Responsibilities

• Oversee Boots and TUI traditional media planning & buying.
• Ensure delivery against all planning and buying targets for all media and delivering results for clients, growing their business.
• Involvement throughout the entire media planning and buying process, ensuring the comms brief is fit for purpose and ladders back to measurable outcomes, ensuring the buying of media stays true to the approach.
• The planning individuals and responsibilities will also be under your remit; Boots and TUI AV will be your responsibility in totality.
• In three months, you would have a functioning team of buyers and planners that are both developing and delivering strong campaigns across multiple media channels.
• In three months, you would have ensured all team members (SAD and below) have a clear and motivating career growth plan, including a succession plan and measurable KPIs.
• In three months, you would have demonstrated how to leverage specialists and departments within EssenceMediaCom to deliver the best outcomes and drive revenue for Mediacom.
• In three months, you would have the ability to manage the internal client Partner, ensuring they are happy with the work being produced.
• In three months, you would have built a strong working relationship with the other individuals within Planning and Implementation.
• In three months, you would have gained a full understanding of the client businesses you will oversee.

Requirements

• 10 years of media buying experience, with a proven track record in delivering for clients
• Experience overseeing Boots and TUI AV or traditional media planning & buying
• Ability to manage internal client Partner, ensuring they are happy with the work being produced
• Strong client relationship management and ability to deliver measurable outcomes
• Understanding of commercial aspects of clients’ businesses and agency
• Data & Content literate - able to simplify the potentially complicated into a clear opportunity
• Ability to prioritise and delegate, as well as manage both upwards and downwards
• Calm under pressure; solution-focused mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication; comfortable presenting and influencing others

Preferred

• Solution-focused mindset
• Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a team player mentality
• Self-motivated; an ambition to make the ordinary extraordinary
• A thirst to learn – be that the client’s business, people, brands, industry, trends etc.
• An ability to prioritise and delegate, as well as manage both upwards and downwards
• Empathetic and self-aware
• Motivated to understand the real issue behind the brief
• Calm under pressure
• Enjoy presenting, storytelling and influencing others
• Data & Content literate - able to simplify the potentially complicated into a clear opportunity

Benefits

• competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
• significant paid time off
• preferential partner discounts
• employee mental health awareness days