Planning Director

Zenith Media Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Global AI Platform Marcel access

Extensive learning & development

Job summary

Zenith Media Australia is seeking a Planning Director to lead the planning craft across a diverse portfolio including entertainment, streaming, ecommerce and healthcare. You will own the end-to-end planning process for major briefs, collaborating with strategy, analytics, digital and investment teams to deliver measurable, connected work.

You will also mentor planning teams and build strong client relationships, delivering case-worthy work and striving for industry recognition within a

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in a planning role, ideally within a media agency or in-house marketing team, or related industry with transferable skills.
• Strong planning craft with experience across online and offline channels.
• A clear understanding of audiences, channel roles and the Australian media landscape.
• Confidence leading complex responses to briefs from strategy through to delivery.
• Strong client leadership, presentation and storytelling skills.
• Experience developing campaign measurement frameworks and performance benchmarks.
• The ability to collaborate across multiple specialist disciplines.
• A genuine passion for mentoring people and raising the standard of the work.
• Experience in strategy, analytics, marketing mix modelling, digital planning or buying will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications and channel planning across paid, owned and earned media.
• Translate client briefs into clear, compelling and well-connected media strategies.
• Develop measurement frameworks that support smarter investment decisions.
• Bring together strategy, research, analytics, digital, activation and investment specialists.
• Build trusted senior client and media relationships.
• Elevate the quality of storytelling, presentations and responses to briefs.
• Coach and inspire Planning Managers and Executives.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, organic growth and award-worthy work.

Skills

Planning

Client leadership

Storytelling

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategy

Analytics

Marketing mix modelling

Digital planning/buying

Job description

At Zenith, we are a connected team with purpose. We are driven to create new perspectives through modern media. We believe marketing is a powerful investment that can build, grow brands, and increase business profitability. So, we unlock opportunities for growth by placing consumer behaviour, attitudes, and insights at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on delivering return on investment, imagination, and insight.

Central to this vision is the knowledge that we are only as good as our people. To grow our clients' business, we need to attract, retain, develop, and grow the brightest talent in the industry. We know it is not the sum of one, but the sum of all of us that make us great.

Our behaviours are: Be Bold, Be Kind, Be Better Together.

We’re determined to eradicate any barriers that prevent our people from achieving their fullest potential:

• We offer progressive flexible working options to everyone at all levels – It’s not a policy. It’s behaviour led and reinforced through our values.
• Mental health & wellbeing is something we consider a priority – It’s championed by our own people internally and is a regular conversation.
• We have a lot of fun – we’re constantly looking at reinventing how we’re connecting with each other.

About the role

Join Zenith Media Australia as Planning Director and lead the planning craft across a diverse portfolio spanning entertainment and streaming, ecommerce, optical retail and healthcare. You will have the opportunity to shape brand growth, challenge performance-led thinking and deliver innovative work that connects brands with people.

As Planning Director, you will own the end-to-end planning process for major annual, quarterly and campaign briefs. Working closely with senior clients and specialists across strategy, analytics, digital, activation and investment, you will distil business challenges, set the overarching planning direction and bring together the right capabilities to deliver connected, measurable solutions.

As an established Planning Director, you will also act as a trusted client partner, lead and develop a talented planning team, and help create work worthy of case studies, awards and industry recognition.

What you will do with us:

• Lead communications and channel planning across paid, owned and earned media.
• Translate client briefs into clear, compelling and well-connected media strategies.
• Develop measurement frameworks that support smarter investment decisions.
• Bring together strategy, research, analytics, digital, activation and investment specialists.
• Build trusted senior client and media relationships.
• Elevate the quality of storytelling, presentations and responses to brief.
• Coach and inspire Planning Managers and Executives.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, organic growth and award-worthy work

What You’ll Bring:

• 6+ years’ experience in a planning role, ideally within a media agency or in a marketing related industry (e.g. in house marketing team, advertising ,or a related industry with transferable skills (e.g. research, analytics)
• Strong planning craft with experience across online and offline channels.
• A clear understanding of audiences, channel roles and the Australian media landscape.
• Confidence leading complex responses to brief from strategy through to delivery.
• Strong client leadership, presentation and storytelling skills.
• Experience developing campaign measurement frameworks and performance benchmarks.
• The ability to collaborate across multiple specialist disciplines.
• A genuine passion for mentoring people and raising the standard of the work.
• Experience in strategy, analytics, marketing mix modelling, digital planning or buying will be highly regarded

What you’re looking for:

• A supportive and collaborative culture.
• Clients who are encourage innovative thinking and are open to be challenged.
• An opportunity to deepen your digital channel expertise and grow into an omnichannel activation and planning expert.
• Ambition to fulfil your career goals in a business large enough to accommodate them.

What we can offer you:

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

Enjoy all the benefits that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE and Ecologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave (after 2 years of service).
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks (based on tenure) paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you,

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

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