Associate Director,Planning

Interpublic; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Group in Toronto seeks an Associate Director of Strategy to lead planning efforts, translate insights into actionable media recommendations, and guide cross‑functional teams across media, content, and social. You will analyze data, present to senior clients, manage projects, and collaborate with global teams.

A background in strategy or consulting in digital or data marketing, plus strong analytics and communication skills, is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and MBA are preferable or related degrees.
• Experience in strategy/consulting in digital or database marketing or communication strategy is welcome.
• Demonstrated project management experience; either managing small project or small team within larger project or experience in managing deliverables/ project timeline.
• Experience working with large, complex data, including audience data from DMP, Acxiom, etc.
• Familiarity with different media and digital channels (e.g., TV, web, mobile, CRM, social media, search).
• Familiarity with multi-channel measurement and attribution solutions.
• Collaborating within an agency and with extended marketing council of agencies

Responsibilities

• Strategic thinking and media fluency — Understands the broader business and marketing objectives, connects media recommendations back to them, and has enough media depth to challenge specialists and identify gaps.
• Communication — Clear, concise and confident. Able to simplify complex media issues, communicate effectively with senior clients, and keep everyone aligned without overcomplicating things.
• Problem solving and judgment — Can quickly assess an issue, determine what matters, identify options and recommend a path forward rather than simply escalating problems back to the client.
• Proactive ownership and sense of urgency — Anticipates needs, flags risks early, moves quickly when required, closes loops and takes accountability for moving the business forward.
• Attention to detail and quality control — Ensures work is accurate, client-ready, and catches errors, inconsistencies or gaps before they reach the client.
• Measurement orientation — Comfortable discussing KPIs, attribution, incrementality, testing and optimization. Able to move the conversation beyond media delivery metrics into effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Relationship and team leadership — Builds trust with the client and can effectively orchestrate the broader agency team, including specialists and more junior account staff.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data synthesis

Presentation skills

Research skills

Client relationships

Audience solutions

Data solutions

Adtech/martech

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Job description

## Associate Director,PlanningApply: Hybrid: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R17132**Agency:**Omd**Job Function:**Media**Job Subfunction:**Media Planning and Buying **Job Description:*****Strategic Planning Associate Director***The strategy team is responsible for unearthing consumer insights and behaviors to define and optimize the target audience and drive business goals for our clients. Both strategic planning and analytics are key dimensions to our work. We identify unique connection opportunities based on audience emotions and behaviors through the use of proprietary research and data and translate them into actionable insights for media, content and social marketing.**Key Responsibilities*** **Strategic thinking and media fluency** — Understands the broader business and marketing objectives, connects media recommendations back to them, and has enough media depth to challenge specialists and identify gaps.* **Communication** — Clear, concise and confident. Able to simplify complex media issues, communicate effectively with senior clients, and keep everyone aligned without overcomplicating things.* **Problem solving and judgment** — Can quickly assess an issue, determine what matters, identify options and recommend a path forward rather than simply escalating problems back to the client.* **Proactive ownership and sense of urgency** — Anticipates needs, flags risks early, moves quickly when required, closes loops and takes accountability for moving the business forward.* **Attention to detail and quality control** — Ensures work is accurate, client-ready, and catches errors, inconsistencies or gaps before they reach the client.* **Measurement orientation** — Comfortable discussing KPIs, attribution, incrementality, testing and optimization. Able to move the conversation beyond media delivery metrics into effectiveness and business outcomes.* **Relationship and team leadership** — Builds trust with the client and can effectively orchestrate the broader agency team, including specialists and more junior account staff.**Skills****Desired Skills & Experience*** Strong analytical/logical thinking* Ability to synthesize data/research into concise action-oriented strategies* Great presentation and communication skills* Quantitative and qualitative research skills* Client relationship development and management* Deep understanding not only of how to build audiences but also a more broad understanding of different audience solutions – from building custom solutions to the different types of off the shelf solutions available* Deep understanding of data solutions (1st, 2nd and 3rd party) – how to access, use and activate* Understanding of the Digital marketing technologies, including adtech and martech solutions**Experiences*** Bachelor’s degree and MBA preferable or related degree.* Background in strategy and/or consulting in digital or database marketing or communication strategy are welcome.* Demonstrated project management experience; either managing small project or small team within larger project or experience in managing deliverables/ project timeline* Experience working with large, complex data, including audience data from DMP, Acxiom, etc.* Experience working with global teams at large Fortune 2000 companies* Familiarity with different media and digital channels (e.g., TV, web, mobile, CRM, social media, search)* Familiarity with multi-channel measurement and attribution solutions* Collaborating within an agency and with extended marketing council of agencies$75,000-$85,000 *To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.* Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/At Omnicom Group, careers are designed for growth. We’ve purposefully crafted a transformative talent experience built with accountability in action — focused on community, impact, and opportunity.