Entry Level Planning Executive

  • Full-time

Company Description

Zenith is The ROI Agency, we succeed when our clients succeed. We have a simple strategy: motivate our people, deliver great work, and delight our clients. Clients want to work with happy and motivated people. We have a superb Talent team, helping the agency recruit, develop and retain the industry's best talent. We're constantly striving to create a winning culture and we're delighted that 91% of our people would recommend us as a great place to work. We are single mindedly focused on delivering great work. We have a consistent track record of making our clients' communications more effective. Our goal is to achieve commercial marketing success. We don't set out to win awards but see them as a function of great work. Our greatest credential is our client list. Every day we work on challenging business and communication issues, in partnership with great client marketing teams. We are proud to have worked with many of our clients for 10 years or more and are equally proud of our new relationships. To learn more, visitwww.zenithmedia.com

Job Description

  

Team/Department Profile: NatWest / RBS Account (Planning Dept.)

The RBS planning team is made up of 9 Brand planners in total (1x Client Partner, 1x Business Director, 2x Planning Directors, 2x Planning Managers, 2x Senior Execs, 1x Planning Exec) an Insights director and access to two Group Strategy Directors. In addition, there is also Performance Planning team of a further 9 planners, so essentially there are plenty of people to learn from as well as room to grow.

The Account:

We are recruiting for a Planning Executive on one of Zenith’s biggest accounts. This is a hugely varied role and offers a real opportunity for the right candidate to grow and learn within a friendly and inclusive environment. You will be part of a team, with the support of a Planning Manager and Planning Director, responsible for the agency’s output on a key part of the account.

Following a rebrand a couple of years ago and the development of a new positioning for NatWest (‘We Are What We Do’) the clients have redesigned the way we plan campaigns. As their lead communications agency, Zenith have been able to help lead this transition with their Marketing team; the result of this is a refocus on their Brand Communications. This has set the scene for us to continually challenge the client and ‘category norms’ through our comms strategy and media planning. Our client has generous media budgets which enable us to think big and plan exciting campaigns. 

The Planning team (Brand and Performance) on the RBS account is the biggest in the agency making it a lively team whom work closely and collaboratively together.

What really makes this role interesting is that we work across every media channel and specialism so the campaigns that you would plan and manage will touch all parts of the agency, inclusive of all media channels and also specialist business units within the agency e.g. Insights, Partnerships, Data Science.

 

The Role (Reporting to the Planning Manager):

·       Be able to help support on a brief and plan media to the highest possible standard across all channels.

·       To lead, inspire and manage your part of the day-to-day planning output.

·       To be a key point of contact for the relevant day-to-day client stakeholders, especially on any campaigns you are working on.

·       To use your media knowledge, ability, intelligence and charisma to inspire and challenge the clients to sign up for more modern communication thinking for the brand.

·       To build positive, trusted relationships with clients.

·       To build and maintain strong industry and key agency relations that exist between the client and creative agencies. Your role will be to help support the Planning Manager in delivering fully integrated work to the clients so that they feel we are working as one agency.

·       To work with the Planning Manager to ensure that client finances are tightly managed and that if clients have queries on invoices that they are managed in a timely manner.

 

Responsibilities:

·       Confidence in working with planning related tools

·       Support Manager in day-to-day running of the account

·       Deliver operational excellence with a keen eye for detail

·       Strong sense of initiative and an ability to self-start

·       Real team-player, with strong collaboration, both internally and with partner roster agencies

·       Build positive relationships with junior clients

·       As a team we pride ourselves on our immaculate client service, which is well acknowledged within the agency - so impeccable communication and organisation skills is a must

 

Key requirements:

We are looking for someone who is a strong communicator and team player who demonstrates passion and curiosity in their approach. We are looking for a hard-working individual who is keen to impress colleagues and clients alike. We want someone who has the necessary skills to add value to their team. As such, this is what we need from you:

·       Experience in a media planning role would be a bonus but could be a first jobber

·       A natural curiosity and desire to learn

·       Adept at managing multiple tasks at once

·       Comfortable with presenting

·       Comfortable using and manipulating data, and specifically working with spreadsheets

·       Comfortable working within a team

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