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# Trading Specialist at TripleLift 

- **Company:** TripleLift 
- **Location:** Chicago IL, United States
- **Compensation:** $60k–$80k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://triplelift.com/careers-posts/?gh_jid=8125897

## Job description

## About TripleLift

We're TripleLift, an advertising platform on a mission to elevate digital advertising through beautiful creative, quality publishers, actionable data and smart targeting. Through over 1 trillion monthly ad transactions, we help publishers and platforms monetize their businesses. Our technology is where the world's leading brands find audiences across online video, connected television, display and native ads. Brand and enterprise customers choose us because of our innovative solutions, premium formats, and supportive experts dedicated to maximizing their performance.

As part of the Vista Equity Partners portfolio, we are NMSDC certified, qualify for diverse spending goals and are committed to economic inclusion. Find out how TripleLift raises up the programmatic ecosystem at[triplelift.com](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3665616-1&h=429054733&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftriplelift.com%2F&a=%C2%A0triplelift.com).

## Overview

TripleLift is seeking a detail-oriented and client-focused Trading Specialist to support the activation and ongoing success of our advertiser partners. As part of our Demand team, you’ll serve as the primary technical operational contact for clients, ensuring campaigns are set up correctly, tags are QAd, performance is monitored, and issues are resolved quickly.

This role is client-facing, requiring a mix of technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and strong communication. The ideal candidate is comfortable working directly with advertisers, agencies, and trading desks to troubleshoot issues, validate campaign details, and deliver seamless activations that drive results.

## Key Responsibilities

- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts, building strong relationships with their operational & technical teams.
- Provide consultative activation support for advertiser and agency partners for all TripleLift formats across all integrated DSPs.
- Monitor campaigns to ensure successful performance, delivery and pacing; proactively flag risks or opportunities for optimization & upsells.
- Ownership of end-to-end troubleshooting from campaign and creative setup, discrepancy resolution, and exchange-level technical issues.
- Is the first line of support for technical, operational, and product-related client questions.
- Internally partner with product & engineering teams to provide feedback on tooling as well as resolve product gaps and issues.
- Be the technical & operational stakeholder on presentations with clients, is comfortable presenting and speaking to data, technical and functionality related questions from advertisers.
- Become a TripleLift expert who can consult and educate clients on TripleLift’s products and external facing tools, inclusive of providing tooling demos, new product updates and best practices.
- Utilize Excel, Google Sheets and other advanced analytics tools, such as Omni to analyze large sets of data and create actionable insights.
- Build custom dashboards and proactively monitor data to identify liquidity blockers or campaign issues.

## Qualifications

- Minimum of 3 years of experience in ad operations, campaign management, or programmatic trading (SSP, DSP, Exchange, or agency-side).
- Previous experience in various DSPs required.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot delivery and technical issues.
- Strong time management skills, able to meet deadlines and prioritize as needed.
- Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets; experience with trafficking, QA, or reporting tools a plus.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
- Strong communication and client-facing skills; able to simplify technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity with the programmatic ecosystem (DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, tracking solutions).
- Basic SQL knowledge or willingness to learn SQL is highly preferred.
- Highly organized and process-driven with a bias toward execution and accountability.

US Jobs: The base salary range represents the low and high end of the TripleLift US salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of TripleLift’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include bonuses, an open Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

Pay is based on various non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to experience, education, and skills.

Benefits Available to Eligible Employees Include the following*:

- Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- Flexible PTO
- 401k w/ employer match

*Full-time employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits (subject to the terms of applicable plans/policies/agreements, which will be made available to you after commencing employment).

Salary range transparency $60,000—$80,000 USD

Life at TripleLift

At TripleLift, we’re a team of great people who like who they work with and want to make everyone around them better. This means being positive, collaborative, and compassionate. We hustle harder than the competition and are continuously innovating.

