Planning Director

Location: London – Hybrid

Salary: £70,000 – £80,000

Company Culture: Social and collaborative company culture. Hybrid and flexible working. Rewarding atmosphere.

If you’re looking for a strategy focused opportunity and want to be involved in multi-channel digital strategy at an agency-wide level, this is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning, international independent agency to lead on digital strategy.

Planning Director Role & Responsibilities

As Planning Director, you will be responsible for overseeing the digital strategy for key clients across multiple channels and verticals. Additionally, your role will include:

• Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with specialist teams and client strategy team to create in-depth, multi-channel digital strategies for the agency’s client accounts.
• Contributing to the overall digital media strategy of the agency: Supporting individual teams where necessary.
• Be involved in agency training, filtering your expertise down to junior members of the team.
• Working with new clients and key clients: Taking briefs and turning them into digital strategies.
• Working with the new business team on new business acquisition, development, and pitches.
• Ensure the agency is constantly innovating and working with the latest tools and technology.

Your Skills and Experience

The company is committed to supporting you to work how is best for you, as your success is the agency’s success. The agency does ask that you have:

• 5+ years of experience in digital marketing strategy in an agency environment.
• Experience across Performance Marketing (Social, Search, Programmatic etc), and Above-The-Line marketing (ATL) including Connected TV (CTV), Audio, and Digital Out-Of-Home (DOOH).
• Extensive knowledge of digital marketing, media, and strategy.
• Hands on experience in at least one key digital marketing channel.
• Previous experience with data analysis tools, turning data into actionable outputs for clients.
• Translating client business goals into digital marketing strategy that encompasses the digital media landscape and all channels and verticals.
• Experience working with multiple teams concurrently, some of them being niche and specialist.
• Experience working on new business acquisition including new business pitches and strategy.

About the Company

An award-winning, independent agency are looking for a Planning Director to join their office based in the heart of London on a hybrid and flexible basis.

The business is an international agency with offices around the globe and works with international household name brands across a variety of industries that deliver results for clients through integrated PPC, Paid Social, Display, SEO, Content, OOH, Audio and CTV campaigns.

The agency has a recently refurbished company office that boasts amazing views across London, comfy seating, a Pac-Man arcade and beer on tap (literally speaking here, they have a beer tap in their office) – the essentials for any successful digital marketing agency.

The agency takes pride in its social and collaborative company culture, with opportunities for training and career progression even for a Planning Director. Should you choose, you will have the opportunity in the future to work abroad at one of the business’s offices around the world.

Company Benefits – What’s in it for you

In return, as Planning Director you can expect a fantastic work environment with a superb benefits package that includes:

• Hybrid working and flexible working/ starting hours, suited to your personal needs.
• Opportunities to attend Brighton SEO and other webinars and events that you choose.
• Be part of an agency with ambitious growth plans, which you will have the opportunity to be heavily involved in.
• 25 days holidays + the office closed at Christmas.
• Private medical insurance and dental plan.
• Monthly contributions to physical and mental health (Gym, art classes, meditation etc).
• Free breakfast every day, to make your mornings easier.
• Transportation support with a bike-to-work scheme and season ticket loan.
• Opportunity to learn another language, with paid courses and tutorship.

Interested in this role but aren’t sure if you’re a perfect fit? Please apply as we’d love to hear from you, as no one is going to be 100% right for this role.