Group Director, Media Planning

Interpublic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Omnicom Media is seeking a Group Director, Media Planning to lead communications design across client groups during annual and major launches. This role focuses on ensuring excellence in idea-led, culturally empowered ecosystems that drive effectiveness and profitability.

The candidate will guide a design-forward planning process, collaborate with external agencies and internal strategy teams, and oversee talent development within the unit.

Qualifications

• Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content).
• Experience with high budget clients that participate in the linear video and CTV Upfront.
• Skilled at utilizing tools for optimizations.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain high level professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues and vendors.
• Strong organizational, analytical and leadership skills.
• Strong experience/involvement in new business planning and presentations skills.
• Initiative does not require candidates to have a college degree.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead design counsel for clients at key periods (e.g. annual planning) or across key projects (eg. New launches).
• Responsible for communications design product excellence across major planning initiatives across designated client base.
• Lead the team’s adoption of best-in-class communications design approaches and innovation, and adherence to planning process.
• Oversee collaboration with external partners (creative agency), and internal strategy and partnerships teams through the planning process to ensure creative excellence, strategic fit and commercial feasibility of the Connections Design approach.
• Oversight of connections architecture development, analytics strategy and ecosystem delivery across owned, earned, shared & paid (OESP).
• Responsible for best-in-class quality and consistency of every output from the communications design client team they oversee, in line with the communications design discipline vision.
• Responsible for ensuring profitable integration of Specialty Business Unit (SBU) leadership within design team.
• Oversee opportunities to grow scope to appropriate communications design staffing levels and up-leveled talent on client assignments.
• Manage the product outcomes for new business efforts across pitches for Communications Design resource, including casting talent, running brainstorms, integrating with partnerships & SBU’s on

Skills

Integrated planning

Budget management

Client relationships

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

New business planning

Presentation skills

Tools

Optimization tools

Presentation tools

Job description

# Omnicom Careers## Group Director, Media PlanningApply: Hybrid: New York, New York, United States of America: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America: Full time: Posted Today: R14168**Agency:**Omnicom Media **Job Function:**Media **Job Subfunction:**Media Planning and Buying**Job Description:****Position Overview**As Group Director, Communications Design you are at the forefront of bringing the next generation of planning to life. As the Design leader of your client group, you are ensuring the adoption and adherence of communications design principles across your client base, ensuring your team consistently delivers best in class idea led, culturally empowered communications ecosystems that drive effectiveness.**Responsibilities*** Act as lead design counsel for clients at key periods (e.g. annual planning) or across key projects (eg. New launches)* Responsible for communications design product excellence across major planning initiatives across designated client base* Lead the team’s adoption of best-in-class communications design approaches and innovation, and adherence to planning process* Oversee collaboration with external partners (creative agency), and internal strategy and partnerships teams through the planning process to ensure creative excellence, strategic fit and commercial feasibility of the Connections Design approach* Oversight of connections architecture development, analytics strategy and ecosystem delivery across owned, earned, shared & paid (OESP)* Responsible for best-in-class quality and consistency of every output from the communications design client team they oversee, in line with the communications design discipline vision* Responsible for ensuring profitable integration of Specialty Business Unit (SBU) leadership within design team* Oversee opportunities to grow scope to appropriate communications design staffing levels and up-leveled talent on client assignments* Manage the product outcomes for new business efforts across pitches for Communications Design resource, including casting talent, running brainstorms, integrating with partnerships & SBU’s on**Required Skills and Experience*** Experience in an integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content)* Experience with high budget clients that participate in the linear video and CTV Upfront* Skilled at utilizing tools for optimizations* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal* Proven ability to develop and maintain high level professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues and vendors* Strong organizational, analytical and leadership skills* Strong experience/involvement in new business planning and presentations skills* Initiative does not require candidates to have a college degree**Desired Skills and Experience*** 10+ years relevant experience with 5+ years leading, managing and motivating a team* Category or audience experience as relevant per assignment* Ability to lead strategic thinking for integrated marketing communication plans encompassing traditional and non-traditional media strategies* Ability to ensure consistency and best practices across all projects; strong project management skills* Ability to assess client needs for utilization and development of planning and research tools and resources* Prior experience working on a pharmaceutical client$175,000 - $215,000*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. Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice **For US Job Seekers:** *It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.*