Associate Director, Planning

Associate DirectorPlanning

As an Associate Director in Planning at Omnicom Media you are a strategic leader who oversees the delivery of innovative integrated media strategies across multiple client accounts. You will drive planning excellence byprovidinghigh-level strategic guidance nurturing client relationships and ensuring the highest quality output from your team. Your role is key in shaping media vision managing cross-functional collaboration and elevating the performance of both clients and your planning team.

Within this role you have two core areas of responsibility:

Planning Excellence for the Client

• Serve as the strategic lead overseeing the development and implementation of sophisticated multi-channel media plans that drive client business outcomes.

• Deepen client relationships by acting as a trusted advisor and proactively identifying new opportunities and solutions to address their business challenges.

• Guide and elevate all aspects of client communication presentations and deliverables ensuring clarity insight and alignment with client objectives.

• Oversee the evaluation of in-market performance ensuring data-driven optimizations and actionable insights are delivered consistently.

• Stay ahead of industry trends and best practices to provide thought leadership and innovative solutions for clients.

Planning Excellence for the Team

• Lead mentor and develop planning teams by fostering a culture of growth collaboration and accountability.

• Drive cross-functional alignment with activation analytics creative and strategy teams to ensure seamless best-in-class plan execution.

• Maintain rigorous standards of quality accuracy and consistency across all internal and external deliverables.

• Champion process improvements adoption ofOMtools and continuous learning across the planning function.

• Identify and nurture emerging talent by providing direct coaching feedback and leadership development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in advertising marketing communications business or a related field.

• 7 years of media planning experience with increasing leadership responsibilities preferably within an agency environment.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing presenting and executing integrated media strategies for complex high-value client portfolios.

• Exceptional leadership communication and strategic thinking skills.

• Advanced analytical ability and experience translating data into actionable business insights.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and core industry planning tools; strong project management skills are essential.

• Ability to balance multiple priorities lead in a fast-paced environment and inspire team performance.

• Passion for innovation continuous improvement and team development.

How We Will Measure Success

• Deliver innovative high-impact media plans that achieve and exceed client objectives.

• Demonstrate strong leadership by developing team capabilities and driving a culture of excellence and collaboration.

• Foster enduring consultative client partnerships with positive feedback on strategic counsel and service.

• Ensure high quality and timely delivery of all project deliverables supporting increased team efficiency and effectiveness.

• Lead adoption of newOMtechnologies processes and best practices within your team.