online advertising
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1-2 years of digital media and/or advertising experience a plus
- Strong interest in digital and audio advertising and familiarity with the digital and audio landscape
- Team player with a strong work ethic
- Ability to adhere to speed, accuracy, and responsiveness thresholds in a highly organized manner
- Experience managing multiple competing priorities, duties and projects in a fast-paced environment
- Working knowledge of HTML, Javascript, and Flash
- Experience using Firebug, Charles, and other troubleshooting plug-ins is a plus
- Experience trafficking to mobile and video environments is a plus
- Experience using Order Management Systems and Ad Servers such as GAM, Megaphone, and LiveIntent is a plus
- Proficiency in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and aptitude to learn new systems
- Demonstrable record of professional written and verbal communication skills and comfort level with client communication
What the job involves
- The Campaign Manager coordinates the creative, trafficking, reporting, and billing needs between The Athletic and clients
- Additionally, you will produce our premium advertising products using pre-designed templates in Google Ad Manager
- Ad Operations interfaces daily with Sales, Sales Planning, clients, and product/platform teams
- Partner with Sales, Planning and all internal cross-functional stakeholders to lead the post-sale process, which includes: launching, monitoring, troubleshooting and fully delivering deals across various transaction channels for multiple advertisers
- Ensure the accuracy of advertising contracts that bridge from our planning team to our contract management system
- Manage receipt, testing, and any required technical adjustment of creative in time for a campaign launch
- Lead all daily production responsibilities on schedule and with high client satisfaction, including but not limited to, leading kick off calls with advertising clients and our Sales team, communicating creative specifications, managing timelines, coordinating production with Campaign Management to meet deployment of campaign requirements and flight starts
- Use HTML and CSS to build The Athletic and NYT proprietary responsive ad products
- Provide pre-launch demo environments for internal and external review. Edit HTML, Javascript, and Flash code within ads when necessary
- Remotely monitor high impact campaign launches; troubleshoot site-impacting campaign issues during off-hours when necessary
- Monitor campaign pacing on a daily basis to identify and address campaigns in need of optimization as well as delivery anomalies
- Identify placements in need of reallocation and address requested reallocations and makegoods
- Pull and upload 3rd party delivery when required; identify and investigate 3rd party discrepancies as necessary
- Provide campaign screenshots within 24 business hours of launch, in agency/client templates if required
- Send out in-campaign reporting on request and final reporting within five days of a campaign end date
- Gather and report on advanced campaign metrics where applicable
- Investigate and address billing issues and disputes
- Proactively schedule and run periodic campaign status update meetings with planners and other stakeholders
- Collaborate with Sales on the campaign management strategy for select categories
- Contribute to category and departmental goals and projects
Our take
The Athletic provides authentic, in-depth coverage written by journalists who know the teams they write about inside out. Its model bucks the trend of traditional sports journalism outfits by asking for a subscription rather than relying on ad-revenue.
Despite initial doubts that users would be willing to pay for sports journalistic content, The Athletic has found significant success and was acquired by the New York Times in 2022. Despite it operating at a loss directly after the takeover, it was clear that the New York Times perceived this as a long-term investment.
In 2025, it was reported that The Athletic was now profitable, which aligns well with its parent's prediction of profitability within 4 years. This has been aided by accelerated customer growth alongside the rising trend of subscription-based sports news.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES D
May 2019
$21.8m
SERIES C
Total funding: $139.7m
Company benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401 (k)
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Free Subscription
- Competitive Health Care
- HSA & FSA
- Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Adam Hansmann
(President & Co-Founder)Previously a McKinsey Business Analyst and then Associate at Calera Capital.
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