Associate Director, Planning

Omnicom Media Group UAE - PHD; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending账户

Vacation days

Sick days

Personal days

Paid parental leave

Paid medical leave

STD/LTD insurance

Job summary

Omnicom Media Group UAE - PHD in Chicago is seeking a Senior Media Planning Lead to drive integrated media strategies and client partnerships. You will develop fully integrated plans across broadcast, digital, and social, and manage complex budgets while guiding a team.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in integrated media planning, excellent presentation and communication skills, and a proven ability to make investment recommendations and lead cross-functional collaborations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Media and/or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in integrated media planning.
• Expertise in developing fully integrated media strategies and plans, with emphasis on local media (broadcast, digital, and social)
• Auto category experience preferred
• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment
• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions
• Passionate and eager to improve processes and workstreams
• High level of proficiency in Account Management and client service. Experience developing close relationships and serving as a valuable partner to the client.
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills
• Ability to manage,track, and clearlyreport complex budgets.

Responsibilities

• Be responsive, accountable, and detailed-oriented as a primary client relationship holder
• Present media plans, analyses, strategic recommendations and other deliverables to clients
• Maintain complex monthly budget and billing documents and deliver clear, client-facing documents to facilitate client approvals.
• Manage, mentor, and motivate direct reports to encourage their professional development while providing daily supervision and guidance
• Manage workflow, deadlines, and interactions with strategy team, creative partners, clients, and other external teams
• Responsible for all workproducts created by team of direct reports
• Provide higherlevel of insight and analysis to campaign performance. Draw insights and actions from data to advance the client’s business forward
• Set the tone and strategic direction of the team built around growth and application of learnings
• Build sound strategic frameworks that ladder to client business goals
• Maintain communication and develop strategic partnerships with keystakeholders– clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.

Skills

Integrated media planning

Budget management

Client relationship management

Presentation skills

Team leadership

Operational decision making

Process improvement

Account management

Written communication

Budget reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications/Advertising/Media

Job description

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world’s largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything – from a new client brief to the way we work.

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA.

A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide.

We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world’s largest advertisers.

Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything – from a new client brief to the way we work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising,Mediaand/or related field

• Minimum 6 years of experience inintegrated mediaplanning.

• Expertiseindeveloping fully integrated media strategies and plans, with emphasisonlocalmedia (broadcast, digital, and social)

• Auto category experience preferred

• Experienceworking inacross-functionalteam environment

• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions

• Passionate andeagertoimprove processes and workstreams

• High levelofproficiencyin Account Management and client service. Experience developing close relationships and serving as a valuable partner to the client.

• Excellent presentationand written communication skills

• Ability tomanage,track, and clearlyreportcomplex budgets.

Responsibilities

• Beresponsive, accountable, and detailed-orientedas a primary client relationship holder

• Present media plans, analyses,strategicrecommendationsand other deliverables to clients

• Maintain complex monthly budget and billing documents and deliver clear, client-facing documents tofacilitateclient approvals.

• Manage, mentor, and motivate direct reports to encourage their professional development while providing daily supervision and guidance

• Manage workflow, deadlines, and interactions with strategy team, creative partners, clients, and other external teams

• Responsible for all workproductscreated by team of direct reports

• Providehigherlevel of insight and analysis to campaign performance. Drawinsights and actions from datato advance the client’s business forward

• Set the tone and strategic direction of the teambuilt around growth and application of learnings

• Build sound strategic frameworks that ladder to client business goals

• Maintain communication and develop strategic partnerships with keystakeholders– clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$70,000—$125,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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