Digital Senior Planner

About the Role

PHD EMEA, part of Omnicom Media, are looking for a Senior Planner to join our central Digital Activation Hub (DAH) team. We are delighted to be building a new DAH team to manage biddable digital activation for Europe’s newest streaming service across the EMEA region. The Senior Planner role requires significant hands-on experience in managing one or more of Programmatic or Social channels and having the latest knowledge of the platform across a variety of KPIs. The ideal candidate will be confident in presenting work and ideas to clients and working on educating the junior team on setups, Q&As, optimisations, and troubleshooting. The individual will be part of an international team of 25+ people based in London. This is an incredible opportunity for an individual with a strong programmatic and/or social background to join one of the largest media agencies delivering award-winning work daily

Key responsibilities 

Team Management

• Support your manager and Associate Director in guiding the output of a team of 3-6 onshore /nearshore biddable specialists. Take responsibility for your team’s output, acting as an escalation point when required.

• Create supporting documentation & work with junior members of the team across the Hub to upskill them on Programmatic & Social activation and our ways of working.

• Contribute to PHD’s company culture, whether it’s writing POVs, participating in charity events, or sharing your latest Excel trick.

Strategic Account Management

• Lead the day-to-day communication between the agency, our international offices and international client stakeholders

• Work with your Associate Director & Manager to deliver best-in-class media planning.

• Take a brief from planning through to close, working with analysts on insights that can deliver the outcomes our clients expect from us.

• Take ownership of a portfolio of campaigns/ projects and become a trusted advisor for all things digital Campaign Management & Optimisation

• Work in tandem with our nearshore team to deliver campaign activity across Programmatic & Social

• Collaborate with local teams on market- leading data & supply that are described in media plans for flighted campaigns in programmatic & social. 

Skills and experience 

• Experience working in programmatic or social activation.

• Full understanding of the mechanics of a media plan.

• Be a proactive self-starter with great knowledge of digital marketing principles

• Have a passion for learning new things

• Have strong communication, listening skills and attention to detail

• Have excellent numerical skills and confidence in analysing data using Excel

• Be responsive to feedback

• Have strong organisational skills, being able to manage multiple projects at once 

• Strong spoken & written English

• Ability to speak other European languages is desired, but not essential 

 

 

About the Agency:

 

PHD is a growth-focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity.

Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly.

Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors.

Over the many years that have followed, we have continued to build on this defining ethic — with our evolution shaped by a continual investment in thought leadership. And we continue to ensure that our capability and approach evolve in line with changes in media, data, technology, commerce, society, and legislation.  

Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth – using the extending canvas of data and technology.

https://www.phdmedia.com/