Associate Director, Planning

Interpublic; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

PHD in Chicago is seeking an Associate Director of Planning to lead integrated media strategies across broadcast, digital, and OOH. This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration, mentorship, and client leadership in a fast-paced agency environment.

You will guide planning resources, present senior-level plans, and translate campaign data into actionable insights. A passion for growth and elevating client outcomes is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Media or related field is required.
• Minimum 6 years of media planning experience including broadcast and OOH.
• Demonstrated ability to lead an integrated team and drive program development.
• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions.
• Strong client relationships and outstanding presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent client service by being responsive, accountable, and detail oriented.
• Present media plans, post analyses, and other deliverables to clients.
• Mentor and motivate direct reports to support professional development with active supervision.
• Manage workflow, deadlines, and interactions with strategy, creative partners, clients, and other teams.
• Oversee all work product produced by the team and drive insights from data.
• Set strategic direction aligned with client goals and growth.
• Build frameworks linking media strategy to business outcomes.
• Lead proactive, relationship-driven conversations with clients and teams.
• Direct multiple touchpoints influencing creative and messaging strategies.
• Own consumer insights and translate them into strong media representations.
• Manage planning resources and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Media

6+ years media planning experience (broadcast & OOH)

Integrated team leadership

Innovative or custom program development

Operational & investment recommendations

Team leadership and mentorship

Client relationship management

Account management proficiency

Professional presence

Excellent presentation skills

Marketing channels knowledge (digital)

Auto experience required

Job description

## Associate Director, PlanningApply: Hybrid: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R17256**Agency:**PHd **Job Function:**Media **Job Subfunction:**Media Planning and Buying**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. **Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Media and/or related field* Minimum 6 years of experience in media planning that involves broadcast and OOH planning* Deep experience working in and leading integrated team* Experience with innovative or custom program development* Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions* Be passionate and want to lead and inspire a team of soldiers* Must love close relationships with clients and be able to identify and run towards the future and not simply deliver “the ask”* High level of competency in Account Management and client service* Professional presence; can lead a team by example* Excellent presentation skills* A thorough understanding of marketing communication channels (including digital)* Auto experienced required **Responsibilities** * Provide excellent client service by being responsive, accountable, and detailed oriented* Present media plans, post analyses, and other deliverables to clients* 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 work product created by team of direct reports* Provide higher level of insight and analysis to campaign performance - drawing insights and actions from data* 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* Bring proactivity and leadership to the clients and the team* Be the voice for creating great work* Understand and direct multiple user touch points that can influence creative and messaging strategies* Own consumer insights and inspire tactical representations of strong, clear media strategies* Manage planning resources* Maintain communication and develop strategic partnerships with key partners – clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.$70,000-$125,000*To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.* Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.