Job Description
Planning Director - MUST HAVE MEDIA AGENCY EXP Start - ASAP
Duration - 1 month (rolling)
Rate - £400/day
OUTSIDE IR35
Responsibilities Client Relationship Management
Overseeing all outputs from yourself and your direct reports.
Act as the primary point of contact between the agency and clients, ensuring a high level of client satisfaction.
Consistently meet or exceed client expectations (e.g.
by receiving follow-on work).
An excellent presenter, able to communicate effectively with senior clients with gravitas.
Create the conditions for brilliant work and champion that work externally to ensure outstanding client service.Strategic Planning
Lead and execute cross channel media recommendations end to end, be it annual planning or bespoke planning projects that ladder up to Global strategy as set by business.
Challenge and interrogate client briefs to ensure clear direction for team.
Be able to develop and have a POV on managing the portfolio across various briefs and ensure a fully integrated approach.
Ensuring that it is fuelled by insights and data that tells a clear story.
Pulling in cross-team and senior support as and when required.
Ensuring every document is ruthlessly quality controlled for excellence and is delivered on time.Campaign Execution/Reporting
Oversee the implementation of integrated marketing campaigns, ensuring they align with the strategic objectives and meet client expectations.
Ensure timelines and deliverable deadlines are being adhered to by channel specialist teams.
Monitor and analyse campaign performance, working with relevant teams to gain insights, making data-driven recommendations for optimization.Team Leadership
Responsible for the management, coaching and development for the Planning Manager and Planning Executive (where applicable).
Overseeing their work and managing reporting requirements, quality controlling output and ensuring actionable insight is delivered.
Foster a collaborative and creative work environment, promoting the exchange of ideas and best practices.Finance Management
Ensure the profitability of the account by managing all financial aspects are accurate and delivered on-time (e.g., reconciliations, payments, billings, financial tracking).Business Development
Build a deep understanding and be well versed of the client categories, competition and client's business in relevant markets in order to understand the challenges and opportunities they face.
Maintain good relations with external agencies, internal teams & media owners to understand what services and products exist that could help deliver our client's business KPIs.
Working with the Business Director/GMD to look for opportunities for driving revenue growth.Skills & Experience Proven experience in a client service / media planning role at manager level, gaining a solid understanding of the principles of marketing and advertising.A thorough understanding of all media touchpoints and have the ability to define the tasks for media and content, develop channel roles and investment priorities based around tasks.Able to create a good, well thought through deck which requires minimal input from colleagues to make it 'client ready'.You bring an in-depth knowledge and application of core media tools including AdDynamix, TGI, YouGov & MediaExplorer.Experience in managing and presenting to senior marketing clients.Have proven experience at maintaining and exceeding client objectives and measurement KPIs.Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate the complex in a clear and concise manner.A passion for all things digital combined with a drive to stay up to date on the latest industry trends and news.Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver results.A belief in open, candid, and honest communication at all times, both internally and with clients.Proven experience of managing a team of 2 or more.People management skills, a desire to lead and nurture teams.
Looking to ensure your team are empowered to grow and progress.Helps foster a safe, collaborative and friendly working environment where people can be authentic and deliver their best work. J-18808-Ljbffr