Planner, Media Operations

Publicis Groupe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe’s PLUS+ team seeks a Planner, Media Operations responsible for coordinating operational projects across the PepsiCo portfolio. You will ensure process compliance, data integrity, and timely execution from brief to plan, with budgets and timelines managed alongside cross‑functional teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with strategy, analytics, and finance to support accurate reporting, billing, and client-ready materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising preferred.
• 1+ years of Media planning or operations experience.
• Working knowledge of PC; Microsoft Office software, especially Excel.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working with numbers.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration; capable of working with external partners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; capable of independent work when needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Operations Team to develop and improve processes ensuring data integrity and compliance.
• Provide project management support on defined projects.
• Develop timelines and next steps with stakeholders for sharing with the team.
• Ensure data is up to date and compliant in Guideline (MediaTools) for data pulls.
• Maintain and QA Guideline (MediaTools) taxonomy.
• Manage Authorization approval structure and monthly audits.
• Build charts/slides for internal and client presentations.
• Work with Finance on monthly billing and reporting.
• Set up tools for new team members and clients (MediaOcean, MediaTools).
• Update approved process and tool playbooks as needed.

Skills

Media planning

Operations experience

Attention to detail

Team player

Communication skills

Willingness to learn

Ability to work in fast-paced env

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

MediaOcean

Guideline (MediaTools)

Job description

Company description

PLUS+ by Publicis is PepsiCo's dedicated global marketing and media operating model, bringing together the best talent, capabilities, technology, data, and expertise from across Publicis Groupe into one integrated team. Supporting iconic brands including Pepsi, Gatorade, Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Mountain Dew, and Quaker, PLUS+ is designed to accelerate growth, innovation, and transformation at scale.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team being built from the ground up and help shape the future of marketing for one of the world's most recognized consumer brands. Team members work alongside industry-leading experts across strategy, media, commerce, analytics, data, technology, and operations while contributing to a first-of-its-kind global model launch.

If you're energized by innovation, transformation, and the chance to make a visible impact on a global business, PLUS+ offers an opportunity unlike any other in the industry.

Overview

The Planner, Media Operations will be responsible for helping manage operational projects and workflows across the PepsiCo portfolio to ensure that teams are compliant in process and ways of working.

This role requires a solid understanding of the media planning process from client brief to plan execution, budget management, and project management to help teams improve process efficiency and deliver scoped assignments with accuracy and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Operations Team to develop and improve processes to ensure data integrity and compliance across the agency.
• Provide project management support on defined projects.
• Work with project stakeholders to develop timelines and next steps based on objectives for projects to be shared with the greater team.
• Responsible for working with strategy teams to ensure data is up to date and compliant in Guideline (MediaTools) for data pulls.
• Maintain and QA Guideline (MediaTools) taxonomy.
• Manage the Authorization approval structure, following the process and hierarchy dictated by the client, and ensure that monthly audits are completed.
• Support team with building charts and slides for internal and client presentations.
• Work with Finance to provide internal/external financial reporting.
• Work closely with greater Ops, Investment and Finance teams to manage monthly client billing.
• Build and maintain all team email distribution lists.
• Ensure all tools are set up for new team members (and clients if applicable), including but not limited to, MediaOcean, Guideline (MediaTools), etc.
• Own the process of updating existing approved process and tool playbooks as needed.
• Support the Ops team by facilitating new team member onboarding, including the development of client specific materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising preferred
• 1+ years of Media planning or operations experience
• Working knowledge of PC
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software, especially Excel
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working with numbers
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Strong team player with the ability to collaborate, work on own initiative and occasionally unsupervised
• Ability to communicate effectively by telephone, in writing, or in person (inclusive of external partners)
• Positive, can-do attitude

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Veterans Encouraged to Apply.

#LI-EK2

Compensation Range: USD $50,065.00 - USD $66,300.00/Annually. 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 the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12/14/2026.