Associate Planning Director - Media Agency

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency is seeking an Associate Director for communications planning with a healthcare client, focusing on impactful campaigns and strategic media connections. The role emphasizes performance-led planning, team collaboration, and offers flexible hybrid working, backed by a path for progression.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Clear path for progression

Qualifications

• Strong planning background in performance-led and B2B campaigns.
• Experience managing and mentoring planners.
• Passion for meaningful, culture-driven work.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications planning for a healthcare brand.
• Collaborate with specialists and partners to shape full-funnel media strategies.
• Drive campaign strategy across the paid, owned, and earned ecosystem.

Skills

Strategic planning

B2B emphasis

Campaign strategy

Audience strategies

Job description

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Posted:

16.06.2025

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31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Associate Director – Communications Planning (Healthcare Client)

London hybrid | Media Agency | Salary to £50K

We’re hiring an Associate Director to lead communications planning for one of the UK’s best-known healthcare brands at a lovely, inclusive media agency.

This is a high-profile role within a leading media agency team that’s behind award-winning, culturally resonant work – including a standout campaign that ran alongside a major sporting sponsorship in 2024.

You’ll be at the forefront of campaign strategy and channel planning across the full paid, owned and earned ecosystem. It’s a hands-on, performance-led planning role with a strong B2B emphasis, supported by B2C elements. You’ll collaborate with internal specialists and external partners to shape full-funnel media strategies that drive results.

Why this role stands out:

• Lead work for a healthcare brand doing meaningful, nationally recognised campaigns
• Strategic planning focus across digital, brand, and performance
• Join a future-facing comms planning team that's evolving how media connects with audiences
• Work with a media agency that fosters creativity, values individuality and offers flexible hybrid working
• Clear path for progression and team leadership
• Strong planning background across performance-led and B2B campaigns
• Confidence in building audience strategies, ecosystem plans, and client narratives
• Experience managing and mentoring planners
• A passion for meaningful, culture-driven work that connects with people