Media Planning Manager

London, UK (Unknown)

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Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and elevate Tesco Media planning by turning data into growth opportunities and strengthening client partnerships.

  • Strategic Planning: Lead annual plans and high impact responses to major briefs.
  • Insight-to-Action: Translate data and insights into actionable growth recommendations with insight and data teams.
  • Stakeholder and Growth Leadership: Partner with Sales and Client Strategy to unlock investment and drive long-term commercial priorities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic media planning for key clients, developing annual plans and high-impact responses to major briefs.
  • Translate insight into action, working closely with data and insight teams to identify growth opportunities and shape compelling client recommendations.
  • Partner with Sales and Client Strategy teams to deliver against client growth ambitions and long-term commercial priorities.
  • Build strong client relationships, positioning Tesco Media as a trusted strategic partner and unlocking new stakeholders and investment opportunities.
  • Develop category expertise and narratives that strengthen client conversations and support long-term growth.
  • Drive planning excellence, continuously raising standards and embedding best practices across the organisation.
  • Champion innovation and efficiency, advancing tools, automation, and new ways of working to improve planning effectiveness and scalability.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with insight, strategy and specialist teams to ensure fully integrated, high-quality outputs.
  • Create thought leadership, including case studies, effectiveness stories and award submissions that enhance Tesco Media's market reputation.
  • Support go-to-market initiatives, contributing to proposition development and strategic storytelling.
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dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First. Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers.With deep heritage and expertise in retail — one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data — dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.The dunnhumby Customer Data Science Platform is our unique mix of technology, software and consulting enabling businesses to increase revenue and profits by delivering exceptional experiences for their Customers – in-store, offline and online. dunnhumby employs over 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble, Raley’s, and L’Oréal.

Founded in 1989
London, England, GBR
3K employees (450 in marketing)
87% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

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Current headcount: ~3K

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12.5 years
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