Planning Manager

at  TPM

WHO ARE YOU?

• A highly detailed and organised track record
• Experience in multi-market
• Experience in delivering tactical plans and recommendation rationale directly and to clients
• Confident presenter who can support in building deck storytelling and clarity of recommendations
• Experienced in running all aspects of a media plan – from initial brief to PCA
• You are a good listener and able to collaborate with a wide cross section of people
• You exude the behaviours of the agency – Pioneering, Energetic and Honesty and are able to work with a diverse team and wider network to deliver consistent great work.
• You have a solid history of working across a range of projects, demonstrating your ability to be flexible and manage multiple workstreams at once

ROLE DESCRIPTION

This is a regional role on one of our largest clients, Electronic Arts. In this role you will act as an important member of the regional planning discipline. You will represent the regional recommendations and have regular interaction with our regional clients, being a trusted voice at the agency to represent and deliver our work. You will work collaboratively across all disciplines and support in the day to day management of the account, reporting, delivery of plan and executional excellence.

Our bold vision for EA is to inspire more of the world to play through media. To deliver on this, our mission, is split into three pillars:

• Elevate: Take the impact of media investment on EA’s business to the next level
• Evidence: Deploy data science and analytics to understand & prove our increasing impact
• Evangelise: Surface this impact and the opportunities it presents to all layers of EA’s business

We are proud of the partnership that we have built with EA since 2019 and it continues to go from strength to strength. Together we have created a custom operating model that has unlocked powerfully innovative and effective work.
EA is truly a unique client partner, their blend of entertainment and tech, of art and science challenges us to continually develop new solutions and new media ideas, from harnessing best in class technology, to leading with sophisticated data-driven planning and measurement tools.
The mutual trust we have built in each other’s capabilities is what has enabled us to develop an operating model that leads the world in data-driven media planning, deployment, and measurement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build strong, trusted relationships across the internal team and with key regional clients
• Be adaptable and able to fit the unique culture of the team
• Be comfortable presenting to represent work and ideas to both clients and internally
• Set out the structure, process, tools and talent by market to service our current and future international requirements.
• We need someone who can support in helping to organise and manage numerous EMEA markets, as well helping to deliver the response logistically across all media channels.
• To manage financial aspects (including invoicing) of the account and contributing to trustworthy financial stewardship.
• To foresee and pro-actively resolve planning issues with the team leadership
• To assist the client in the delivery against their objectives, by understanding the challenges and opportunities and how media can support.
• Give strategic input into the planning and execution of the plans to support these objectives.