Senior Planning Executive

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a proactive media planning professional to support client servicing and planning, including research and competitive reviews. You will manage plans, coordinate meetings, and maintain accurate status reports while building strong relationships with media owners.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams and a detail-oriented, analytical mindset to address client objectives and deliver accurate financial management.

Qualifications

• Experience in a client-facing role with day-to-day client communication.
• Understanding of media planning fundamentals and best practices.
• Experience across main media channels in planning capacity.

Responsibilities

• Support the team in delivering excellence in media planning and client servicing.
• Support the planning process, particularly research.
• Produce competitive reviews and target audience analysis.
• Manage media plans under line manager direction.
• Build rapport with relevant media owners.
• Support the smooth day-to-day running of client business.
• Understand clients’ challenges, categories and competitors.
• Lead responses to smaller client briefs with senior support.
• Coordinate client status meetings and maintain accurate status reports.
• Build collaborative relationships with Goodstuffers.
• Manage workload, expectations and deadlines.
• Support the team and adapt to changing daily demands.
• Maintain financial accuracy across clients.
• Enter bookings promptly and accurately.
• Manage purchase orders, invoicing and finance queries.
• Complete weekly timesheets accurately and consistently.

Skills

Client-Facing Experience

Media Planning Best Practices

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Analytical Ability

Job description

• Support the team in delivering excellence in media planning and client servicing
• Support the planning process, particularly research
• Produce competitive reviews and target audience analysis
• Manage media plans under line manager direction
• Build rapport with relevant media owners
• Support the smooth day-to-day running of client business
• Understand clients’ challenges, categories and competitors
• Lead responses to smaller client briefs with senior support
• Coordinate client status meetings and maintain accurate, timely status reports
• Build collaborative relationships with Goodstuffers
• Manage workload, expectations and deadlines
• Support the team and adapt to changing daily demands
• Maintain financial accuracy across clients
• Enter bookings promptly and accurately
• Manage purchase orders, invoicing and finance queries
• Complete weekly timesheets accurately and consistently

Requirements

• Previous experience in a client-facing role, managing day to day communication with clients
• Good knowledge of the fundamentals of media best practice
• Experience operating across all main media channels in a planning capacity
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment with a detail-orientated approach
• Exceptional client servicing skills and ability to manage various stakeholders across a range of brands
• Collaborative relationship-building skills with internal teams, including investment, insight and data
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Strategic and creative mindset with ability to address client objectives inventively
• Passion for media and communications
• Desire to continually learn and develop planning and client servicing skills
• Creative, analytical and numerical ability
• Ability to manage workload, expectations and deadlines
• No educational credential explicitly required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong client servicing and media planning capabilities, with a focus on building collaborative relationships and managing multiple stakeholders effectively. Possesses a strategic mindset and a detail-oriented approach to deliver accurate media plans and financial management.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Client-Facing Experience
• Media Planning Best Practices
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication Skills
• Analytical Ability

Hard Skills

• Media Planning
• Competitive Review Production
• Target Audience Analysis
• Financial Accuracy Management
• Purchase Order Management
• Invoicing
• Timesheet Management

Soft Skills

• Client Servicing Skills
• Collaborative Relationship-Building
• Detail-Oriented Approach
• Creative Mindset
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Media Channels
• Client Briefs
• Status Reports
• Fast-Paced Environment
• Communication Strategies