Manager, Planning

PHD; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communications agency seeks a Manager of Planning to drive media strategies and client relations. This role entails overseeing digital campaigns, guiding teams, and ensuring adherence to media objectives. Ideal candidates have 3-4 years of experience in media planning and demonstrate strong analytical and strategic skills. This position is hybrid, requiring three days in the office each week.

Benefits

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Paid medical leave

Vacation days

Sick days

Personal days

Qualifications

• 3 to 4 years media planning experience required.
• Understanding of media processes and digital landscape.
• Ability to manage workloads of others and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Establish media objectives and plans, ensuring accuracy.
• Lead digital campaigns from planning to activation.
• Manage day-to-day client responsibilities effectively.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Project management

Communication

Digital activation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MRI

Nielsen Adviews

Comscore

Job description

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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.

Overview

Manager's work with senior staff to establish media objectives and strategies for clients. You’ll deliver media planning and services, including plan and budget maintenance, with accuracy. You will also be responsible for planning, activation, managing, and optimizing digital campaigns. You’ll establish effective client relationships – managing day-to-day questions. You’ll explore alternative media solutions with an original point of view. You’ll demonstrate strategic thinking, creativity, and solid decision-making.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 to 4 years of media planning experience; integrated experience desired, bachelor’s degree preferred
• Proven skills in analytical and strategic thinking, project management, presenting, communication, and digital activation
• Clear understanding of the media process and digital landscape
• Media, syndicated research, and proprietary analytics tools experience (i.e., MRI, Nielsen Adviews, eTelmar, DCM, Prisma, Comscore)
• Action-oriented – ability to identify issues and solutions as well as anticipate consequences
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team, to delegate and manage the workloads of others
  
  

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Associate Director, you’ll be accountable for:

• Media Planning: work with and assist the Associate Director and Director to establish media objectives, plans, and troubleshooting. Delegate work across planners and assistants, ensure accuracy, and a strong level of detail. Know the ins and outs of the plan and strategy to answer questions that may arise. Stay on top of trends and industry news - share with relevant team members and clients.
• Campaign Management: lead and manage digital campaigns from the planning to activation to optimizations. Currently covering standard display banners, video, digital audio.
• Team Management: manage-up with Directors on account status and handling team workload, while managing and developing the Strategist(s) and Assistant(s). Foster positive morale and emphasize the importance of working together to get things done in a way that allows your team to feel passionate about their roles.
• Client Management: be a main point of client contact, versed on and managing day-to-day responsibilities to ensure that all is running smoothly.
• Cross Team Alignment: work across multiple teams including the global PHD account teams, published media, marketing sciences, and externally with creative agency and partners. Develop and present documents that deliver results for our clients.
  
  

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$80,000—$90,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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