Senior Associate Director – Planning
MediaCom
London
Description
Senior Associate Director – Planning (Sky)
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Overview of role
This is an exciting new opportunity to lead a team working on one of the biggest advertisers in the UK. The client is a firm believer in the power of media and has huge ambition to deliver effective and brilliant work.
The successful candidate will manage the day-to-day account, be involved in end-to-end media planning including annual planning, lead a planning team, and deliver idea-first media solutions to an accommodating, fair and friendly client team.
The role is focused on Sky Mobile, a fast-growing MNO which recently hit 3M customers and is looking to keep a positive growth trajectory. Long-term ambitions are to be the#1 Mobile operator in Sky homes by 2025 in UK (and ROI) and media will be a critical way in which we deliver this. This is a great opportunity to work with big budgets, a dynamic team and have an appetite to drive innovation.
The candidate should have experience using insights and planning tools to ensure our plans are digital-first, founded in insight and set-up to test & learn.
We are looking for someone with a media agency background, who has experience of leading high performing teams and a combination of excellent strategic skills and creative flair. You will have a keen understanding of digital channels (paid, owned and earned) and their strategic role in delivering business outcomes, as well as AV, audio and OOH. The role encompasses both brand and performance so experience in both is desirable.
Sitting withina dedicated team to the account, with a strong team culture, this role is a great opportunity for an ambitious leader to join one of the agency’s flagship accounts and create brilliant work, in close collaboration with clients, creative agencies and internal teams.
This is an extremely exciting opportunity for applicants with expertise and energy, who share in our core values of enthusiasm, curiosity and creativity.
Reporting of the role
This role reports to the Business Director and has a close relationship with the Partner and Managing Partner of the business unit, as well as key members of the agency leadership team.
You will lead a team of 4 comms planners & work closely with our digital and investment counterparts, business science and other specialist functions within the agency, as well as external creative agencies.
3 best things about the job
- Working on a highly regarded and hugely popular brand, with lovely clients who are excited for new ways of thinking and pushing for innovation
- Being part of a hugely sociable, personable and fun team! There are 20+ planners across Sky alone!
- It’s a major opportunity to ignite your career and learn a huge amount from some talented colleagues and clients in BU4 and beyond
Measures of success
In three months, you would have:
- Embedded yourself within the wider team and built strong and collaborative relationships with your key client counterparts, your direct reports and partner agencies
- Overseen the team and planning product, challenging the work internally to ensure the best solutions are put in front of the client
In six months, you would have:
- Set the conditions for the team with clear goals, objectives, and development plans
- Built strong relationships across theagency including key departments
- Delivered a strategic response to a client brief in close collaboration with the Strategy Director, your team and integrated with agency partners
In 12 months, you would have:
- Act as a leader, defining and representing the department and agency culture
- Delivered award shortlisted work which contributes to the growth of Sky Mobile
- Embedded in the wider agency and participated in wider planning initiatives or new business
- Taken the lead on annual planning for Sky Mobile, setting the direction for their approach
Responsibilities of the role
- Lead the account team and channel planners/buyers, responsible for the development and progression of the team and making it the team that everyone wants to be a part of.
- Oversee comms planning from the strategy through to reporting and analysis. Act as the agency lead in cross agency collaboration.
- The client loves innovation and is always open to new ideas and has budgets to support new initiatives. A key part of the role is to constantly challenge the work internally to ensure we are delivering innovative and measurable solutions to Sky Mobile’s challenges
- Build close relationships with key clients and ensure the agency delivers against the SLA.
What you will need
- Excellent leadership capability, both internally within the agency and with senior clients.
- An analytical and inquisitive mindset, a passion for the industry.
- Comms planning expertise with an in depth understanding of the role for paid, owned, and earned media channels and their contribution to business outcomes.
- Creative flair to enable campaign ideas to stand out and cut through a cluttered marketplace.
- Excellent communication skills, including leading cross agency teams and communicating effectively with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a diverse workload and prioritise key work streams.
- You will have led client contact and will have been responsible for delivering best in class performance across AV, audio, digital and OOH channels, to meet both brand and performance KPIs.
About EssenceMediacom
We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients’ businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability.
EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our “new power” where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.
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