Senior Media Planner/Buyer (Fixed-Term Maternity Cover)

Chesterfield, Derby, UK (Hybrid)

£30K/yr – £35K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end multi-channel media planning and buying, deliver campaign performance insights, and support strategic client guidance across TV, radio, OOH, press and digital.

  • Lead planning and buys across multiple channels
  • Translate data into clear client reporting
  • Collaborate with media owners and internal teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop multi-channel media strategies (TV, Radio, Press, OOH, digital, broadcast) aligned to client budgets and objectives
  • Plan and book campaigns across these channels, negotiating with media owners and suppliers to secure competitive rates and added value
  • Oversee campaign delivery end to end, ensuring plans are booked, trafficked and optimised on time, and manage the day-to-day of assigned client accounts
  • Provide senior planning support to Account Managers, including presentations, planning information and campaign insight
  • Analyse campaign performance and prepare post-campaign analysis, translating data into clear, actionable client reporting
  • Gather and present media insight and market research to inform client strategy, keeping the agency's media knowledge current on emerging channels and rate trends
  • Build strong relationships with media owners, agencies and internal stakeholders
  • Support the wider planning team with tasks including campaign setup, QA and reporting against deadlines.
  • Oversee contract billing administration for the team, and lead or contribute to process improvement initiatives

Requirements

  • Proven experience in media planning and buying, ideally agency side, across TV, Radio, OOH, Press and digital
  • TV planning experience (highly desirable)
  • Strong track record of negotiating with media owners across multiple channels
  • Confident using media planning and buying tools and audience data sources
  • Comfortable presenting strategy and performance directly to clients
  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills, able to turn campaign data into a clear narrative
  • A collaborative approach, with the ability to guide and support less experienced planners
  • Able to mae workload and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • A genuine interest in where media is heading and how that changes client advice

Preferred

  • Experience in content creation would be beneficial

Benefits

  • Employment Ownership Trust (EOT) tax-free company bonus scheme
  • flexible working
  • gym membership
  • regular team building events and socials
  • Learning and development programme
  • continuous professional development opportunities
  • well-being programme
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CNS Media Ltd

CNS Media is an independent, award-winning, full-service marketing agency, combining exceptional media buying power with digital and creative expertise.💡From Media, Outdoor and Digital, to SEO, Social and Creative, commercially-focused results are at the heart of everything we do. Free from network bias, we focus on what works best for our clients, using data-led insight, connected thinking and real results to connect brands with the right audience, in the right place, at the right time.Working alongside our media and digital teams is Fork The Waffle, our in-house creative production team, creating standout campaigns designed to perform across every channel.With CNS Media, you’ll get independent imagination, commercially-focused results, and full-service delivery. 🎯

Founded in 2006
Chesterfield, England, GBR
40 employees (17 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£30K/yr – £35K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (30% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.3%
Direct
41.4%
Referral
7.8%
Social
2.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40
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Senior Media Planner/Buyer (Fixed-Term Maternity Cover)

CNS Media Ltd · Chesterfield, Derby, UK · Hybrid