Division: Digital Sales
Work Status: Full Time (Hybrid)
Location: Toronto, ON
About the Role:
The Programmatic Account Manager will be the key point of contact for programmatic guaranteed ad sales. You will work closely alongside linear and digital teams focused on programmatic ad revenue across the full Corus portfolio, as well as supporting agency initiatives with SSP partners and internal sales teams. You will develop and foster existing trade desk relationships, identify new business opportunities and provide innovative solutions for programmatic partners.
You will contribute by:
- Drive programmatic ad sales via agency trade desks, client direct, and platform sales teams to achieve/exceed programmatic revenue targets.
- Lead strategic ad sales and innovative solutions conversations with agencies, client direct teams, to identify and develop new/existing business opportunities.
- Assess client KPIs, consider Corus value proposition & opportunities to provide strategic programmatic sales offering cross platform.
- Knowledgeable regarding programmatic ecosystem, ad serving, data segmentation, technical infrastructure, and data ad sales with proven experience in driving business across agency trade desks, platform partners and client direct teams.
- Develop a high-level understanding of Corus’s programmatic ad tech stack, including SSP capabilities, hierarchy, functionality and programmatic strategy using multi-platform market offering.
- Point of contact for all programmatic ad sales support across agency and platform partners including setup of programmatic guaranteed campaigns within all platform channels, maintaining agency and client direct rates.
- Work collaboratively across all business lines including linear and digital sales, tempo, and revenue management to provide a holistic business view, align ad opportunities, and solutions fit well with programmatic sales.
- Accurately forecast agency trade desk/territory performance, track and provide sales pipeline opportunities as well as complete territory analysis to Director of Programmatic Sales and Business Development.
- Identify, provide and present information and recommendations for linear optimization based on learnings acquired in digital programmatic.
- Understanding of Corus Privacy, Site Terms of Use, IAB Standards, Google Analytics, CASL and understanding of ad standards. - Include i-gaming, Kids Advertising, and Cannabis ad requirement guidelines.
- Keep up to date with general digital and programmatic industry trends and performance of all Corus digital brands.
Skills and experience you will bring:
- 5 years (min) experience in Digital Sales. Direct or PG Video/Display/Data, Audio, Programmatic, and new business opportunities.
- Demonstrated experience in proactively developing and presenting digital media concepts with a focus on strategic programmatic ad sales.
- Knowledgeable in the digital advertising landscape, specifically ad serving and related technologies: brand safety, viewability, measurement pixels and other common 3rd party verification systems (IAS, MOAT, DV).
- Experience and working knowledge with multiple digital platforms, ad exchanges, ad networks: DSPs, SSPs, DMPs. High-level understanding of platform technical capabilities and programmatic industry solutions is required. Thorough understanding of third-party verification vendors, video, display, audio, and mobile assets. Understanding tag structure is an asset.
- Working knowledge of Google Ad Manager UI, proposal creation and workflow, reporting module is required. Understanding AdBook is an asset.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with a heavy workload.
- Strong work ethic with clear leadership, ownership, and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional MS Office understanding (especially PowerPoint)
- Solid organizational, planning, problem solving, time management and analytical skills.
- Detail oriented, positive, proactive approach to work.
- Effective communication and listening skills.
- Proven ability to work directly with clients as well as internal stakeholders across multiple teams.
Application Deadline: October 20, 2026
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We appreciate the interest of all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in digital sales, including direct or programmatic video, display, data, audio, or new business opportunities.
- Experience developing and presenting digital media concepts focused on strategic programmatic advertising sales.
- Knowledge of digital advertising, ad serving, brand safety, viewability, measurement pixels, and third-party verification systems.
- Experience with DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, ad exchanges, ad networks, and programmatic industry solutions.
- Understanding of video, display, audio, mobile assets, and third-party verification vendors.
- Working knowledge of Google Ad Manager user interface, proposal creation, workflows, and reporting.
- Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, organizational, planning, problem-solving, time-management, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work directly with clients and internal stakeholders across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Understanding of tag structure.
- Understanding of AdBook.
- Exceptional Microsoft Office knowledge, especially PowerPoint.
- Understanding of privacy requirements, IAB standards, CASL, ad standards, and i-gaming, kids advertising, and cannabis advertising guidelines.
What We Do
Corus is Canada’s leading pure play media and content company, developing and delivering high-quality content and brands across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 35 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of digital assets, animation software, technology and media services. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY®, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX. Corus is an established creator of globally distributed content through Nelvana animation studio, Corus Studios, and children’s book publishing house Kids Can Press. Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content with a stable of globally renowned brands that focus on comedies, preschool and boys action series and ancillary consumer products programs. Established in 2015, Corus Studios is a premium content studio that develops, produces and distributes a wide array of original lifestyle, unscripted and factual content globally. Toon Boom Animation’s award-winning software is the global standard for 2D animation and storyboarding providing the artistic freedom to create in any style and efficiently publish anywhere. Kids Can Press is the largest Canadian-owned children’s publisher with a catalog of over 700 picture books, nonfiction and fiction titles for children and young adults. Corus also owns innovative full-service social digital agency so.da, and in 2019, extended its reach to millennials through new and ongoing partnerships with Complex and Twitter, expansion into short-form content with so.da originals and the acquisition of Kin.
