Senior Planning Executive

UNAVAILABLE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency in the UK seeks a Senior Planning Executive for a high-profile finance client. This role focuses on merging brand strategy with performance marketing, requiring curiosity and planning acumen. Your responsibilities include supporting campaign strategies, ensuring insights lead decisions, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in brand planning, strong communication skills, and a desire to learn in a dynamic environment, all while contributing to impactful campaigns.

Benefits

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Income Protection Plans

Work Your World

Reflection Days

Help@hand Benefits

Family Friendly Policies

Flexible Working

Great Local Discounts

Qualifications

• Some experience in media or brand planning, ideally with exposure to finance.
• Curious, analytical, and commercially aware, with interest in brand and performance marketing.
• Strong communicator, able to contribute to discussions in an agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning process by turning consumer insight into actionable strategies.
• Assist in developing integrated campaigns combining brand-building and performance objectives.
• Monitor campaign performance and contribute to optimisation and reporting.

Skills

media or brand planning

analytical skills

communication skills

collaborative mindset

Job description

Company Description

Who We Are in the UK?

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.

We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.

Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.

We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Our Commitment

We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Job Description

The DepartmentAt our agency, planners combine analytical thinking, commercial insight, and creativity to deliver campaigns that drive both brand growth and measurable business results. For our finance client, we’re helping bring a performance mindset into brand planning, ensuring every campaign balances creative impact with measurable outcomes.

The RoleWe’re looking for a Senior Planning Executive to join the planning team on a high-profile finance client. This is a role for someone with strong planning foundations, curious about how brand and performance intersect, and keen to develop into a confident, commercially-minded planner. You’ll be hands-on, supporting integrated campaigns across multiple channels while learning from experienced senior colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the planning process by turning consumer insight into actionable strategies

• Assisting in the development of integrated campaigns that combine brand-building and performance objectives

• Collaborating with strategy, creative, and activation teams to ensure campaigns are insight-led and results-driven

• Monitoring campaign performance and contributing to optimisation and reporting

• Helping craft compelling briefs that link client goals with creative and media activity

• Continuously developing your planning skills, with mentorship from senior colleagues

What we’re looking for

• Some experience in media or brand planning, ideally with exposure to finance, retail, or performance-focused clients

• Curious, analytical, and commercially aware, with a keen interest in both brand and performance marketing

• Strong communicator, able to contribute ideas and insights to client and internal discussions

• Collaborative, adaptable, and motivated to learn in a fast-paced agency environment

Why this roleThis is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career on a high-profile finance account, gaining exposure to both brand and performance planning. You’ll work alongside a talented team, learning from senior planners, and helping deliver campaigns that truly make an impact on the client’s business and customers.

Additional Information

Sparkhas fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics,Pension,Life Assurance, Private Medical and IncomeProtectionPlanswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLDopportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS- Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well‑being and self‑care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level.Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT.Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIESWe provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP&BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTSThis includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of ourbenefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Pagewhich showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

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