Responsibilities

• As an Associate Director of Planning, your primary objective is to supervise all implementation needs and communication with the client(s) and agency client/planning/other teams.
• You will liaise and coordinate with global marketing teams as understanding international marketing will be essential to your duties.
• You will oversee the client implementation team to ensure productivity, including managing staffing and workload issues at the client team level.
• You will provide strategic rigor to implement ideas and ensure integration of the work between creative and media.
• You will also be well versed in 360 media planning to effectively convey and manage the media deliverable within the agencies.
• Maintain day-to-day client contact and agency contact regarding their area of responsibility.
• Oversees the development of objectives and strategies, as well as the development of plans and presentations.
• Trains and evaluates Supervisors, Managers and Associates on the team.
• Act as the liaison between internal teams as well as various partner vendors to ensure media performance.
• Maintain a deep understanding of business, target audiences and wider communications environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications; OR equivalent professional work experience.
• 5-8 years of account planning or related media/communications planning experience, with a focus on team leadership and management.
• Experience and comfort facilitating ideation sessions.
• Excellent strategic thinking.
• Good client relationship skills, including experience interacting and presenting to senior-level clients.
• Experience working in and across multiple communications disciplines, including digital.
• Fully conversant with all major desktop research tools and qualitative research techniques.
• Excellent quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency.
• Ability to work within and effectively manage a team, prioritizing and organizing multiple assignments for both self and team direct reports, where applicable.
• Demonstrate genuine curiosity and interest in our clients and their business.

Benefits

• Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
• We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.