Learn more about TripleLift and our culture by visiting our [LinkedIn Life page.](https://www.linkedin.com/company/triplelift/life/tripleliftdei/?viewAsMember=true)

Establishing People, Culture and Community Initiatives

At TripleLift, we are committed to building a culture where people feel connected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We invest in our people and foster a workplace that encourages curiosity, celebrates shared values, and promotes meaningful connections across teams and communities. We want to ensure the best talent of every background, viewpoint, and experience has an opportunity to be hired, belong, and develop at TripleLift. Through our People, Culture, and Community initiatives, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and feel a true sense of belonging.

Privacy Policy

Please see our Privacy Policies on our [TripleLift](https://triplelift.com/privacy/) and [1plusX](https://www.1plusx.com/privacy-policy/) websites.

TripleLift does not accept unsolicited resumes from any type of recruitment search firm. Any resume submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will become the property of TripleLift and no fee shall be due.

## About TripleLift 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: TripleLift is a creative supply-side platform (SSP) that orchestrates data, creative, and supply to help brands move from buying impressions to engineering measurable advertising impact.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (founder names are not listed on the company’s official site or in the provided sources)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Technology (AdTech)
- **Target customers**: B2B – publishers (supply side) and brands/advertisers (demand side)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Impact by Design” – every impression has the potential to deliver impact when creative, data, supply, and measurement are designed intentionally to work together from the start.

## Products & Services
- **Creative SSP**: The core platform that connects data, creative, and supply into one coordinated system for omnichannel advertising.
- **TL Spark**: An intelligence layer that connects every signal across campaigns and continuously improves advertising performance.
- **Supply & Curation**: Tools for publishers to unlock the full impact of their inventory while elevating the user experience.
- **Measurement**: Solutions that track attention, perception, and outcomes – including brand lift in CTV, purchase intent in retail media, and ad recall benchmarks.
- **Optimization**: Features that reduce waste (50%+ reduction claimed) and improve conversion rates.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not publicly available; total funding not disclosed
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 350+ employees (335 according to Built In)
  - 6 global offices across 4 continents
  - Reported performance metrics: 3.6x ROI (Forrester TEI study), 272% increase in purchase intent for retail media, 7.9x brand lift in CTV, 50%+ waste reduction
  - Strong presence in native advertising, now evolved to full omnichannel coverage

## Competitive Advantages
- **Creative-first approach**: Built on innovative ad formats starting with native, now spanning all channels.
- **Orchestration layer**: TL Spark coordinates creative, curation, audience, and measurement as one system rather than siloed point solutions.
- **First-party publisher data focus**: Future-forward data strategy built around publisher first-party data, making it privacy-compliant and scalable.
- **Proven results**: Case studies and third-party studies (Forrester) show significant lifts in attention, brand perception, and conversion.

## Strategic Focus
- **Orchestration era**: Moving beyond simple impression delivery to engineering impact through coordinated systems.
- **Retail media & CTV**: Key growth areas where TripleLift claims strong performance (purchase intent, brand lift).
- **Continuous innovation**: Emphasis on learning and adapting to a dynamic ecosystem, with a founder’s mentality across the organization.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values include “Win as a Team,” “Learn & Grow,” “Embrace & Drive Change,” “Operate with a Founder’s Mentality,” and “Own Your Piece, Know the Puzzle.”
- **Learning & Development**: Annual learning stipend, coaching/mentoring opportunities, internal rotation programs.
- **Work-Life Balance**: Paid time off, leave options, and a 5-year sabbatical (1 month).
- **Wellness**: Headspace subscription, mental wellbeing support, physical care, financial advice, paid parental leave.
- **Health Benefits**: Competitive medical, dental, vision; company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site), with in-office locations in New York and other global offices.
- **Community**: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), monthly Lift Lab sessions, events, and company-wide Pulse meetings to stay connected.
- **Tenure Celebrations**: 5-year anniversary includes a 1-month sabbatical.

## Sources
1. [triplelift.com](https://triplelift.com/)
2. [triplelift.com/careers/](https://triplelift.com/careers/)
3. [triplelift.com/about/](https://triplelift.com/about/)
4. [triplelift.com/careers-posts/](https://triplelift.com/careers-posts/)
5. [builtin.com/company/triplelift](https://builtin.com/company/triplelift)

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