MTV Networks

Position: Product Manager, Digital Advertising Sales

Division: MTV

Location: New York, NY

 

Description:

Are you a high-energy and super-organized digital product manager with the left brain/right brain chops to balance the ad product needs of advertisers, consumers, and business stakeholders? Have you defined product requirements, generated feature roadmaps, and managed product development projects for a leading digital media or entertainment company? Is your acronym dictionary loaded-up with terms like DFP, VAST, OPA, XML and WAP? Do you have a deep, geek-like love for product analytics and the ability to generate actionable insights?

 

If so, here’s what you could be doing every day:

-Own the product suite and specifications for display and video advertising products across all MTV Networks digital properties – web and mobile.

-Collect and define product/feature requirements that reflect business objectives for new ad products or enhancements to existing ad products.

-Participate in the development of ad product strategy and roadmaps across all MTV Networks digital properties.

-Drive new product development approval processes with key stakeholders.

-Manage ad product development processes across cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment, and ensure that projects are completed on time, on budget and on spec.

-Ensure the quality of our ad products by working with internal technology and site teams to develop QA test cases, participate in QA, and track feature bugs.

-Develop success metrics for each ad product, and follow-up with post-mortem analysis of product hits and misses.

-Perform ongoing analysis of ad product performance and compare to success metrics. Develop actionable insights and recommendations for key stakeholders.

 

What you bring to the role in your professional toolkit:

-4-5 years consumer-focused digital product development experience, including significant exposure to digital video products.

-Strong technical, creative and business acumen.

-Extensive knowledge of digital adserving and rich media technologies (DFP, Atlas, Eyeblaster, Pointroll, Eyewonder, Unicast, etc).

-Functional understanding of web development and scripting languages (e.g., HTML, XML, Javascript, ActionScript).

-Not afraid to get your hands dirty and do whatever is necessary to get the job done.

-Excellent communication and relationship skills with all levels of executives, management, administrative staff; outstanding presentation & speaking skills.

-Outstanding attention to detail and organizational abilities, ability to troubleshoot and provide guidance and solutions for product development plans.

-Strong interest and knowledge of the digital advertising and digital media industries.

-Proficient in Excel, MS Project, Visio, Photoshop, Flash, PowerPoint, web-centric debugging products.

-Strong desire to work in a fun, dynamic, and surprisingly entrepreneurial environment.

-Bachelor degree.

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