Challenger Brands Planning Director

VCCP Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VCCP Media, a challenger agency for challenger brands in London, seeks a smart Planning Director to join a vibrant client team. You will support a Group Planning Director to deliver exceptional, integrated Challenger work, aligning creativity with data and media across channels.

You’ll be a key contact for day-to-day clients, crafting connections plans, ideas, and helping drive business forward. The work is fast-paced with access to senior colleagues across the partnership.

Qualifications

• Experience in a client facing account role.
• Strong digital knowledge with ability to discuss partners, plans, optimisations and audiences.
• Multi-media planning across all channels and media.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Exceptional client handling and relationship building.
• Familiarity with Nielsen AdIntel and related tools.
• Numerate budgeting and forecasting abilities.
• Commercial acumen and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day contact with clients of all levels.
• Become an expert in our agency tool suite 'VCCP Brand OS'.
• Drive effective communications plans for clients and brief channel experts for detailed media execution.
• Develop ideas that populate culture in partnership with Creative Partnership and strategy leads.
• Responsible for delivering client KPIs, results and targets (with the PD).
• Deliver high levels of account management, meeting deadlines and ensuring accuracy.
• Manage smaller client budgets with autonomy (under Planning Director oversight).
• Present recommended communications and implementation plans to clients.
• Research new media ideas and grow your network of trusted media owners.
• Learn from campaigns and advise on optimisations across all media.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of the client’s business, objectives and market.
• Show strong understanding of the client business and category.
• Support Group Planning Director in cross-selling additional products and services.
• Organise weekly reporting for all campaigns.
• Oversee team management and Planning Exec development.
• Handle invoice and accounts queries.
• Book Out-Of-Home with Posterscope.

Skills

Client liaison

Digital media knowledge

Multi-media expertise

Nielsen AdIntel

Forecasting

Commercial acumen

Presentation skills

Tools

Brand OS

Campaign tooling

Job description

VCCP Media, a challenger agency for challenger brands in London, seeks a smart Planning Director to join a vibrant client team. You will support a Group Planning Director to deliver exceptional, integrated Challenger work, aligning creativity with data and media across channels.

You’ll be a key contact for day-to-day clients, crafting connections plans, ideas, and helping drive business forward. The work is fast-paced with access to senior colleagues across the partnership.