Planning Partner

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company seeks a Planning Partner to enhance strategic engagements and drive revenue growth. This role involves working closely with internal teams to develop compelling sales narratives and connect with planning teams across agencies. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in media planning, strong communication skills, and a proactive attitude towards problem-solving.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday, increasing with tenure

Pension Plan contributions

Life cover under Pension Plan

DMGT Discounts

Subsidized canteen

Onsite gym

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in communications planning or media roles.
• Passion for media planning and strategy alignment.
• Ability to use planning tools effectively.

Responsibilities

• Engage planning teams and develop sales narratives.
• Identify and build new ideas to drive revenue.
• Report on media spends and competitor insights.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Media Planning

Data Analysis

Tools

Planning Tools (e.g., TGI)

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Posted:

18.06.2025

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02.08.2025

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Job Description:

Position: Permanent

The Role

The Planning Partner will support the Head of Planning in pro-actively engaging planning and strategy teams within agencies to position Mail Metro Media as a vital media partner. They will help to ensure that sales collateral is up to date and aligns with new market trends, while pro-actively creating solutions to drive incremental revenue growth for the business. They will work closely with insight, partnerships, category, direct sales, product and marketing teams to take relevant messages to market that resonate with this audience.

Main Responsibilities

• Unlock early-stage revenue opportunities by:
• Engaging and building relationships with junior-mid level planning and strategy teams at agencies
• Support in developing relevant sales narratives and presentations to position MMM as a media partner of choice
• Proactively identifying and building new ideas and solutions to drive incremental revenue.
• Collaborate well with all internal sales teams and hubs.
• Reporting on media spends and competitor analysis.
• Understand our insight and data capabilities to ensure any offering gives maximum ROI
• Accurately reporting opportunity pipeline and strategy
• Keeping all relevant stakeholders updated
• Collaborating cross-functionally to take the best messages to market
• Work with insight, marketing and sales teams to form relevant sales stories
• Work holistically across all media channels at MMM

Person Specification

• 2+ years’ experience in comms planning / media owner or client roles.
• Have a passion and understanding for the role of media planning, how it aligns to the strategy and media channel selection
• Ability to use planning tools such as TGI
• Pro-active and self-motivator
• Ability to build and maintain relationships

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Communicates well in written, verbal and in person
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Ability to help create persuasive and insight-led sales stories.
• Builds strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Aware of competitor offerings and media channels
• Passionate about all Mail Metro Media brands

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution.
• Life cover under the Pension Plan 4x your basic salary.
• DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
• Subsidised canteen
• Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
• Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted dining cards

Plus many other benefits….

About Us

Mail Metro Media is the advertising home of some of Britain’s biggest and most engaged newsbrands. With a powerhouse portfolio that includes the Mail brands, Metro, i, The Telegraph’s print products, and New Scientist, we tell stories that drive outcomes, with our reach extending to one in five adults in the UK every single day!

But we’ve evolved beyond just print and digital news, building a commanding presence in the social, video, and audio spaces that includes the biggest TikTok following of any newsbrand in the world, chart-topping UK podcasts, millions of YouTube subscribers, and more.

When you work at Mail Metro Media, all this comes together to put you at the heart of the advertising and media industry. We combine the rich wisdom of traditional media with a deep-running commitment to collaboration and innovation to create an environment where our people play an active role in the evolution of media. If you want to help reshape advertising with fresh ideas and a can-do attitude, this is the place for you.

Find out more about us at mailmetromedia.co.uk or find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and X at @MailMetroMedia.

Leadership

At the helm of Mail Metro Media are Chief Revenue Officer, Dom Williams, who is responsible for all advertising revenue across our far-reaching portfolio and Chief Commercial Digital and Strategy Officer, Hannah Buitekant, who is responsible for digital operations, data, and indirect revenue. Dom and Hannah are supported by an extensive senior leadership team that boasts a wealth of specialist media knowledge and decades of industry experience.

Why work for Mail Metro Media?

Not only will you be a part of the biggest media organisation in the UK, but you’ll work somewhere that’s dedicated to people and culture. Our people are a top priority - whether that’s supporting mental health, being Disability Confident, accommodating parenthood, providing fitness classes, driving diversity and inclusion, flexibility, or anything else, it matters to us.

Many of our team members work flexibly, in many different ways, including flexible hours or an element of working from home. Please talk to us during your interview about any flexibility you may need - we can usually find a way to make work work for you!

Here are some of the top reasons our people love working for us:

• Collaborate and innovate with the best people in media on a daily basis
• Work in an award-winning team in the fast-paced world of news and entertainment
• Get support in reaching your professional goals through webinars, workshops, mentorship and more
• Get personal support through mental wellbeing, volunteering time off, our menopause policies, a working parents group, our EDI Champions network, and more
• Comprehensive benefits including medical and dental insurance, childcare schemes, a huge range of discounts, enhanced pension contributions and more
• A lively, friendly office complete with a free gym, subsidised canteen and doctor’s surgery (London only)

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.