Performance Planning Director

Fuse; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in London is seeking a Media Planning Director to lead media planning for top automotive brands. This role requires strong leadership, media planning expertise, and a passion for creativity. Candidates should be innovative and collaborative, thriving in a dynamic environment. The position offers hybrid work flexibility, allowing for a balanced work-life experience.

Benefits

Flexible working model

Supportive team environment

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Strong background in media planning.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and projects.
• Passion for creative and effective media solutions.
• Curiosity and willingness to innovate.

Responsibilities

• Lead media planning on two premium automotive brands.
• Drive best-in-class media planning.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver innovative media plans.

Skills

Media planning

Creative thinking

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Media Planning Director to join PHD to support our award-winning work on one of the world’s biggest advertisers. Planning is a core part of PHD’s DNA, and the successful applicant will lead the media planning on two premium brands in the automotive industry. You’ll be working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team with the remit to drive best-in-class media planning, challenge the status quo and deliver innovative media plans that deliver competitive advantage to our clients.

This role is ideal for a media planner with strong craft skills, who leads by example, who isn’t satisfied with average and who is ready to push the art of the possible in the media space. You’ll have an innate curiosity and a willingness to share ideas, thoughts, and insights with your team and clients alike, and will demonstrate a genuine passion for media planning and the brands you work on. Here at PHD you have the permission to do just that!

You will also have an opportunity to be part of PHD’s inclusive culture, an open space where you can bring your true self to work and where opinions and ideas are listened to and there is scope to do things differently.

About You

PHD is currently on the cusp of monumental change. As a collective, we’re now creating the agency of the future and there has never been a more exciting time to join and be part of it. As well as working with your own team and collaborating with others on work projects, you’ll also find opportunities to engage with more people across the agency outside of your work remit with the launch of brand-new agency experience team. Whether you want to run your own social club, be part of our D&I change, help our moments & ministry of fun teams celebrate achievements and occasions or find ways to improve our working environment, via our Future of Work Group, PHD is an agency of collaborators and will bring more than expected to your experience of agency life.

What you’ll get

• The chance to play a vital role in creating the agency’s culture
• Freedom to share your opinions, ideas and push boundaries
• Support from your colleagues, leadership and those within the agency group & network
• An open space allowing you to bring your true self to work

What you can bring

• A curious, positive and challenger mentality
• Confidence in your experience and knowledge with the will to share your craft
• The ability to coach, lead and become an approachable support to your team
• A passion for effective and creative media planning
• Your ideas, opinions, suggestions and motivations + everything else that makes you you.

About PHD UK

PHD is a media agency driven by innovation and creativity. Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly. Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors. Over the years we have continued to invest in thought leadership and ensure our capability and approach evolve with changes in media, data, technology, commerce, society, and legislation. Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth – using the extending canvas of data and technology.

www.phdmedia.com/london

www.phdmedia.com/manchester

Flexible Working

We are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), with standard working hours 9:30 – 17:30 and core hours 10:30 – 16:30 to provide flexibility. You may start earlier or finish later to suit your day.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best—both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.