Associate Director, Planning

Omnicom Media•New York, NY

About The Position

UM is a people-first organization dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their full potential and do their best work. They seek passionate team members who love media and embody Curiosity, Courage, and Community, encouraging those who ask tough questions, explore nuances, and are hungry for personal growth. Collaborators who value diverse perspectives and inclusivity thrive at UM, an agency that provides the necessary information, tools, technology, career development, and empowerment for its people. As a global media network within the IPG Mediabrands family, UM operates in over 100 countries with more than 3,000 employees, innovating for powerful brands and earning recognition from prestigious global showcases like Cannes Lions, Festival of Media Global, and WARC. UM has been celebrated as a FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising & Marketing in the US, a Campaign Best Place to Work in EMEA, a Campaign Asia Diverse & Inclusive Workplace in APAC, a top 3 agency in LATAM by The Effies, and ranked the number one agency in both Canada and MENAT by RECMA. As Associate Director, Planning, you will support the vision and strategic plan for the account, ensuring success across Work Quality, Client Relationships, Financials, and Team Health. This role is key in planning and executing media strategies vital to business success and launching industry-leading work.

Requirements

Strong institutional knowledge of media planning principals
Build strong collaborative relationships with cross functional partners, internal teams, and stakeholders
Comfortable exploring new technologies, platforms and approaches to push the needle on big ideas
Ability to manage both upwards and downwards to ensure cross team communication
Ability to speak/present to both junior and senior level clients
Strong presentation skills
Proactive approach to problem solving

Nice To Haves

5+ years of integrated planning and 2-3 years experience in a people manager role; strong ability to delegate, train, and support direct reports
Experienced people manager, supporting team in career development, training, and workload management
Ability to learn/master agency tools specific to your account (MediaTools, Growth Accelerator, NMI)
Project management; effectively managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day management and communication of media plans for designated client from ideation to delivery
Lead communication and relationships with internal agency specialty teams and creative partners
Ensure the strategy and audience insights are funneled down into the tactical media plan
Ensure accuracy of all client deliverables
Ensure measurement and learning agendas are implemented within the media plan and delivered to the client
Lead day to day communication and relationship with investment teams to identify the right channels and partners to execute the media plan
Responsible and accountable to the implementation of media plan and deliverables, driving relationship with internal teams and partners including strategy, buying, analytics and SBUs
Responsible for development of the media plan, making strategic ideas come to life in partnership with cross functional partners (i.e. SBUs, buying team, analytics, etc.)