Supervisor, Planning

Overview

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.

The Role:

Supervisor will work with Associate Director and Director to connect the bigger strategy and goals with the smaller tactical components of our work. You will be responsible for building tactical media plans, matching back the strategy and showing how each tactical component feeds into and works together to deliver on goals. The supervisor is responsible for budget maintenance, flowchart, leading status calls and other client meetings. You play an integral role on our team: connecting strategy to tactics and bringing together all investment and marketing science to deliver a cohesive product to our clients.

You'll establish effective client relationships - managing day-to-day questions, anticipating client needs and providing guidance to internal teams so they understand what the client expectations are. You'll demonstrate strategic thinking, creativity, and solid decision-making. You are an effective communicator, who uses clear language and outlines expectations. You are proactive and solution-oriented, bringing together teams to problem solve for the best outcome. You have a curiosity about the brand and advertising, always seeking to learn new things and find new ways of solving problems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 to 4 years of media planning experience as a media planner and assistant

• Cross-channel, 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, MediaTools/BrandFX)

• 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: support investment teams with campaign activation across all channels (video, digital, social, out of home, audio and print). Ensuring all investment teams are delivering to budget, managing reallocation of funds and shifts in tactic due to performance.

• 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 (investment, marketing science, finance) and externally with creative agency and partners. Develop and present documents that deliver results for our clients.

Compensation Range: $50,000 - $95,000 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 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. or 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.

PHD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.