Education Week, a nonprofit media organization that serves the nation’s leading K-12 policymakers, educators, researchers, businesses, and other influencers with informed, independent, and highly respected journalism and research, is seeking a Manager of Advertising Operations to lead our entrepreneurial AdOps team.

Job Summary

The individual hired for this position will oversee the products, platforms and people that enable us to further our mission by monetizing the niche professional audiences of Education Week, EdWeek Top School Jobs and EdWeek Market Brief through a variety of advertising, lead generation and marketing solutions. This team’s key external clients span the entire ecosystem of K-12 education, with a heavy emphasis on K-12 product and service providers as well as K-12 Districts.

As a small organization, we need a candidate in this role who is comfortable as both thinker and doer, who can lead an operations department while also actively engaging as the department’s daily work requires. Further, as the organization has recently completed a significant investment in digital capabilities (a new CMS, a CDP, new subscription management, etc.), a key success factor will be the capacity to match product and operations needs voiced by internal and external clients with our new technology and processes in order to support revenue growth.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a smooth end-to-end process for the fulfillment of client campaigns, from pre-sales consultation and post-sale client service through execution and optimization, to ultimate campaign reporting and prep for billing
• Manage a team of operations professionals and recommend strategic improvements and resourcing to support revenue capture
• Collaborate with the Publisher / CRO, GM Sales and Ad Products, and other revenue stakeholders to ideate, build and introduce to market new advertising, lead generation and related marketing solutions that meet or exceed client expectations
• Be a strategic leader around driving value from our key technology investments, such as CMS, CDP, Marketing automation and more, including innovations on these new platforms that respect both audience experience as well as advertiser needs
• Represent the needs, perspectives and interests of the operations team as well as our advertising clients in meetings, internal governance efforts and other initiatives that cut across departments
• Think creatively about opportunities to drive value in campaign reporting and optimization, task tracking tools, and lead gen efficiency.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree, and/or min. 6+ years’ related experience in advertising, lead generation and/or marketing services, preferably in a media/editorial environment.
• Prior experience in ad product management and innovation across web and email
• Strong understanding and operational experience in online ad trafficking (in Google Ads, for example) as well as email marketing / email newsletter advertising
• Track record of effective collaboration across many departments to achieve shared goals, including strong communications skills to explain technical concepts and relate non-technical feedback into action
• Knowledge of best practices in digital marketing and advertising, with a passion for keeping informed on the latest developments in the field
• Experience with the needs of B2B marketers, including lead generation, account-based marketing, sponsor content promotion / syndication and ROI metrics, would be a plus.

Benefits and Perks 

Education Week is a vibrant workplace that is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, MD. We are within short walking distance of numerous restaurants and shops, the Metro, and are adjacent to The Capital Crescent Trail. However, due to the COVID-19
emergency, our Bethesda office is currently closed, and our staff is working remotely for the foreseeable future. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including health and dental insurance, a 401(k), PTO, and tuition assistance. We value innovation, leadership, and
forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual, challenging work environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally.

Education Week strongly values equity and believes in a society where all children have access to high quality K-12 education. As such, Education Week is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. EdWeek is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.

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Education Week will not be able to sponsor applicants for work visas.