Brainlabs is the independent, founder-led agency building the future of media. We have over 1000 Brainlabbers based across the global, all united through the 12 principles laid out in our Culture Code. We're full-service, with people and AI agents working side by side, all aligned to one thing: maximizing our clients' revenue through a genuinely scientific approach to media. If you want to help play your part in achieving this for the world's biggest brands in an environment that will support and challenge you in equal measure, this is where you do it.
Team: Programmatic Practice
Reporting to: Associate Director, Programmatic
Estimated Start: August 2026
Location: New York City, New York | Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas | Boca Raton, Florida | Los Angeles, California
Compensation: We hire candidates across our US office locations and at varying levels of experience. Our posted salary ranges reflect differences in both location and experience, with final compensation determined once a candidate’s background and location are confirmed.
Work Authorization: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or continuation for this position.
What's the role
As a Manager your focus is delivering high-quality, best-in-class work for clients within the Programmatic Practice.
So, tell me about the company
Brainlabs is culture-first. You’ve probably heard other companies describe themselves as people, clients, or profit first – but we see people, clients and profit as the building blocks of our ecosystem. Culture powers all three and we know that when the ecosystem is balanced, we all win! That's why the culture we cultivate is a culture of winning together.
To learn more about what it’s like to be a Brainlabber, check out our culture code.
- Using your knowledge to deliver brilliant campaigns that outperform KPIs, to budget and on-time. Follow all best practice and QA processes.
- Deliver highly insightful reporting on campaign performance with a good understanding of how this connects to other practices.
- You’ll be an advocate for the practice with Associates and help to grow knowledge and skills across this population. You will also start to build your knowledge of other practices.
- Develop ideas for process improvements, innovation and automation that drive measurable impact for your client or practice.
- Have regular exposure to clients and develop your presentation skills.
- 2+ months of successful experience delivering activation for clients in a practice.
- Experience in creating programmatic campaigns
- Experience in DV360
- Passionate about growing your career in marketing and the knowledge of others around you.
- Demonstrable skills in strategy, innovation, and client management.
- A good understanding about how other channels work and optimise together.
- A confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator with excellent presentation skills.
- Advancing data analysis and storytelling skills.
- Someone with strong attention to detail, who is methodical and process orientated and has demonstrated a very high quality of work.
- You will live our Culture Code every day!
- Your passionate about digital marketing and growing your career.
We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.
Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities.
Thank you for your interest in Brainlabs! We look forward to getting to know you!
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What happens next?
We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.
A note on our offices: We pride ourselves in being a company with an office-centric culture and, for the majority of roles we expect people to be in commuting distance of the office and come in for around 3 days per week.
Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!
Please note that we will never ask you to transfer cash or make any other payment to us in order to apply for a role or to work for Brainlabs. Any such asks are fraudulent and should be reported to the appropriate authorities in your area.
Skills Required
- 12+ months experience delivering activation for clients in a practice
- Experience creating programmatic campaigns
- Experience with DV360 (Display & Video 360)
- Demonstrable skills in strategy, innovation, and client management
- Good understanding of how other channels work and optimize together
- Advancing data analysis and storytelling skills
- Confident, dynamic, engaging communicator with strong presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail; methodical and process-oriented with high quality of work
- Legally authorized to work in the United States (no visa sponsorship)
- Ability to commute and attend office ~3 days per week (office-centric culture)
What We Do
Hi! We’re Brainlabs, a global digital-first media agency. We win for our clients using our unique formula of testing, tech & talent. Testing is in our DNA. We run millions of experiments to deliver remarkable marketing ROI. We call it the Brainlabs Effect™ We’re experts in: - Paid Search - Programmatic - Paid Social - Influencer - Data Strategy - Data Science - SEO - CRO - Creative - GMP - Retail media We also offer consultancy and training along with our proprietary tech stack to supercharge performance.
