Account Manager, Planning

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own audience targeting and media planning across addressable and non-addressable channels, ensuring scalable reach with a clear measurement framework that informs optimization.

  • Audience design & validation: define reachable audiences and test reach at scale across media.
  • Ecosystem design: plan connections with channel specialists to link audiences with placements.
  • Campaign orchestration: manage day-to-day execution as the liaison between clients and specialists to drive results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Specify how to build and target audiences in addressable and non-addressable media and validate the approach to ensure that the defined audience can be reached at the scale required.
  • Help design an approach that outlines how and where we will connect with defined audiences in media
  • Support the team in designing the connections ecosystem & plan, working closely and collaboratively with channel specialists
  • Day to day management of campaigns as a key liaison between clients and channel specialists
  • Designing measurement & testing framework to inform as well as measure and optimise campaigns

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience and knowledge in audience targeting and media planning
  • Strong knowledge of audience planning tools
  • Ability to draw clear insights and implications for media
  • Demonstrate a passion for media and understanding of what makes a great media campaign
  • You are confident in presenting with passion and conviction
  • You demonstrate excellent attention to detail and accuracy in output and meeting deadlines
  • Demonstrate a proactive desire to continually improve own knowledge and wider skill set
  • You are open minded, flexible and have a challenger mindset

Preferred

  • Breadth of understanding of all media channels and can confidently discuss the role they play within a comms strategy
  • Have an interest in both brand and performance campaigns
  • You are excited to work as part of a team; immediate, wider department and specialists as required

Benefits

  • competitive medical
  • group retirement plans
  • vision, and dental insurance
  • significant paid time off
  • preferential partner discounts
  • employee mental health awareness days
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34.3%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
10.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6,288 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
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