Media Planning Director

Responsibilities

• Learns all phases of the Automotive clients’ marketing objectives.
• Manages the development, implementation and optimization of integrated media plans, strategies and tactics.
• Oversees preparation and presents media plans, as needed, including objectives, strategy, rationale, and all backup materials.
• Makes presentations directly to client senior executives and associated client team members.
• Supervises the execution of media plans, including preparation of media budgets, schedules of insertions, contracts, and supporting materials.
• Prepares media authorizations per approved plans/project requests.
• Prepares budget recaps for clients.
• Trains and supervises supervisors, planners and assistants in all media channels.
• Makes presentations to media vendors to evaluate new information/services and maintain good rapport with sales representatives.
• Monitors active buys during the negotiations process and checks final buys for adherence to guidelines.
• Marksups live campaigns, ensuring ongoing optimizations are made by team – and delivers periodic campaign performance reporting internally and to clients.
• Proactively builds relationships with internal and external partners that aid in driving innovative media solutions for assigned clients.
• Works with the senior Buying team management to define and develop optimal media buys, monitoring, post-promotional reporting and other post-buy analyses.
• Attends presentations by media vendors for the purpose of evaluating new information/services and to maintain good rapport with sales representatives.
• Ensures relationships with account teams are harmonious and productive.
• Regularly meets with stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Regularly meets with direct reports to provide feedback and coach/develop team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 8-10+ years media planning experience within an Advertising/Marketing Agency.
• Prior experience in a supervisory role.
• Experienced across most major media channels; sufficient knowledge in both traditional and digital channels.
• Proven ability to develop high quality media strategies that drove results.
• Experience negotiating short and long-term contracts with vendors.
• MS Office: Internet Explorer, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience with most major media planning technology (e.g., Telmar or IMS Reach/Frequency, Kantar or Nielsen Competitive, Nielsen and/or Comscore ratings, Comscore digital, MRI-Simmons, Scarborough, Mediatools, Strata etc.).