Planning Senior Executive

Goodstuff Communications; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodstuff Communications in London is seeking a Planning Senior Executive to support the planning team in delivering excellence across media planning and client servicing. You will work closely with the team and agency colleagues to assist throughout the planning process and help produce great work that delights clients.

The role emphasizes developing strong client relationships, keeping financials accurate, managing workloads, and coordinating status meetings while maintaining timely reports.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a client-facing role, managing day to day communication with clients.
• Good knowledge of the fundamentals of media best practice with experience across main media channels in planning.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment with a detail-orientated approach.
• An eagerness to provide exceptional client servicing and comfortable managing stakeholders across a range of brands.
• Truly collaborative and adept at building relationships with internal teams (investment, insight and data).
• An excellent communicator with sound presentation skills (both written and oral).
• A strategic and creative mindset with the ability to address client objectives in an inventive way.
• A passion for all things media and communications.
• Naturally curious with the desire to continually learn and develop your planning and client servicing skills.
• A can-do attitude and positive approach, even in challenging situations.
• Creative, analytical and numerical ability

Responsibilities

• Support throughout the planning process, with a focus on the research stage.
• Produce insightful competitive reviews and target audience analysis.
• Seamlessly manage media plans with direct from line manager.
• Demonstrate an active interest in the media and communications industry.
• Engage and build rapport with relevant media owners.
• Support the planning team in the smooth day to day running of client business.
• Demonstrate good understanding of your clients’ challenges category and competitors.
• Lead responses to smaller client briefs, with senior support.
• Coordinate client status meetings and support team to maintain accurate and timely status reports.
• Build collaborative relationships with Goodstuffers.
• Effectively manage workload, expectations and meet deadlines.
• Develop ability to delegate and be delegated to with clear communication.
• Proactively support the team, developing an ability to adapt to changing daily demands.
• Maintain financial accuracy across all clients.
• Get bookings on the system promptly and accurately.
• Ensure efficient management of POs, timely invoicing and quick resolution of finance queries.
• Accurate and consistent weekly completion of timesheets

Skills

Client-facing

Media planning

Communication skills

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Numerical ability

Job description

In detail

The Goodstuff Planning Senior Executive role is to support their team in delivering excellence in media planning and client servicing. Working in close collaboration with their immediate team and Goodstuffers across the agency they are responsible for supporting throughout the planning process and contributing towards getting to great work and delighting our clients. They are expected to develop effective Goodstuffer and client relationships and contribute to the smooth and seamless running of client business, supporting their team by taking on some internal team admin tasks.

• Support throughout the planning process, with a focus on the research stage

• Produce insightful competitive reviews and target audience analysis

• Seamlessly manage media plans with direct from line manager

• Demonstrate an active interest in the media and communications industry

• Engage and build rapport with relevant media owners

• Support the planning team in the smooth day to day running of client business

• Demonstrate good understanding of your clients’ challenges category and competitors

• Lead responses to smaller client briefs, with senior support

• Coordinate client status meetings and support team to maintain accurate and timely status reports

• Build collaborative relationships with Goodstuffers

• Effectively manage workload, expectations and meet deadlines

• Develop ability to delegate and be delegated to with clear communication

• Proactively support the team, developing an ability to adapt to changing daily demands

• Maintain financial accuracy across all clients

• Get bookings on the system promptly and accurately

• Ensure efficient management of POs, timely invoicing and quick resolution of finance queries

• Accurate and consistent weekly completion of timesheets

The requirements

• Previous experience in a client-facing role, managing day to day communication with clients

• Good knowledge of the fundamentals of media best practice with experience operating across all main media channels in a planning capacity

• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment with a detail-orientated approach

• An eagerness to provide exceptional client servicing and comfortable managing various stakeholders across a range of brands

• Truly collaborative and well adept at building excellent relationships with both your immediate and wider internal teams (including investment, insight and data)

• An excellent communicator with sound presentation skills (both written and oral)

• A strategic and creative mindset with the ability to address client objectives in a truly inventive way leading to the best possible outcome

• A passion for all things media and communications

• Naturally curious with the desire to continually learn and develop your planning and client servicing skills

• A can-do attitude and positive approach, even in challenging situations

• Creative, analytical and numerical ability

Made of different stuff

Goodstuffers are a group of individuals made of different stuff. Collectively we shine in support of our mission: to be the World’s most inventive media agency. Our invention is born out of divergent thinking in an inclusive environment which comes together to create something truly original and good. Truly Goodstuff.

To support this, we have an Equal Opportunities Policy; except we call ours the Do the Right Thing Policy. It’s simple. We believe in fairness. That means, first and foremost, we recruit on merit and ability. We treat each other, fairly, with dignity and respect – we give a shit. We create an inclusive environment in which everyone belongs. When we recruit, promote, train, or reward we do that on the basis of aptitude and ability. We help and encourage everyone at Goodstuff to realise their full potential.

Any form of discrimination or harassment, less favourable treatment, or victimisation based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation will not be tolerated.