Supervisor, Media Planning

Zenith; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Zenith Canada seeks a Media Supervisor with 3+ years in planning, buying and management to lead client campaigns across brands, gather data, create plans, and mentor junior planners.

You will coordinate with partner agencies, ensure on-time billing, and help grow the client portfolio while upholding Zenith's data-driven approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications preferred.
• 3+ years of progressive responsibility in media planning, buying and management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines under pressure.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
• Strong quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency.
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources.
• Technical proficiency with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• You will have ongoing direct client contact for brands under your responsibility.
• Gather and analyze data and human insights to determine the client’s advertising and media needs.
• Create and present media plans to clients.
• Analyze media alternatives and make recommendations on budget allocation.
• Communicate client brand and campaign objectives to the team for strategy delivery.
• Mentor Media Strategy Planners and Assistants to support their development.
• Oversee accuracy, quality and timeliness of work by the team.
• Coordinate with partner agencies and global counterparts to maintain efficient workflows.
• Oversee monthly billing accuracy and timeliness according to deadlines.
• Collaborate with Director to identify growth areas for each assigned client and opportunities across Spark and Publicis Media offerings.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Project management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, or communications

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Company description

Zenith is the ROI Agency. Our more than 6,000 specialists across 95 markets offer unparalleled capabilities in Media, Data, Technology, Commerce and Content. We put effectiveness at the heart of our work to solve complex challenges, drive successful business outcomes, and grow our clients’ businesses. Zenith is part of Publicis Media, the media arm of Publicis Groupe.

Over the past year, Publicis Media hasbeen transforming the way we do our business. From structuring our investment practice around data and digital to bringing our strategy, data sciences and research practice under one house, we’ve been shaping Publicis Media to be the media network of tomorrow. One that both you and I want to work at.

Publicis Media Canada is proud to be Great Places to Work certified and recognized with Best Workplaces for Today’s Youth. We provide continuing opportunities for career growth by fostering a diverse work environment that respects and supports individual contributions and opinions.

We also offer our employees market leading benefit and incentive programs. You’ll be provided with 3 weeks minimum vacation to start plus additional long weekend Publicis days, holidays closures, your birthday off, free Headspace memberships, wellness and technology credits, and a market leading savings plan.

We strive to provide what matters to you personally with the ability to choose and modify programs to suit your lifestyle

Responsibilities

• You will have ongoing direct client contact for those brands under your specific responsibility
• Gather and analyze data and human insights to determine the client’s advertising and media needs,
• Create and present media plans to clients
• Analyzes media alternatives and make recommendations as to how to best allocate the Advertising budget
• Clearly communicates client brand and campaign objectives to the team to ensure insightful and strategic connections plan delivery that bring human connections to life
• Provides guidance to and mentors Media Strategy Planners and Assistants to ensure their successful professional development
• Provides oversight to accuracy, quality and timeliness of Strategy Planner and Assistants’ work
• Co-ordinate with partner agencies and global counterparts to maintain efficient workstreams
• Oversight to financial process – ensuring monthly billing is accurate and complete according to deadlines, ensuring discrepancies are managed
• Part of the Supervisor role will be work with the team Director to determine areas of growth for each assigned client: determining appropriate mix of Spark and Publicis Media offerings, effectively selling through solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; degree or concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications preferred
• 3 + years of progressive levels of responsibility in media planning, buying and management
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong negotiating skills
• Able to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Strong quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
• Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel,Word and PowerPoint

Additional information

Zenith is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all interested parties. Accommodations are available, upon request, for all stages of the interview and employment process for those with a disability or medical need during any stage of the recruitment process. We thank all candidates for their interest in Zenith , however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.