VP, Media Planning

Denver, CO (Remote)

$160K/yr – $230K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the development and stewardship of integrated media strategies for assigned accounts, guiding senior client interactions, cross-functional collaboration, and team performance across a high-impact pod.

  • Drive strategic direction and quality across deliverables
  • Mentor and manage the pod to strengthen capabilities and growth opportunities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of integrated media strategies across assigned accounts
  • Establish and steward the strategic direction for each assigned client, ensuring alignment with broader portfolio priorities
  • Ensure all deliverables align to that strategic direction and business objectives
  • Apply audience insights, competitive intelligence, and marketplace trends to drive differentiated recommendations
  • Act as final quality reviewer of team output, ensuring rigor and clarity before client delivery
  • Serve as senior day-to-day strategic contact for clients
  • Lead key client communications and presentations
  • Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders
  • Integrate closely with Creative, Strategy, Analytics, CRM, Activation, and Finance teams to ensure cohesive planning output
  • Bring proactive media ideas that sharpen and enhance creative impact

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of media planning experience, including team leadership
  • Proven experience leading integrated planning across channels
  • Strong financial and media math proficiency
  • Executive-level presentation and storytelling skills
  • Deep knowledge of planning tools (Vivvix, Pathmatics, MRI-Simmons, Nielsen, SQAD, Guideline, etc.)
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits

  • health insurance options
  • flexible PTO
  • life insurance
  • 401K
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BarkleyOKRP is one of the largest independent ad agencies in the U.S., matching scale with soul to help build brands like Burger King, Corona Premier, Metro by T-Mobile, Planet Fitness, and Smoothie King. Fully integrated across strategy, creative, and media, BarkleyOKRP is a five-time Ad Age A-List honoree and Certified B Corp—bringing Big Indie spirit to advertising by using integration and egoless creativity as their unfair advantage. Find out more at barkleyokrp.com.

Founded in 1964
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
917 employees (354 in marketing)

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VP, Media Planning

BarkleyOKRP · Denver, CO · Remote