VP Planning

IPG Mediabrands • San Francisco, CA

5d • $160,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As VP, Planning, you'll support the vision and strategic plan for the account, ensuring success across Work Quality, Client Relationships, Financials, and Team Health. You'll play a key role in planning and executing media strategies integral to their business success and launch industry-leading work that propels the business forward.

Requirements

• Self-Starter, demonstrates initiative
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Collaborative mindset
• Thrives in fast paced environment
• Proven track record with client relations and growing existing business
• Solid awareness of industry trends and planning/measurement models
• UM does not require candidates to have a college degree
• 10+ years relevant experience; 5+ years as a people manager
• Understanding of marketing and communications process; Planning, buying, managing, and optimizing across all channels (directly and/or consulting)

Responsibilities

• Create and articulate a vision for the team to ensure the team is working towards a common goal (a vision could be in context of a plan, a deck, a POV, etc)
• Develops and leads team in execution media strategy & plan development
• Develop media strategies consistent with brand marketing objectives and selling strategy in partnership with SVP.
• Ensure plans align to client business objectives
• Cultivate strong relationships with peer group to share best in class work and share best practices
• Partner with SBUs to build recommendations based on client objectives and KPIs
• Ability to manage cross agency partnerships
• Ability to lead planning for all media channels (video, print, audio, digital, programmatic etc)
• Act as a local market point person for applicable global businesses
• Consistently bring new media and technology ideas to team for application/brainstorming
• Build a high performing team, ensuring mentoring, career development and workload management.
• Strong ability to present to all levels of clients and internal team members/ agency leadership and cross agency leadership

Benefits

• We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.
• To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.
• We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees