Director, Planning

PHD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network seeking a high-level leader to head an integrated media team and drive innovative media strategies for major brands. The role emphasizes strong leadership, client relations, and the ability to reinvent traditional media approaches.

You will oversee strategy, guide measurement, and collaborate with Strategy, Planning, Analytics, and Operations to deliver outstanding results.

Qualifications

• 10+ years on strategic offline and online media planning
• Experience leading an integrated team
• Strong leadership and presentation capabilities
• Ability to make investment recommendations and decisions
• Desire to mentor and groom next generation of client leaders
• Compensation range for US-based roles: listed in job posting

Responsibilities

• Strong client relationships, effective communication, and building impactful plans that win industry awards and strengthen agency partnerships.

Skills

Media planning

Leadership

Presentation skills

Client relationships

Analytical thinking

Job description

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. Who we’re looking for: This is a high-level position, leading a team of passionate game changers, all focused on bringing constant innovation. This role is pivotal in helping the agency establish new ways of working with media – and even reinvent traditional media itself. Different thinking is not only encouraged, but also celebrated here at PHD. We believe the old ways of working in the RFI format are dead, we foster intimate and progressive relationships both with our clients and the media partners who help to realize our ambitions. You will lead your own integrated team and work within one of the most passionate media teams who is flexible and nimble, fast and adapt to change. It is a team that exemplifies teamwork and one that is looking for a leader who can help create with them a media strategy that sets these brands apart from the rest.

Agency

PHd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Media Planning and Buying

Overview

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. Who we’re looking for: This is a high-level position, leading a team of passionate game changers, all focused on bringing constant innovation. This role is pivotal in helping the agency establish new ways of working with media – and even reinvent traditional media itself. Different thinking is not only encouraged, but also celebrated here at PHD. We believe the old ways of working in the RFI format are dead, we foster intimate and progressive relationships both with our clients and the media partners who help to realize our ambitions. You will lead your own integrated team and work within one of the most passionate media teams who is flexible and nimble, fast and adapt to change. It is a team that exemplifies teamwork and one that is looking for a leader who can help create with them a media strategy that sets these brands apart from the rest.

Responsibilities

• Strong client relationships, admiring teammates, clear communication, more impactful and effective plans, positive vibes, industry awards, strong agency partnerships.

Who You’ll Partner With

• You’ll work hand in hand with the Strategy & Planning team, partnering daily with Investment, Analytics and Operations teams across all client divisions and reporting into the Client Business Lead on the account.

What You Can Expect

• The chance to grow the agency and yourself
• Freedom to collaborate with over 4,000 colleagues in 80+ offices worldwide
• The ability to be brave, try new things and help continue to grow our Planning offering
• A place that cares about your personal passions just as much as your work

Qualifications

Our expectations of you: Firstly, come prepared to dig in and get ready to get your hands dirty. This role is strategy in action. We listen, we talk, and then we get right into the do. Here at PHD, we muck in, at every level, to get what needs to be done and we do it smarter, faster, and better than it has been done before. This is an important role, one that requires an inspirational and actionable strategy. You need to have your media planning skills down to a fine art; know your media math inside and out and the foundation for innovation starts here. You need to be comfortable with deep analysis to rationalize and measure your media decisions. We like to put a little skin in the game. That means you help define what success looks like for the client and agency teams by designing measurement plans rooted in empirical data. You set the agenda as the everyday lead and we will cheer you on as you bring your own point of view and challenge us, the team and our clients towards a better way or working. Make no mistake, this is a heavy producer type role. Not only will you lead strategy, but you will create it and lead a team towards developing it and a client towards aligning with it. You would need to be a strong communicator with strength of conviction and to be able to inspire a team and set them and our clients towards a path of growth. We expect you too, to grow in this role and be groomed for the next generation of client business leadership at PHD.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• 10+ experience in role(s) that involve strategic offline and online media planning
• Deep experience working in and leading an integrated team
• Strong Leadership and Presentation skills
• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions
• Be passionate and want to lead and inspire a team of ambitious planners
• Must love close relationships with clients and be able to identify and run towards the future and not simply deliver “the ask”
• Experience developing innovative or custom programs a plus Compensation Range: $90,000 - $215,000

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Compensation Range: $90,000 - $215,000