Head of Communications Design for Media Planning

Omnicom Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office three days per week

Job summary

Omnicom Media in New York seeks a Group Director, Communications Design to lead the next generation of planning. You will guide the design discipline across major client groups, ensure best-in-class ideas, and drive the adoption of innovative design approaches throughout planning processes.

You will oversee collaborations with external and internal teams, manage talent and staffing for design initiatives, and shape outcomes for new business pitches within the Communications Design practice.

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

Executive communication

Client relationships

Leadership

New business planning

Presentations

Initiative without degree requirement

Job description

Omnicom Media in New York seeks a Group Director, Communications Design to lead the next generation of planning. You will guide the design discipline across major client groups, ensure best-in-class ideas, and drive the adoption of innovative design approaches throughout planning processes.

You will oversee collaborations with external and internal teams, manage talent and staffing for design initiatives, and shape outcomes for new business pitches within the Communications Design practice.