Media Operations Specialist

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlaceYour role at Clorox:The Media Operations Specialist is an independent operator who owns and continuously improves the end-to-end media operations program for the Cleaning portfolio. This role drives in-market execution, optimization, and governance across campaigns, budgets, and creative workflows.The Specialist owns creative planning, tracking and documentation, ensuring the right content reaches the right end customer and retailers. This role is the QA gate that keeps the BE/BX media engine clean as it scales. Additionally, this role establishes best practices, connects cross-functional partners, and ensures disciplined, zero-defect execution at scale. The role requires strong judgment to independently prioritize, identify inefficiencies, and introduce process improvements that materially impact media performance and operational efficiency.In this role, you will:-In descending order of importance:Campaign management and execution. Maintain and own live media plans from launch- manage pacing reports, reallocations, and value-added workflows (added-value units, bonus impressions, makegoods). Oversee campaign optimizations and budget updates.Own the end-to-end creative operations framework, including tracking, trafficking, rights management, and documentation. Establish and enforce naming conventions, QA protocols, and audience-to-creative mapping standards across teams and partners. Ensuring the right content reaches the right end customer/retailers. Continuously evaluate workflows, identify inefficiencies, and design scalable solutions that improve speed, accuracy, and performance across the media ecosystem.Oversee campaign set up across Programmatic, Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads, and others. QA placements, creatives, audiences, and tracking pixels. Serve as the final escalation point for trafficking and QA issues, providing guidance and resolving complex execution challenges across teams and platforms.Manage vendor relationships. Evaluate new media opportunities that help deliver Clorox business and marketing objectives. Lead execution of larger partnerships from initial concepting to evaluating performance. Budgeting and financial management. Mange internal budget tracking and optimizations. Responsible for communicating budget updates to agencies and tracking spend across internal and external budget management systems.Generate campaign optimizations based on insights. Work with Analytics, Brand, Insights and agencies to analyze consumer research, competitive data and media performance. Generate inputs and insights into performance reports and make optimization recommendations.What we look for:3-6 years of hands-on media operations, ad trafficking, or campaign management experience — agency, publisher, retail media network, or in-house brand.Demonstrated experience with DSPs, social platforms and/or managed service media buys. Retail Media experience preferred (Amazon, Walmart, Target).Skills and Abilities:Ad trafficking platforms — expert hands-on: Google Campaign Manager 360 (CM360), Google Ad Manager (GAM), Display & Video 360 (DV360), Search Ads 360 (SA360).Retailer ad servers and self-service consoles: Amazon Ads Console + DSP, Walmart Connect, Target Roundel, Instacart Ads, Criteo.Social ad managers: Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, Pinterest, Snap, Reddit Ads.QA workflows: ad-spec validation, third-party tag testing (Charles Proxy, browser dev tools), pre-launch checklists, post-launch validation.Privacy compliance literacy: GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, consent-mode tagging.Excel/Sheets fluency for pacing reports and reconciliation; bonus for SQL or Looker Studio.Naming-convention and taxonomy discipline; documentation rigor.AI-native ways of working: comfort using AI assistants for trafficking checklists, anomaly detection, and SOP drafting.Strong written communicator able to escalate clearly and quickly to the Senior Manager.Calm under launch-day pressure; bias to checklists and zero-defect execution.Workplace type:Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.[U.S.]Additional Information:At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more. We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area. -–Zone A: $109,400 - $210,000–Zone B: $100,300 - $192,500–Zone C: $91,200 - $175,000All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.Please apply directly to our job postings and do not submit your resume to any person via text message. Clorox does not conduct text-based interviews and encourages you to be cautious of anyone posing as a Clorox recruiter via unsolicited texts during these uncertain times.To all recruitment agencies: Clorox (and its brand families) does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Clorox employees, including any members of our leadership team. Clorox is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.SummaryLocation: Oakland, CA - USAType: Full time