Senior Manager, Planning (BDF)

Fuse; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency in London seeks a Comms Planning Manager to build and implement successful marketing strategies. The role requires strong presentation skills and an understanding of channel utilization across paid media. You'll work closely with teams and clients, optimizing campaigns and ensuring effective delivery. The agency offers a hybrid working model, balancing office and remote work. Join us to be part of a vibrant team and make a real impact in the media landscape.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic comms planning for marketing.
• Strong presentation skills to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver insights for campaign optimizations.

Responsibilities

• Build comms strategies to exceed marketing objectives.
• Ensure effective strategy delivery across markets.
• Advise on best use of channels for campaigns.

Skills

Comms planning strategies

Media planning presentation

Campaign tracking

Channel utilization

Client communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Numeracy skills

Job description

About You & the Role

Comms Planning Management

• Build comms planning strategies that will enable the client to achieve (& exceed) marketing objectives for specific campaigns
• Ensure effective delivery of the strategy across key cluster markets applying and challenging established planning principles, client and data insights
• Be comfortable writing and presenting media planning documents to senior stakeholders
• Understand and be close to all campaign tracking and evaluation, in order to feed insight into future planning as well as tracking performance and informing on-going optimisations
• Be the implementational planning expert who understands and can advise on the best use of channels across paid media
• Be comfortable talking to clients about the connection between channels across paid, owned & earned media
• Support wider team on ad-hoc media projects and thought pieces
• Deliver fully integrated planning and team collaboration across disciplines; on and offline media, influencer, commerce, and build strong creative agency partnership
• Be regularly in touch with media partners to understand new innovations in the market and receive new audience insights

Interpersonal / Attitudinal Skills

• Have an innate curiosity and a willingness to share ideas, thoughts & insights with the wider team.
• Develop a strong working relationship with colleagues & nurture positive team spirit.
• Take pride in everything you do and really care about delivering great work
• Recognise when to elevate a potential issue to senior colleagues or seek a second opinion from the wider team.
• Great attention to detail and a high level of numeracy – spot it first!
• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude and approach

About the Agency

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of better decisions, faster for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast.

To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Working Pattern

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, 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), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in‑person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents 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 or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [e-mail] to let us know how we can support you.

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.

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