Media Supervisor-Programmatic

Role summary

Media Supervisor-Programmatic is a full-time role at Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V in Chicago, Illinois, United States (hybrid). Posted 2026-10-13. Salary: USD 75,050–106,353 per year. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

Media Supervisor-Programmatic

Company

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Work arrangement

hybrid

Employment type

full-time

Category

Software Engineering

Salary

USD 75,050–106,353 per year

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-10-13

Job description

Company Description

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Overview

The Media (Programmatic) Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day execution, optimization, and performance of programmatic digital media campaigns across channels such as display, online video, CTV, audio, native, and emerging digital formats. This role serves as a key campaign lead, helping translate client objectives into strong programmatic media recommendations and ensuring campaigns are set up, managed, monitored, and optimized to deliver against business goals. The Supervisor will work hands-on within DSPs such as The Trade Desk, DV360, Yahoo DSP, Amazon DSP, or similar platforms, while also guiding junior team members through campaign setup, QA, pacing, reporting, troubleshooting, and optimization best practices.

This individual will partner closely with internal strategy, analytics, ad operations, account, and creative teams to ensure programmatic plans are executed accurately and efficiently. The Programmatic Supervisor is expected to understand campaign performance, identify trends, surface insights, and provide clear recommendations that improve media effectiveness. They should be comfortable managing multiple campaigns or workstreams at once, communicating with internal stakeholders and platform partners, and helping simplify complex programmatic concepts for broader teams or clients.

In addition to campaign management, the Programmatic Supervisor plays an important role in training, mentoring, and supporting coordinators and other junior team members. This role requires strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to both campaign performance and team operations. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in programmatic buying, hands-on platform experience, and the ability to balance executional oversight with strategic thinking as they help drive high-quality work across the team.

Please note: This is a hybrid schedule requiring of 4 days/week on average in office. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

Manage junior team member/s responsible for the client's media buys in the DSPs

Direct the execution of programmatic deliverables to meet/exceed expectations

Solid knowledge of the programmatic landscape – system setups on both DSPs, SSPs, publishers, etc.

Develop, grow, and maintain relationships through exceptional client service

Contribute to creation of action plans for achieving and measuring digital media success, including optimization strategies to achieve key KPIs

Advocate for the value of programmatic by educating clients, partners and internal teams on the latest tech/data advancements and capabilities in this quickly evolving space

Provide direction as needed for improving campaign performance through optimization and/or implementing new features and strategies

Create and deliver presentations to both clients and internal teams showcasing campaign strategy and performance results

Develop points of view on new technologies, trends, and opportunities in the automated digital media landscape

Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem-solving and intervention when necessary

Partner with analytics team on campaign measurement reporting and insights generation

Lead regular insight meetings with clients detailing performance, campaign optimizations, and new opportunities

Work with media partners to ensure accurate platform implementation

Lead and assist in coaching, managing, and educating a team of coordinators and planners

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred, preferably in marketing, advertising, business, engineering, statistics, economics, sociology, or equivalent

5+ years of directly related experience in the programmatic media space

2+ years of experience managing a team

Working knowledge in technologies such as The Trade Desk, DoubleClick Bid Manager, TTD, AOP, AAP and Facebook and Twitter APIs

Strong leadership skills and professionalism and be comfortable presenting ideas to senior client management

Possess strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret campaign performance data and provide insights and optimization recommendations

Understanding of traditional and interactive media planning elements

Resourceful, curious, and motivated individual with an ability to work independently as well as in a team setting

Strong analytics, organizational, and communication skills

Strong client facing experience with the ability to identify risks and effectively manage through issues

Strong project management skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with intermediate to advanced understanding of Excel

Additional Information

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