Regional Planning Director

PHD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PHD is seeking a Regional Planning Director to lead media planning across key EMEA markets, shaping strategy, activation and optimization. You will work with local teams, briefing activation teams to turn plans into execution and ensure best practices across regions.

You will balance hands-on media planning expertise with strategic leadership, guiding briefs and regional strategies while refining processes based on market feedback. This is a pivotal leadership role within the PHD EMEA team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading media planning for regional/global brands.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and teams.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on planning and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead media planning across key EMEA markets and ensure strategy, activation and optimization are delivered.
• Coordinate with local teams and activation teams to develop and execute tactical plans.
• Refine processes based on market feedback and client needs to improve efficiency and outcomes.

Skills

Media planning

Digital fluency

Strategic leadership

Client communication

Job description

About the Role

The

Agency

PHd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description

The Regional Planning Director will lead media planning across key EMEA markets, ensuring that strategy, activation, and optimization are seamlessly executed. You will work closely with local teams, and develop outstanding, innovative responses to briefs and regional strategies. You will then brief activation teams, who will develop the tactical media plans (i.e. the Excel/Google Sheets version) and help the plans come to life! This role requires a balance of hands‑on media planning expertise, digital fluency, and strategic leadership. You will be central to conversations with local and regional clients, supporting their ambitions and ensuring best practices in media strategy and execution. Additionally, you will lead the refinement of processes based on market feedback and client needs.

About Us

We are a growth-focused media and marketing communications agency, driven by innovation and creativity. Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors. PHD EMEA is focused on delivering communications strategy, planning and activation for regional and global brands - working closely with the rest of the PHD network around the world. That’s more than 100 offices across 74 countries. We are part of Omnicom Media Group, the media division of Omnicom Group, Inc. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a pivotal role within a high-performing regional team, helping to shape media strategy and planning for one of the world's leading tech brands. If you're ready to make an impact, we'd love to hear from you! Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us - we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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