Planning Manager

  • Full-time

Job Description

Planning Managers at Zenith are crucial talent to our agencies growth and development. We seek talent that is highly motivated, energised and committed to being both as an inspiration internally and for our clients.

As the fast pace of our client’s business changes, we look to our Planning Managers to be the internal brand manager and act as a key partner with our clients to help facilitate and guide this change.

Our Planning Managers are collaborative, tenacious, inventive, and experts in client servicing & media, people management and helping shape and evolve the brands we partner with.

We expect our Planning Managers to lead by example and mentor and train the rising stars at our agency so we are always prepared for the future.

Client Information: Nestle - Nespresso

Nestlé is a fast moving and highly rewarding account that covers a wide range of brands. In fact, we activate campaigns for over 45 brands every year across 9 separate Nestle businesses.

The Nestle planning team is made up of 13 communications planners and the candidate will work into a Planning Director. With support, they will need to become a skilled planner able to translate target audiences, the role of comms and detailed knowledge of media channels into robust and innovative media plans.

Digital is at the heart of Nestle’s business, and we are consistently striving to deliver plans that incorporate best in class digital thinking and innovation, often testing new approaches and formats available to market. As a core member of the planning team the candidate will work closely with the activation teams across TV, VOD, Display, PPC, Social Media, OOH, Print and Radio, assisting in managing the planning process from start to finish.

The largest spending single brand in the portfolio is Nespresso - the number one Coffee Machine brand in the UK. Nespresso has a premium brand positioning and a well-oiled subscription service for coffee pods. As a result, our communication solutions need to deliver across the funnel from George Clooney Quality to direct one to communications.

We are looking for a Planning Manager that can own the day to day relationship with the client, working closely with their marketers as well as the Nestle team at Zenith. The role will require someone who is personable and can develop strong relationships with clients so as to become a trusted advisor across media and beyond. 

The role will be fully supported by a Planning Director and a Planning Executive. 

Qualifications

  • Media planning experience
  • Working within a team to deliver media solutions for clients
  • Knowledge of media planning tools (TGI, AdDynamix etc)
  • Previous experience in a client facing role or customer service role
  • Knowledge of Powerpoint and Excel
  • Strong inter-personal skills
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Eager to be always learning
  • Confident in managing work load
  • A team player
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