Hybrid EMEA Comms Design Lead

Initiative Nederland | Part of Omnicom Media; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days off per year

Hybrid and flexible working

Growth support & onboarding with 100‑y

Inspiring environment with leading A‑브

Healthy catering in the office

Referral Bonus

Group sports activities

Social events

Lease bicycle plan

Exclusive employee discounts

Job summary

Initiative is Nike's and Jordan brands media agency of record for EMEA, responsible for strategy, integrated media planning and activation, measurement, and data & technology services across 34 countries. Partnering with Nike is an extraordinary opportunity requiring extraordinary talent.

Our vision is to build the best integrated team connecting brand and performance to deliver best in class outcomes. The Nike Initiative EMEA team is a highly diverse team, attracting the sharpest emerging

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content).
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Experience leading client status meetings and follow-on communications.
• Understanding audience & category insights as well as application of these to briefs and campaigns.
• Media planning for digital and offline channels in EMEA or similar markets.
• Owning Media and budget recommendations to respond to client briefs.
• Building visual & clear response decks which excite the client.
• Managing specialist buying teams (digital, social, offline) to build line-by-line Media Plans
• Managing production process and being lead POC for client on go-live status.
• Acute eye for detail especially during the finance and reconciliation process once campaigns complete.
• Excellent reporting and measurement skills and being able to explain campaign success.
• Experience in managing or developing junior staff members.
• Ability to delegate and oversee direct reports.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate inputs powering the client’s communications plan and grow their business.
• Responsible for the timely, accurate delivery of day-to-day requests from the team.
• Regular trend identification, culture and competitive analysis for client.
• Support on the development of Connections Architectures via Velocity Planning to guide all Territories.
• Work with the Associate Director and Partnerships team to develop the RFP to create the best possible plan.
• Manage the team output and development of the flowchart grounded in the communications idea.
• Manage aggregation of media plans and budgets across all markets for distribution to EMEA HQ.
• Manage budget forecasting from annual to weekly, inclusive of delivery metrics forecast.
• Ensure the communications ecosystem extends beyond paid through the integration of owned, earned and shared impacts.
• Lead the production of audience and communications data and intelligence for planning.
• Contribute to ideation sessions with Strategy team and relevant SBU.

Skills

Integrated planning

Media planning

Budget management

Client communications

Team leadership

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Project management

Time management

Education

Bachelor degree in related field

Tools

Lumina

Velocity Planning

Job description

Initiative is Nike's and Jordan brands media agency of record for EMEA, responsible for strategy, integrated media planning and activation, measurement, and data & technology services across 34 countries. Partnering with Nike is an extraordinary opportunity requiring extraordinary talent.

Our vision is to build the best integrated team connecting brand and performance to deliver best in class outcomes. The Nike Initiative EMEA team is a highly diverse team, attracting the sharpest emerging