: TV Ad Operations Specialist (Contractual)

Employment Type: Contractual (Event-Based)

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra (In office)

Industry: Media, Entertainment & Broadcasting

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly meticulous and proactive TV Ad Operations Specialist on a contractual basis to manage the end-to-end execution, trafficking, and monitoring of television advertising campaigns for the upcoming Bollywood Awards weekend and global broadcast. Based in Mumbai, you will play a critical role in bridging advertising partners, creative teams, and our television broadcasting network partner (Zee TV) to ensure seamless, error-free ad delivery during one of the year's biggest entertainment events.

Key Responsibilities:

- Campaign Setup & Trafficking: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of TV commercial ads, sponsorships, and brand integration spots. Ensure correct ad server implementation, metadata entry, and targeted sequencing.
- Scheduling & Inventory Management: Coordinate closely with media planners and media sales teams to manage commercial ad breaks, maintaining accurate ad inventory placement according to high-value sponsorship agreements.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as the primary operational point of contact between internal event producers, advertising agencies, and our television network broadcasting partner.
- Quality Assurance & Compliance: Review creative assets for adherence to technical specifications, formatting requirements,



and television broadcasting guidelines. Conduct real-time quality control checks before and during the broadcast flight.
- Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Continuously track campaign pacing, ad spot delivery, and potential layout discrepancies. Resolve immediate technical or transmission glitches to mitigate delivery risks.
- Post-Event Reporting & Reconciliation: Generate accurate post-broadcast delivery reports, spot logs, and billing summaries to verify exact fulfillment of brand commitments for final stakeholder reconciliation.

Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Experience: 2 to 4 years of proven experience in TV/Broadcast Ad Operations, Media Trafficking, or Digital Video/OTT Ad Operations (experience handling large-scale live events or premium entertainment properties is a huge advantage).
- Technical Proficiency: Hands-on familiarity with proprietary ad servers, broadcasting traffic systems, and tracking protocols. Knowledge of video ecosystems (CTV/OTT/Linear TV) is highly preferred.
- Project Management: Ability to work under high-pressure, live-event environments with strict, immovable timelines.
- Communication Skills: Excellent stakeholder management skills to coordinate swiftly with external network teams and brand managers.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media, Communications, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.

📌 TV add operations specialist (Contractual) - Mumbai
🏢 Wizcraft Entertainment Agency
📍 Mumbai