Sr. Associate, Planning

dentsu; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Iprospect Buenos Aires is seeking a Sr. Associate, Planning to support the planning team across multiple media projects. You will help prepare proposals, briefs, and timelines, while maintaining budgets and ensuring campaigns align with strategy.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in planning, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. This role requires teamwork, attention to detail, and proactive collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in planning or related field.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in marketing, advertising, finance, or analytics.
• Strong analytical thinking and data skills; comfort with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Support planning across media strategies and campaigns.
• Prepare briefs, timelines, and proposals based on client briefs.
• Assist in audience reports, reach/frequency analyses, and business reviews.
• Coordinate with activation teams for campaign setup and QA of assets.
• Track budgets, timelines, and approvals; ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teamwork

Communication skills

Prioritization

Proactivity

Integrity

Autonomy

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising/finance/analytics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Sr. Associate, Planning page is loaded## Sr. Associate, Planninglocations: Buenos Airestime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R1132790**Job Description:****ROLE PURPOSE**The Planning Sr. Associate will support the planning team across multiple projects and tasks that will help advance larger projects and strategies by maintaining and managing clients' media plans and assisting in the preparation of presentations. They are expected to take daily responsibility for the assigned accounts and ensure that all projects are completed on time, within budget, and in line with the strategy, under the supervision of a manager. The role involves handling the daily tactical management of the media communications account and requires working well in a team environment. The role involves helping to create media campaigns across multiple channels and assist in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of multi-channel media campaigns. The ability to learn new skills and procedures is essential.This position is for the Offshore Team of Dentsu Argentina, and works for teams located in Dentsu's agencies in other countries. Has a local support team that leads the integration and relationship with the other members of the Offshore Team in Argentina.**TASKS AND RESPONSABILITIES**Support the Planning team in all phases of the media strategy process.Work with teams to prepare proposals based on briefs, focusing on campaign objectives, budgets, and timelines.Assist in creating media objectives and strategies for the clients.Support teams in creating and analyzing audience reports, reach and frequency reports, and other data collections for business reviews.Prepare competitive analysis reports with graphs and insights for digital media, offline media, and social channels by extracting data from media tools.Prepare proposal presentations and flowcharts and make necessary adjustments based on client requests.Assist with adjustments to media plan details as needed.Prepare and update timelines to meet required dates.Evaluate media partner proposals, providing insights and developing points of view to make recommendations to clients.Help the planning team create strategy and planning presentations.Support the team in analyzing campaign performance and generating learnings.Complete forms for media authorizations, send them to media vendors and clients, and follow up for approval.Actively participate in campaign implementation, working alongside activation teams using flowcharts, budgets, traffic sheets, taxonomy for setup in media platforms, tracking codes, and other elements.Request, receive, traffic, and control creative assets with creative agencies, perform QA with involved internal teams, responsible for aggregating and maintaining creative specifications and manage other operating process details.Lead the aggregation of proof-of-purchase materials (post-launch screenshots).Manage the trafficking process and prepare traffic sheets.Provide other teams (search, social, programmatic) with templates for recommendations and reports.Supervise other teams during campaign creation and provide responses/solutions when questions/issues arise.Follow up on media authorization forms with clients, media vendors, and internal teams to obtain approvals.Monitor budget pacing and flights through campaign flowcharts, control planned versus actual outcomes, identify deviations, inform internal teams and involved media vendors, and propose recommendations to improve performance and optimize the budget.Oversee the billing process with internal teams and media vendors.Reconcile invoices with media vendors, review billable amounts to clients, verify invoices with the Finance department, send them to clients, and follow up with them.Keep all data updated in the systems.As part of the Offshore Team of Dentsu Argentina, you must actively participate in the weekly virtual networking meetings with other members of the Argentina offshore team.You must also participate in the Offshore Team's peer-to-peer engagement activities held periodically in our Buenos Aires offices, except for those who are not located in that city.**QUALIFICATIONS**1 to 2 years of experience.A bachelor's degree, preferably in marketing, advertising, finance, or analytics, will be valued.Prior internships or work experience in a professional environment are preferred.Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.Strong analytical thinking, comfortable with data and mathematical skills.Solution-oriented with strong critical thinking skills.Interest in offline media, digital media, and programmatic media.Works well in a team and in a fast-paced environment.Consistently delivers accurate and timely work products.Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.**PERSONAL SKILLS**Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.Ability to build strong relationships with the teams you work with.Proactivity and collaboration with colleagues.Attention to detail and precision in your work style.Integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation.#LI-CA2**Location:**Buenos Aires**Brand:**Iprospect**Time Type:**Full time**Contract Type:**Permanent