Manager, Planning

Omnicom Media•New York, NY

9h•$80,000 - $90,000

About The Position

If you are looking for a people-first organization that can offer you the career you crave, UM is your home. We are the destination of choice for the world’s best talent, where every individual is empowered to unleash their limitless potential and do the best work of their careers. We are always searching for passionate team members who love media and live and breathe our core values of Curiosity, Courage, and Community. We seek out those who aren’t afraid to ask the tough questions, are excited to explore the nuances, and are hungry for personal growth and continuous learning. People who thrive at UM are collaborators by nature who pursue diverse perspectives because they understand that true innovation is driven by inclusivity. As a people-first agency, we provide the information, tools and technology, career development, and empowerment our people need to realize their potential and achieve their career ambitions. A global media network within the IPG Mediabrands family, UM operates in over 100 countries, with 3,000+ people innovating on a roster of powerful brands and our client campaigns have been recognized by the industry’s most competitive global showcases like Cannes Lions, Festival of Media Global, and WARC. As a result of our people-first commitment, 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.

Requirements

Confident presentation skills in internal and client meetings
Mastery of syndicated research sources, planning tools, and media math
Solutions driven with strong trouble shooting skills
Excellent written and verbal skills
Well organized and manages timelines with others
Strong knowledge of industry trends and planning/measurement models
Understanding of marketing and communications process
Ability to work autonomously and in a group

Nice To Haves

3-5 years of experience in media planning with knowledge of across various channels, national/local scope (to be customized by hiring team)
Skilled knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Mastery of campaign management, ad serving technology, third-party market research, and cloud-based collaboration tools such as MediaTools, Prisma/MBOX, DCM, Nielsen Ad Intel, Pathmatics, eTelmar, MRI Simmons, comScore, eMarketer, SharePoint, etc.
Success in managing junior staff and ability to manage up to leadership

Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategic cross-channel communications plans for client assignments in conjunction with internal agency specialty teams
Supervise development and implementation of targeted, innovative media solutions consistent with media strategies
Leverage performance and measurement insights to inform plan recommendations and optimizations
Create external briefing documents aligned with plan parameters, objectives and strategies
Using syndicated research, pull and compile category trends, audience consumption, partner data and competitive activity, to derive strategic trends and insights to inform partner consideration set and channel mix
Develop relationships and meet with media partners to share client objectives and priorities and stay up to date on latest offerings
Keep on top of everchanging media landscape to identify relevant opportunities/solutions and develop POVs
Leverage planning best practices, media acumen, and understanding of client business to steward planning recommendations and conversations
Prepare and deliver dynamic presentations to showcase how recommendation meets client brief, objectives, and measurement expectations