Planning Manager

dentsu; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Carat Dubai is seeking a dedicated media planning team lead to support the Account Director in delivering client plans that meet objectives while balancing agency trading goals. You will guide the team to achieve growth targets and ensure high-quality output for all documents.

Based in Dubai, this permanent, full-time role sits within the Dentsu network. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate client KPIs into actionable plans and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manages team members to deliver personal growth targets.
• Oversees output from the team and quality checks documents.
• Understands trading implications of planning decisions to meet agency and client objectives.
• Ensures each team member understands and can deliver against client KPIs/targets.
• Supports the Account Director to align client and business priorities with the team.
• Manages upwards to resolve challenges quickly.

Job description

The purpose of this role is to manage a team of media planners and assist the Account Director on a day to day basis. This is to ensure that their teams are delivering plans that deliver against client objectives whilst balancing agency trading objectives.

Job Description: Key responsibilities:

• Manages team members in order to deliver their individual personal growth targets
• Overseas output from the team, providing quality control on any documents produced by the team
• Understands the trading implications of planning decisions made to ensure agency and client objectives are delivered
• Understands and ensures that each team member fully understand and can deliver against client key performance indicators/targets
• Supports the Account Director to ensure client and the business' priorities are filtered through to the team
• Manages upwards to ensure any challenges are resolved quickly and timely

Location: Dubai

Brand: Carat

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

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