Operations Analyst (Paid Media) in Manchester

Realtime is looking for a self-starting Operations Analyst who is eager to learn and leverage proprietary AI tools for the purposes of paid media trafficking, optimization, and reporting across search and social channels. As an Ops Analyst, you’ll have the chance to refine your skills and expertise in digital advertising channels, while also tapping into best-in-class AI tools with direct access to the engineering teams building and improving them every day.

If you are someone who is not afraid to lean into the frontier of AI capabilities in the advertising space and want to take part in building high-scale, highly-sophisticated ads programs – this is the role for you.

• Campaign Trafficking & Execution
  • Build, traffic, and launch paid campaigns across, ensuring every campaign goes live on time, on budget, and to spec.
  • Execute campaign setup including audience targeting, creative assignment, bid strategy configuration, and naming conventions in accordance with team standards.
  • Perform thorough pre-launch QA to ensure tracking, creative, and targeting are correctly implemented across all campaigns and ad sets.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date budget pacing, campaign structure, and account organization across all active accounts.
• Optimization & Performance
  • Monitor campaign performance on a daily basis, flagging anomalies and opportunities to the Social Lead and recommending optimization actions.
  • Execute in-platform optimizations including bid adjustments, audience refinements, budget reallocation, and creative rotations based on performance data.
  • Support the build and execution of A/B tests, documenting results clearly and contributing to the team’s broader test-and-learn culture.
  • Assist with campaign troubleshooting across tracking, delivery, and creative issues, escalating as needed.
• Reporting & Analysis
  • Pull, compile, and format regular performance reports across assigned campaigns and accounts, surfacing key trends and insights for internal stakeholders.
  • Maintain accuracy and consistency of reporting data, supporting the team’s broader analytics and measurement workflows.
  • Develop a working understanding of attribution fundamentals, UTM structures, and platform-native measurement tools.
  • Contribute to weekly and monthly performance recaps, learning to translate data into clear, actionable narrative.
• AI Utilization and Tooling
  • Leverage Realtime’s proprietary AI tools to their fullest capabilities, and build processes, workflows, and connections for the purposes of improving and streamlining campaign trafficking, optimization, and reporting at scale.
  • Work alongside the AI engineering teams to provide product feedback, recommend new features and products, and further improve the tech stack to maintain best-in-class position.

• 1–2 years of hands-on experience in paid social and/or search advertising, whether through an agency, in-house role, or academic/freelance context — a genuine eagerness to learn is just as important as experience.
• A data-first mindset — you’re comfortable in spreadsheets, attentive to detail, and naturally drawn to understanding what’s behind the numbers.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and accounts simultaneously without things slipping.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize performance data in a way that makes sense to non-specialists.
• A working understanding of tracking and measurement fundamentals (UTM tagging, pixel setup, Google Analytics) is a plus.
• Platform certifications (Meta Blueprint, TikTok Ads, etc.) are a plus but not required.
• A genuine passion for digital marketing, social media, and continuous learning — you follow the platforms and care about getting better.

Realtime is a global challenger agency that uses tech, innovation, and agility to out-punch the incumbents and bring real, effective change to the brands with which we work. Our motto is simple; “build cool s*** that wows”. To accomplish that, we lead the way with full-funnel strategic thinking, AI-backed advertising technology, and award-winning measurement strategies that take our brand partners to the next level. Realtime is built for the AI era, and is backed by Pixis – the industry leader in AI advertising and creative tech that is trusted by thousands of brands and agencies globally. As part of the Pixis team, Realtime is the first-mover on the latest and greatest in AI adtech products and testing – and we take those advancements directly to our clients. As part of the Realtime and Pixis team, candidates exploring opportunities with Realtime should expect to find a dynamic, uniquely positioned, and future-oriented organization that loves our people just as much as our clients.