Media Planner

Fort Lauderdale, FL (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive traditional media planning and buying for national campaigns, leading a team and coordinating with Buying and Account Service.

  • Own the development and execution of traditional media campaigns across TV, radio, print, and OOH.
  • Must-have: 4+ years of media planning experience with strong knowledge of Nielsen, Scarborough, and TNS.
  • Standout: Experience coordinating with Buying and client-facing presentations and added-value reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Oversee assigned Assistant(s) and/or Jr(s). in the development and implementation of national, regional and local traditional media campaigns that will include most or all of the following;
  • Work as part of a media planning and buying group, applying media solutions to overall client objectives
  • Work with Interactive media team to integrate interactive objectives and strategies into overall client media plan
  • train assistant level employees
  • As directed and overseen by the Media Supervisor, present recommendations, POVs and select analyses to clients and Account Service
  • Organize, implement and control the day-to-day media planning development process including coordination among assistants.
  • Plan traditional media campaign strategy in tandem with interactive media team
  • Utilize available traditional media planning tools (TNS, Scarborough, Media Monitors, Nielsen, Arbitron, Tactician, and Simmons), other industry research and clients’ historical media activity reports to develop media plans
  • Complete assigned areas of the annual media plan(s) in their entirety
  • Coordinate projects and media requests with Account Service and assigned client contacts to determine specific advertising needs, communicating deadlines to Media Supervisor(s)
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, advertising or related field
  • 4+ years media planning experience as a Media Planner
  • Demonstrated presentation and writing skills
  • Understanding and knowledge of all relevant media properties including Broadcast, Online, OOH, Print
  • MS Office: Internet Explorer, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Experience using most of the following media planning tools: TNS, Scarborough, Media Monitors, Nielsen, Arbitron, Tactician, and Simmons
  • Experience in working with retail clients is highly desirable
  • Experience directly managing a staff of one or more is highly desirable
  • Full-service agency experience preferred, but not required
Preferred
  • Experience in working with retail clients is highly desirable
  • Experience directly managing a staff of one or more is highly desirable
  • Full-service agency experience preferred, but not required
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Zimmerman Advertising

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Welcome to the machine. The retail growth machine. Zimmerman Advertising, an Omnicom Group company, is the leading integrated retail agency in the country. Zimmerman’s clients represent some of the most prominent retail brands in the country, including McDonald's, Planet Fitness, Yuengling, Holland America, Seabourn, AutoNation, Five Below, KAY Jewelers, La-Z-Boy, Tire Kingdom, Urban Air, and more! Zimmerman provides the following marketing services: strategic planning, analytics, market research, creative development, LSM, production, media planning and buying, direct response, digital/interactive and results analysis. Headquartered in South Florida, the agency has a national network. For information on the agency, visit http://www.zadv.com.

Founded in 1984
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
616 employees (258 in marketing)
36% recommend to a friend
20% CEO approval

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Current headcount: ~592

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