Planning & Trading Manager (FTC)

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wholeself program

Flexible Public Holidays

Global AI Marcel platform access

Marcel Classes

Career Conversations

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Birthday Leave + 5 extra days after 2y

Work Your World travel flexibility

Parental leave up to 18 weeks

Counselling services

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ in Melbourne is seeking a Planning & Trading Manager to translate strategy into integrated media delivery across Australia and New Zealand. The role blends hands‑on trading with leadership, client management and mentoring a junior team.

You’ll own offline and direct digital activity, manage budgets and timelines, build strong client and partner relationships, and report insights that inform future planning. 3–5 years agency experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years experience in media planning, trading or implementation within an agency environment.
• Strong offline implementation experience and understanding of how traditional and digital channels combine to deliver client outcomes.
• Experience using tools for media planning, research and buying (Spectra, Roy Morgan, MOVE, Audiology, TV MAP is valuable).
• Sound commercial and numerical judgement with budget management.
• Clear written and verbal communication to build relationships with clients and partners.
• Ability to manage deadlines and take initiative while seeking input when needed.
• Interest in mentoring junior team members and delivering high‑quality work.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated media plans connecting consumer insight, channel strategy and implementation.
• Own hands‑on implementation and trading across offline channels while coordinating direct digital activity.
• Manage campaign budgets, phasing, forecasts, billing and delivery with attention to detail.
• Keep workstreams on track across Australia and New Zealand activity with changing timelines.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, media partners and agencies to keep delivery moving.
• Consolidate media recommendations into a clear story and provide accurate reporting with analysis.
• Coach and develop an Executive or Assistant and support growth across tools and media channels.
• Foster a proactive, accountable, collaborative team culture.

Skills

Media planning

Media trading

Implementation

Budget management

Client relationship

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Spectra

Roy Morgan

MOVE

Audiology

TV MAP

Job description

Company description

Delivering Smarter, Faster, Accountable Media We exist to grow our clients businesses through Smarter, Faster, Accountable media services.

Smarter: We use our clients’ data to drive growth.

Faster: We have media, data and creative production under one roof to deliver an agile advantage.

Accountable: We demand that we are accountable to our clients’ business growth.

Born as a specialist performance media agency, we apply a performance mindset to a full range of integrated marketing solutions, from media to creative, data and technology. Our mission is to grow our clients’ revenue through regression-based media planning complemented with human insight to help determine the optimal balance between brand and performance media

Overview

The opportunity

As Planning & Trading Manager, you will support the Planning & Trading Director to turn strategy into exceptional media delivery. The role is weighted towards hands‑on implementation, while still giving you meaningful exposure to planning, optimisation, client management and the development of a junior team member.

Your main focus will be a large automotive account operating across Australia and New Zealand, alongside a smaller agricultural account that offers further opportunity to strengthen your client leadership skills. Across a wide mix of channels and changing priorities, you will identify next steps, take initiative and keep delivery moving.

What you will do

• Support the Director to develop and deliver integrated media plans that connect consumer insight, channel strategy and implementation.

• Own hands‑on implementation and trading across offline channels, including TV, out‑of‑home and radio, while coordinating direct digital activity and partner inputs.

• Manage campaign budgets, phasing, financial processes, forecasts, billing and delivery with strong attention to detail.

• Keep fast‑moving workstreams on track across Australian and New Zealand activity, including changing timelines, assets and market requirements.

• Build trusted relationships with clients, media partners, publishers and creative partner agencies, proactively following up what is needed to keep delivery moving.

• Bring media recommendations together into a clear, unified story and provide accurate reporting with useful analysis and learnings.

• Coach and develop an Executive or Assistant, checking the quality of work and supporting their growth across tools, systems and media channels.

• Contribute to a proactive, accountable and collaborative team culture where everyone is willing to get into the detail.

What you will bring

• Your capability and readiness for this role matter most. Bring experience in media planning, trading or implementation within an agency environment; around three to five years is a useful guide rather than a fixed requirement.st.

• Strong offline implementation experience and a working understanding of how traditional and digital channels combine to deliver client outcomes.

• Bring experience using relevant tools for media planning, research and buying. Experience with Spectra, Roy Morgan, MOVE, Audiology or TV MAP is valuable, but you do not need experience with every tool listed.

• Sound commercial and numerical judgement, with the ability to manage budgets and identify trends, risks and opportunities.

• Communicate clearly in writing, conversations and presentations. Use these skills to build relationships with clients and media partners.

• Manage deadlines, keep track of the wider account context and identify practical solutions. Take initiative to move work forward independently, using judgement about when to seek input.

• An interest in mentoring junior team members and helping others produce high‑quality work.

• Curiosity, eagerness to learn and pride in delivering accurate, well‑presented work.

Why join us?

• Broad exposure across almost every media channel, with meaningful budgets and work that will build your integrated planning and trading capability.

• A supportive team that has each other’s backs, holds one another accountable and avoids unnecessary micromanagement.

• Access to specialists across performance, programmatic, SEO, data and analytics, content and emerging areas such as AI-enabled discoverability.

• Genuine development through training, mentorship, hands‑on learning and the opportunity to grow your client and people leadership skills.

• A dynamic category and ambitious client activity, creating plenty of variety and opportunities to innovate.

#LI-FD1

Additional information

What we can offer:

Publicis Groupe benefits: 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 perks 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 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.

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.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [e-mail]; your personal information will be kept confidential.