Planning Manager - 12 month FTC

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelTemporary

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own planning and delivery of integrated European media plans, translating client objectives into full‑funnel strategies across digital, social, and offline channels, while guiding local-market adaptation and ongoing optimisation.

  • Campaign planning: lead end-to-end delivery, approvals, pacing, and performance tracking with tools like Omni.
  • Client partnerships: present recommendations, build trusted relationships, and provide data-driven analysis to improve results.
  • Innovation and best-practice: stay ahead of industry trends and collaborate across teams to drive ideas and apply learnings.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As Planning Manager - 12 month FTC, you’ll lead the development of integrated media plans across Europe, ensuring campaigns are strategically aligned, expertly executed, and continuously optimised.
  • You’ll translate client objectives into full‑funnel channel strategies, working across digital, social, and offline media.
  • You’ll own campaign planning and delivery, including approvals, pacing, and performance tracking using planning tools such as Omni.
  • Partnering closely with local market teams, you’ll ensure global strategies are effectively implemented while allowing for local nuance.
  • Alongside execution, you’ll build strong client relationships, present recommendations to stakeholders, and provide ongoing analysis to improve results.
  • You’ll also stay close to industry trends, contribute ideas, and collaborate across teams to drive innovation and best practice.

Requirements

  • experience in media planning or communications strategy, with strong experience across integrated campaigns and full‑funnel channels.
  • confident working with data
  • managing projects end‑to‑end
  • building trusted client relationships

Benefits

  • We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working.
  • Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely.
  • For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.
  • We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.
  • Be Your Best
  • We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
  • At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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Omnicom Media UK

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OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences.We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards.We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.

Founded in 2000
London, England, GBR
2K employees (446 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend
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