Performance Manager

Satellite Office

Performance Manager handling Programmatic, Paid Social, and Paid Search campaigns for News Xtend Digital Trading team. Collaborating with various internal teams to deliver optimal campaign performance.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇺 AustraliaJuniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute bid and buy strategies primarily across a combination of paid social, search, and programmatic mobile, video and display channels, adhering to News Xtend’s client performance and pricing guidelines;
Generate and implement tracking tags through tag management solutions (i.e. Google Tag Manager);
Tailor campaign solutions and channels to individual client needs;
Ensure full delivery and performance standards of advertising campaigns are met;
Recommend opportunities for improvement in bid and buy strategies;
Adhere to the appropriate SLA's during daily activities;
Communicate with your Team Lead on process and analytics improvement opportunities;
Produce robust post-campaign analysis by utilising data via DSP tools, as required;
Clearly demonstrate, using data, how News Xtend’s bid and buy strategies improved performance;
Provide recommendations to improve upon weekly and monthly performance reports;
Offer technical support, troubleshoot underperforming or under delivering campaigns and discrepancies;
Provide excellent customer service and support to strengthen client relationships and meet retention goals;
Identify and justify budget scaling and upsell opportunities;
Work towards the overall News Xtend and News Corp Australia digital revenue targets.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 1 year of experience working across Paid Social, Search and/or Programmatic buying platforms.
Must have in-platform execution experience managing campaigns and making decisions (preferably The Trade Desk, Facebook Ads Manager and/or Google Ads as a minimum).
Effectively allocate time to create the most value for clients, with a high level of attention to detail;
Be organised and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, time management is crucial for a Trader;
Be charismatic, direct and proactive with the ability to build credibility internally and externally;
Have ability to make data lead decisions while articulating information in a concise and compelling manor;
Be proactive and engage with your team members, have a ‘can do’, positive and flexible attitude;
Excellent listening skills to understand our clients and other teams requirements;
Take ownership of your day-to-day;
Excellent written and verbal skills - you need to have the ability to articulate information in a concise and compelling manner;
Understanding of reporting and data visualisation tools.
Strong numeracy skills
Frequent use of MS Office tools, primary Excel.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Collaborative environment
Exposure to multiple channels and platforms.
Opportunity to innovate, challenge the norm and pioneer the way forward.
Variety of work where no two days are the same.
Exposure to global operations and networks.
Make a difference as part of Australia’s most influential media organisation.
Learn advanced trading techniques from senior specialists.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Paid SocialSearchProgrammatic buyingCampaign managementData analysisTracking tagsDSP toolsReportingData visualizationNumeracy

Soft Skills

Attention to detailTime managementOrganizational skillsCharismaProactivityCommunicationListening skillsOwnershipFlexibilityTeam collaboration