• Data Sciences
• Chicago, Illinois
• Starcom
• Entry
• Hybrid
• 8/22/2025
• 118632
• 25-8789
  Company description
  With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day, we this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world’s leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellogg Company, McDonald’s, Novartis, Samsung, Visa and more.
  Overview
  Starcom Ad Tech is the heart of digital advertising here at Starcom. Ad Tech continues to grow because we are experts in the art of trafficking digital ad campaigns, skilled at fighting ad fraud, and outstanding optimizers. We are looking for individuals who love tech, are intellectually curious, can work well with others and on their own, and prefer proactive over reactive.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of experience in digital media (agency or publisher side)
• A passion and/or skill for training and development, as the role involves both doing your work and supporting others on the team in their pursuit of excellence
• Experience with digital platforms –knows the ins-and-outs of second-and third-party vendors, ad servers of all stripes (display, video, social, mobile), Tag Management Systems (GTM, TagMan, Signal, etc.), and/or VVF vendors (viewability, verification, and fraud prevention)
• Starcom clients are primarily DCM users, but if you know Sizmek or Atlas, or another similar ad server, please tell us. Also don’t be shy about your expertise with floodlights, rich media, etc.
• Knowledge/experience with the Doubleclick Digital Marketing suite (DDM) and/or Google 360 suite helps
• Skills in QA’ing ad tags and conversion tags in a browser environment or tag diagnostic tool are pretty key
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel (it’s all about filtering and pivoting)
  Additional information
  Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
  The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
  Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  Tuition Assistance
  Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  Matching Gifts programs
  Flexible working arrangements
  ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
  Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
  The benefits offerings listed are available to U.S. based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
  Compensation Range: $54,910 - $75,915 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/03/2025.
  If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.
  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
  

  LI-YM1

• Support the Associate Director and Supervisor on campaign execution and process evolution.
• Support the media and creative teams to activate digital campaigns (display, video, social, mobile, and programmatic)
• Co-lead strategic conversations with client and media teams around technology integrations that can improve efficiency, range or quality of data, or support new media
• Support Associates in the basic aspects of the trafficking process, including connecting placements to creatives, setting up consistent configurations, and collecting clean data. Lead the more complex aspects of trafficking, including Floodlight tags, DMP integrations, network upgrades, and more
• Lead conversations with the media team on ways to work faster and smarter.
• Collaborate with Ad Tech Managers on process to prevent errors, to ensure consistency, to create a bomb-proof QA checklist
• Collaborate with vendors on behalf of creative agencies when troubleshooting is required
• Become a Subject Matter Expert on any number of technologies; keep yourself and the team up to date on the ever-evolving media landscape through regular research and writing POVs
• You may work across multiple clients, in which case we want you to share the best practices of each with the rest of the group in order to improve our output and standardize our work