Planning Director

Description:

Planning Director role across a consumer health-care brand at a mid-sized Central London agency.

There will also be additional work on an ethical food brand.

We’re looking for a senior AD / junior BD level candidate with comms planning and digital innovation experience who is looking to accelerate their career on one of the agencies flagship accounts.

There is a very strong digital element to this role, so we are looking for people with strong digital experience (but with offline experience also).

The role;

As Planning Director you will be responsible for working across a variety of exciting campaigns, putting together innovative plans across multiple channels for these accounts.

• Your role is to champion, demand and push integration, connectivity and communications ideas
• Pure planning role with scope to progress to Group Director level in 12 – 18 months
• Will suit someone with strong digital planning expertise that has broader comms planning experience across offline
• Will suit someone happy working on innovative, fast-paced accounts but maintain planning rigour at same time

About You;

• Experience in integrated planning role in media, publisher / vendor, or communications discipline (digital, content)
• While this is a cross-channel role, digital planning experience is essential.
• Up-to-date knowledge and experience leveraging the whole digital landscape to deliver on client goals (performance, addressable, SEO, Content, application of data solutions etc) is required.
• Experience leading, managing and motivating a team
• Ability to lead strategic thinking for integrated marketing communication plans encompassing traditional and non-traditional media strategies
• Proven ability to develop and maintain high level professional relationships with senior clients, colleagues and vendors
• Ability to assess client needs for utilization and development of planning and research tools and resources