Planning Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and shape shopper-first storytelling and creative briefs that drive brand and commerce outcomes across multi-disciplinary teams.

  • Lead the creative brief process and present strategic stories to creatives, clients, and partners.
  • Represent shopper voice to prioritize commerce communications and align retailer segments with brand segments.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Make the creative product better and stronger with thoughtful briefings and thought leadership. Ensure creative delivers against requirements of brand and customer communications.
  • Collaborate with creative and account leads to deliver work with excellence and identify growth opportunities + collaborate with IAT to strongly represent commerce POV
  • Apply proprietary strategic models with leadership support.
  • Support the VP Planning’s direction for key client projects and platforms, overseeing and providing focus for multi-functional teams by effectively defining business problems they can collectively solve.
  • Work to align retailer segments with brand segments – providing rich dimensions into humans’ hearts, minds, and behaviors.
  • Represent the voice of the shopper to all stakeholders to articulate commerce communication priorities.
  • Support the creation of and write your own inspirational and well-crafted creative briefs and present strategic story and support materials to both internal audiences of creatives, but also clients and outside partners.
Requirements
  • 8 plus years of experience in marketing or marketing communications, ideally within an established Account Planning function
  • Commerce fundamentals Expert: Experience, command, and interest in how brands and retailers connect with people and culture in today’s world
  • 5 plus years of hands-on experience working with primary, secondary and syndicated data
  • Branding fundamentals
  • CPG and IAT expert
  • Shopper/customer fundamentals
  • Strong intuitive skills
  • Ability to conceptualize an integrated marketing mix (advertising, promotion, retail, packaging, digital, media, PR, etc.)
  • Ability to inspire creative process and solutions oriented
  • Ability to recognize and develop creative ideas
Benefits
  • Competitive rewards package and unparalleled career growth opportunities and a supportive, fun and engaging culture
  • Office hubs across the globe where team members can go to feel productive, inspired, and connected to others - team members go into Hub Offices 3x a week
  • Competitive paid time off, including annual leave plus paid public holidays
  • Great learning and development opportunities
  • Benefits that help you live your best life
  • Parental leave and benefits
  • Volunteering opportunities
  • ERGs for inclusion and identity
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Flywheel’s unified best-in-class services combine tailored expertise with cutting-edge software solutions to achieve a singular goal: To pioneer the future of commerce and inspire a new standard of partnership.As the leader of every major marketplace platform, we pride ourselves on our size and influence, but what really sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to providing a customized level of service. Client success is what drives us.

Founded in 2014
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1.7K employees (502 in marketing)
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