Director, Planning

Adelphi Group • New York, NY

1d • $90,000 - $215,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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. This is a high-level position, leading a team of passionate game changers, all focused on bringing constant innovation. This role is pivotal in helping the agency establish new ways of working with media – and even reinvent traditional media itself. Different thinking is not only encouraged, but also celebrated here at PHD. We believe the old ways of working in the RFI format are dead, we foster intimate and progressive relationships both with our clients and the media partners who help to realize our ambitions. You will lead your own integrated team and work within one of the most passionate media teams who is flexible and nimble, fast and adapt to change. It is a team that exemplifies teamwork and one that is looking for a leader who can help create with them a media strategy that sets these brands apart from the rest.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in role(s) that involve strategic offline and online media planning
• Deep experience working in and leading an integrated team
• Strong Leadership and Presentation skills
• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions
• Be passionate and want to lead and inspire a team of ambitious planners
• Must love close relationships with clients
• Be comfortable with deep analysis to rationalize and measure your media decisions.
• Media planning skills down to a fine art
• Know your media math inside and out

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing innovative or custom programs

Responsibilities

• Strong client relationships, admiring teammates, clear communication, more impactful and effective plans, positive vibes, industry awards, strong agency partnerships.
• Work hand in hand with the Strategy & Planning team, partnering daily with Investment, Analytics and Operations teams across all client divisions and reporting into the Client Business Lead on the account.
• Lead strategy, create it and lead a team towards developing it and a client towards aligning with it.
• Set the agenda as the everyday lead and bring your own point of view and challenge us, the team and our clients towards a better way or working.
• Design measurement plans rooted in empirical data to define what success looks like for the client and agency teams.
• Lead and inspire a team of ambitious planners.
• Identify and run towards the future and not simply deliver “the ask”.
• Develop innovative or custom programs.

Benefits

• The chance to grow the agency and yourself
• Freedom to collaborate with over 4,000 colleagues in 80+ offices worldwide
• The ability to be brave, try new things and help continue to grow our Planning offering
• A place that cares about your personal passions just as much as your work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed