Planning Manager

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wholeself program

Flexible work options

Global AI Platform Marcel

Extensive Learning & Development

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is launching Publicis Plus+ and seeking two Planning Managers to shape integrated media strategies for PepsiCo brands. You’ll lead client relationships, drive strategic planning, and mentor junior colleagues across planning, activation, investment, strategy and digital.

You’ll work with major global brands and contribute to a fast-paced, collaborative team that values growth, innovation and impact. This is a Sydney-based role with opportunities across markets.

Qualifications

• Experience in media planning and integrated campaigns across channels.
• Ability to build strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Track record turning insights into actionable media recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated media and communications strategies aligned to client objectives.
• Build relationships with client stakeholders and act as trusted strategic partner.
• Lead planning across brand, retail and campaign activity.
• Translate data and insights into media recommendations.
• Collaborate with activation, digital, investment and analytics teams to deliver connected solutions.
• Present strategic recommendations and performance insights to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Manage campaign planning from briefing through implementation and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and outcomes.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to team culture.

Skills

Media planning

Client relations

Campaign recommendations

Multi-channel

Presenting

Analytics

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Join the founding team behind Publicis Plus+, PepsiCo's dedicated team.

Working across some of the world's most loved food and beverage brands, you'll help bring smiles to consumers with every sip and bite through iconic brands including Pepsi Max, Doritos, Smith's Chips, Gatorade, Red Rock Deli and many more.

This is an opportunity to work on household names with scale, ambition and cultural relevance. From major brand-building initiatives and high-profile strategic partnerships through to a fast-paced, highly progressive media, digital and data transformation agenda, as part of the Publicis Plus+ team you'll build new capabilities, create real impact, and help shape something from day one.

If you're curious, entrepreneurial, and excited about shaping the future of marketing, Publicis PLUS+ is where you'll thrive.

What makes Publicis PLUS+ different?

• Work Beyond Borders: Shape business outcomes across multiple markets, brands, and disciplines, not just a single campaign or country.
• Learn at the Speed of Change: From social commerce and AI to data analytics and connected experiences, you'll work on the capabilities defining the future of marketing.
• Create Real Impact: Help power growth for one of the world's most iconic consumer brands through work that influences business performance, not just media metrics.
• Grow Without Limits: Build expertise across a proven framework, while learning from some of the industry's leading specialists.

We're looking for two Planning Managers to help shape integrated media strategies, build trusted client relationships and drive meaningful business results. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic thinking, client leadership and team development.

The Opportunity

As a Planning Manager, you'll take ownership of integrated communications planning across a major global brands, partnering closely with clients and collaborating with specialists across planning, activation, investment, strategy, and digital.

You'll lead campaign thinking from brief through to reporting, helping clients solve business challenges through smart, effective media solutions. You'll also play an important role in developing junior talent and contributing to the ongoing success of a collaborative team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing integrated media and communications strategies aligned to client objectives.
• Building strong relationships with client stakeholders and becoming a trusted strategic partner.
• Leading planning responses across brand, retail and campaign activity.
• Turning data, insights and business challenges into actionable media recommendations.
• Working closely with activation, digital, investment and analytics planning specialists to deliver connected solutions.
• Presenting strategic recommendations, campaign updates and performance insights to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Managing campaign planning from briefing through implementation and reporting.
• Identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness, innovation and business outcomes.
• Supporting and mentoring junior team members while contributing to a positive team culture.

Who We're Looking For

We're interested in people who can demonstrate experience in some of the following areas:

• Media planning, communications planning, activation, client service or strategy.
• Building strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Developing integrated campaign recommendations.
• Working across multiple media channels and disciplines.
• Presenting ideas and influencing outcomes.
• Analysing information to solve business challenges.
• Managing projects and balancing competing priorities.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.

Nice to Have

• Experience in any of the following would be helpful, but isn't essential: FMCG
• Audience, consumer or market research tools.
• Campaign measurement and effectiveness.
• AI-enabled tools and ways of working.
• Coaching, mentoring or people leadership.

Additional Information

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 include 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 Écologique 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-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

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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