Ad Ops Engineer

About sportsYou

sportsYou is the #1 communications platform for high school athletics, reaching 3.5M monthly active users across student-athletes, parents, coaches, and administrators nationwide. We recently opened our doors to brand partners, and are seeking a motivated individual to support the continued growth of our partnerships business.

About the Role

This role sits at the intersection of platform development and campaign execution. You'll own the back end of our brand partnerships business: building and improving the ad platform, setting up campaigns, managing delivery, and producing reports. Every platform improvement you drive directly reduces operational overhead and improves what we can offer clients. This is the foundation that enables the rest of the business to sell and service more effectively.

What You'll Do

Platform Development

Work directly with the product and engineering teams to design, build, and ship platform enhancements for the ad businessTranslate real campaign pain points into technical requirements and implement solutions (e.g., multi-geography campaign setup, consolidated reporting, pacing controls, sponsored post view thresholds)QA new features against live campaign needs before rolloutCampaign Execution

Set up, execute, and monitor advertising campaigns within the sportsYou platformManage impression pacing and delivery oversight across all active campaigns, ensuring proper weekly scheduling to prevent over- or under-deliveryBuild and deliver mid- and post-campaign reports as directed by clientsOperational Infrastructure

Build and maintain reporting templates, campaign setup workflows, and delivery tracking systemsIdentify and eliminate manual processes that consume time better spent on growthDocument standard operating procedures for campaign operations as the team scalesWhat We're Looking For

3+ years in ad operations, campaign management, or digital advertising platform developmentTechnical skills: being able to utilize available tools to create reporting dashboardsExperience working alongside or embedded within a product/engineering teamFamiliarity with CPM-based advertising, impression delivery, pacing, and standard media reportingAbility to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously without dropping detailsExperience with ad servers, campaign management platforms, or advertising APIs is a plusSelf-starter who thrives in a lean environment where you build the playbook as you goExperience in youth sports, education, or family-focused media is a plusWhy sportsYou

Ground-floor opportunity to build the operational and technical backbone of an advertising business with proven product-market fitDirect influence over the platform and how it evolves to serve brand partnersA mission that matters: connecting brands with families through the communities they care about most, while providing an essential service to High School families that enhances their sports experience