Senior Media Planner

Job Description

<strong>About EssenceMediacom</strong><p><br></p>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.<p><br></p>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.<p><br></p>The <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Media Planner</strong> will work with the manager and multiple internal/external partners to plan and execute holistic media plans to ultimately contribute to the business growth of the category in charge.<p><br></p>This person would have to be comfortable working in a fast-paced team, but also act as a strong project manager that can manage multiple work streams and adapt to business change.<p><br></p><strong>Overview Of Job</strong><p><br></p><strong>Role context:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>The role is part of a structured team responsible for media planning activities on one assigned account. The successful candidate may serve as the client contact on some occasions and will be involved in the creation, design and implementation of media plans and key tactics. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Core responsibilities:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>The jobholder has the authority for all day-to-day decisions necessary to perform the assigned tasks required to achieve the agreed performance levels and achieve individual and functional remit objectives. </li><li>The role requires high levels of numeracy and commercial awareness, and the jobholder should always deliver the highest quality by being obsessed with detail and consistent high degree of accuracy even when under pressure. </li><li>Day-to-day job includes Planning, optimizing, reporting &amp; campaign setups; implementation of strategy &amp; optimization of media plans; bookings &amp; Adops. </li></ul><p><br></p> <strong>Required skills / experience:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Awareness of the concepts, approaches and issues of media planning and media agency operations. </li><li>2-3 years media/marketing experience in either agency or client-side within relevant industry. </li><li>Basic industry knowledge across media channels, strategic and conceptual development of digital planning, brand marketing, industry &amp; consumer, consumer trends, market status and competition would be beneficial. </li><li>Knowledge of TV planning &amp; other offline media is a plus. </li><li>Experience with luxurious accounts/clients is a plus.</li></ul>