Director, Planning

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the worlds leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA.

A culture of thought-leadership creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK to a global leader with over 6000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide.

We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the worlds largest advertisers.

Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything from a new client brief to the way we work.

The Role:

This is a high-level position leading a team of passionate game changers all focused on bringing constant innovation. This role is pivotal in helping the agency establish new ways of working with media and even reinvent traditional media itself. Different thinking is not only encouraged but also celebrated here at PHD. We believe the old ways of working in the RFI format are dead we foster intimate and progressive relationships both with our clients and the media partners who help to realize our ambitions.

You will lead your own integrated team and work within one of the most passionate media teams who is flexible and nimble fast and adapt to is a team that exemplifies teamwork and one that is looking for a leader who can help create with them a media strategy that sets these brands apart from the rest.

Firstly come prepared to dig in and get ready to get your hands dirty. This role is strategy in action. We listen we talk and then we get right into the do. Here at PHD we muck in at every level to get what needs to be done and we do it smarter faster and better than it has been done before.

This is an important role one that requires an inspirational and actionable strategy. You need to have your media planning skills down to a fine art; know your media math inside and out and the foundations for innovation starts here. You need to be comfortable with deep analysis to rationalize and measure your media like to put a little skin in the game. That means you help define what success looks like for the client and agency teams by designing measurement plans rooted in empirical data.

You set the agenda as the everyday lead and we will cheer you on as you bring your own point of view and challenge us the team and our clients towards a better way or no mistake this is a heavy producer type role. Not only will you lead strategy but you will create it and lead a team towards developing it and a client towards aligning with it.

You would need to be a strong communicator with strength of conviction and to be able to inspire a team and set them and our clients towards a path of growth. We expect you too to grow in this role and be groomed for the next generation of Group Account Directors at PHD.

Responsibilities:

• Account Management connect brand goals with target audience leveraging media tools to uncover insights to activate the plan for a variety of campaigns. Own the execution of deliverables on time on budget and with attention to quality. Identify creative ideas that meet client needs solves problems and drives the business strategy. Facilitate brainstorming and foresee how ideas will play out in the marketplace. Understand industry trends and their potential impact on PHD and your client.

• Team Management be the goal setter. Pave the direction for your team and devise plans for short-term and long-term growth and success. Supervise and coach your team providing routine feedback be an advocate of their learning and development at PHD.

• Client Management be your clients champion. Provide strategic direction and clearly articulate opportunities to clients. Be willing and able to step in and help clients always make decisions with a professional presence.

• Cross Team Alignment be a resourceful and analytical thinker with the ability to work with analytics leads on the client and agency side. Align with internal stakeholders to meet agency objectives share perspectives and improve operational efficiencies.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of media planning experience; integrated experience strongly desired

• Minimum 6 years of experience in managing and growing a large team

• Strong ability to have intelligent conversations about data and measurement

• Knack for linking business goals with strategic executions

• Effective communication skills

• Proficiency in media terminology media math calculations and KPI development and third-party research tools

Compensation Range: $90000 - $215000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law compensation will be determined based on relevant experience other job-related qualifications/skills and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role Benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance 401(k) Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Dependence Care Flexible Spending Account vacation sick personal days paid parental leave and paid medical leave STD/LTD insurance benefits.

PHD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status age or any other federally protected class.