Media Buying And Planning Assistant (12 Month FTC)

Burberry Limited; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Media Buying and Planning Assistant to join their dynamic Global Media team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support the execution of global media plans, ensuring campaigns run smoothly and effectively. The ideal candidate will possess a year of media planning experience, preferably in luxury, and demonstrate strong organizational and communication skills. You will be responsible for managing production briefs, handling financial processes, and contributing to campaign success. If you're a proactive problem-solver with a passion for media, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a creative and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of media planning & buying experience, preferably in luxury.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support media team in campaign planning and buying.
• Manage production briefs and monitor media deliverables.
• Handle finance management for media activities.

Skills

Media Planning

Media Buying

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PPT)

Project Management Tools

Job description

INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

Burberry is looking for a talented Media Buying and Planning Assistant (12 month FTC) to join the Global Media team. In this position, you will support the end-to-end execution of global media plans to ensure the media campaigns run smoothly and on time, while allowing strategic space and rigour for those you are supporting.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Campaign Support - Key support for the media team throughout all campaign media planning and buying

-Contribute to media overview launch plan documents to be shared with various internal teams, including market specific and global summaries.
-Gathering assets/information needed for special media builds (e.g. eCom assets, logos, press releases, product URLs etc) and coordination across content partnerships (e.g. securing samples, couriers etc.)
-Own the reporting across all campaign moments, to then collate and share this information with the wider business.
-Final campaign checks to ensure all activity goes live accurately and seamlessly – working closely with OMD (global agency partner) to fix any early spotted issues.


Production Management

-Monitor all production briefs through our internal project management tool, ensuring accurate and timely uploads while managing the production of 100+ media deliverables at a time.

-Create and own the brief production tracker for each campaign to ensure we are receiving updates across priority briefs in our weekly call with our media production partner and track the status of all briefs as well as escalating any potential delays or issues.

Finance Management

-Raise all PO’s for media activity in a timely manner and monitoring approval process.
-Manage and process invoices for all assigned purchase orders (POs), and handle any ad hoc queries or issues related to POs, invoices, or outstanding payments.
-To own and be responsible for the shared media agency finance tracker for all raised PO’s and track received invoices.


Other responsibilities

-Diary management and scheduling of calls with both internal teams and external partners and support with adhoc team requests.
-Manage regional status sheets, ensuring agendas are sent ahead of the meeting and sending follow up meeting notes.
-Ensure all documents (briefs, invoices, presentations) are saved, filed and accessible on Burberry’s Sharepoint.
-Regular competitive research, and market trends, to share knowledge with the wider team in the business.

PERSONAL PROFILE
-1 year of media planning & buying experience, preferably in luxury, at a brand or media agency (or equivalent).
-Strong communication, relationship-building, organizational, and time management skills.
-Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel and PPT), with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
-Problem-solving mindset, enjoys challenges, and maintains enthusiasm in all tasks.

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

Posting Notes: United Kingdom || Not Applicable || London || MARKETING || CENTRAL - MEDIA || n/a ||