Associate Director, Planning

Adelphi Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom’s Omnicom group is seeking a senior media planning and buying professional to lead integrated campaigns for major brands in Los Angeles. The role focuses on developing fully integrated media strategies, managing multi-million budgets, and delivering client-ready analyses and recommendations.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in media planning, excellent presentation and communication skills, and the ability to mentor junior staff while collaborating with strategy, creative,

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 clearly report 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 work products created by team of direct reports.
• Provide higher level 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 key stakeholders– clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.

Skills

Integrated media planning

Budget management

Client relationship management

Cross-functional teamwork

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Advertising, Media and/or related field

Job description

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,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.California: $70,000.00-$125,000.00

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