Enter a job title or keyword

Senior Activation Manager

U.S.


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 85000 - 95000
Posted: 28 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 26 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Agency:

Critical Mass

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Media Activation



Job Description:

ArtBot (part of Critical Mass) are currently looking for a Senior Creative Engineer to come and our fast growing Creative Activation team. Artbot offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of creative technology dynamic advertising and scalable creative activation. Youll join a collaborative and forward-thinking team working across globalbrands emerging platforms and evolving technologies - helping shape thefuture of personalised advertising and creative automation.

We value curiosity innovation collaboration and continuous learning and werecommitted to creating an environment where talented people can growexperiment and make meaningful impact.

This role sits at the intersection of creative operations marketing technology automation and digital activation. You will lead the technical activation and delivery of dynamic creative campaigns across multiple platforms and channels at ArtBot.

You will work closely with media teams strategists analysts creativesdevelopers and platform partners to build activate and optimise personalized advertising experiences for some of the worlds leading brands. As a senior member of the department you will also help mentor and support junior team members driving operational best practice and helping evolve the teams technical capabilities. The ideal candidate is highly organised technically curious and excited by the evolving landscape of creative technology automation and AI-assistedworkflows.

The Creative Activation team sits at the centre of campaign execution creative technology and operational excellence at ArtBot. The team is responsible for activating and scaling dynamic creative campaigns across multiple digital platforms ensuring campaigns are delivered accurately efficiently and with performance in mind.

You will:

Campaign Activation & Delivery.

Lead the activation and delivery of dynamic creative campaigns acrossdisplay video social CTV retail media and emerging channels
Configure and manage campaign setups across various ad servers socialchannels creative management platforms and proprietary systems
Manage large scale creative variations data feeds and audience drivenmessaging frameworks
Ensure campaigns are delivered accurately efficiently and to a consistentlyhigh standard

Creative Technology & Automation.

Identify opportunities to improve operational workflows through automationand scalable processes
Support the development and implementation of workflow optimisationinitiatives
Collaborate with product and development teams to improve activation toolstemplates and systems
Contribute to the adoption of AI-assisted workflows and emerging creativetechnologies where appropriate

Quality Assurance & Troubleshooting.

Maintain a strong right first time approach to campaign activation and QA
Troubleshoot technical issues across creative builds feeds platforms andcampaign delivery environments
Develop and maintain activation documentation processes and best practices

Team Leadership & Collaboration.

Mentor and support junior team members
Foster a collaborative solutions focused team culture
Work cross functionally with accounts strategy analytics creative anddevelopment teams to deliver integrated campaign solutions

Client & Stakeholder Partnership.

Act as a trusted technical and operational lead for key clients and internalstakeholders
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Support ongoing innovation experimentation and performance optimisationinitiatives
Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution

You have:

3 years experience in activation ad operations campaign managementcreative operations or marketing technology
Strong understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem includingprogrammatic social and video platforms
Experience within DCO alongside creative management platforms adservers or DSPs
Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability tomanage multiple campaigns and stakeholders simultaneously
Comfortable working with structured data campaign feeds and large-scalecreative variations
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Strong attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence
Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members
Confident communication skills across both technical and non-technicalaudiences
Curiosity around automation emerging technologies and AI-assistedworkflows

Advantageous

Knowledge of HTML5 CSS and JavaScript
Experience with APIs feed-based workflows or workflow automation tools
Familiarity with creative production pipelines and scalable content operations
Experience working across display OLV CTV retail media or commercemedia channels
Understanding of audience segmentation tagging and personalisationframeworks
Experience collaborating with product engineering or platform developmentteams
Familiarity with experimentation methodologies and creative performance optimization $85000 - $95000 USD

Omnicoms policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time and many of our agencies as well as Omnicoms corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.


Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed and were focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join uswe look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.


Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: US Job Seekers:


It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race religion color ethnic origin gender gender identity age marital status veteran status sexual orientation disability or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal state or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.


Required Experience:

Manager


About Company

We are MRM. We connect tech, data, creative, and strategy to build enduring relationships that foster long-term growth. And we can help you do it too.

View Profile View Profile