Advertising Planning Manager - National Accounts

Fast-paced | High-volume | Deadline-driven

We are seeking an experienced Advertising Planning Manager (APM) to support our National Sales team in a high-energy, production-heavy environment
. This role is at the center of everything post-sale — where orders, creative, deadlines, and market details all come together. If you thrive when you’re busy, enjoy solving problems in real time, and like being the person who keeps everything moving, this is the role for you.

This is not a slow, task-by-task job. You will work across multiple systems, multiple markets, and multiple accounts every day, balancing competing priorities while making confident decisions that keep campaigns on track.

• Manage ROP, Preprint, and Digital insertion orders for key national advertisers across multiple markets
• Enter, track, verify, and update orders across several advertising systems simultaneously
• Attach and manage creative files and ensure everything aligns correctly to each placement
• Communicate rates, specs, impressions, availability, and deadlines to sales teams, clients, and operations
• Provide market guidance including zoning, circulation, special sections, and print and digital inventory
• Work closely with Sales, Finance, Production, and Pagination to release ads, process late changes, confirm pricing, and resolve issues
• Track down missing creative, inserts, tear sheets, affidavits, and billing discrepancies
• Keep everything accurate, compliant, and on schedule in a daily deadline environment

• Enjoy working at a fast pace with constant movement and multiple priorities
• Stay calm and focused when multiple people need things at once
• Are confident making decisions and problem-solving without needing step-by-step direction
• Like working across multiple screens, programs, and accounts at the same time
• Take pride in accuracy, organization, and getting things done on time

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience with newspaper, preprint, or digital advertising including insertion orders, CPM/PCI rates, circulation, and advertiser cost calculations
• Strong multitasking, prioritization, and time-management skills
• Excellent attention to detail in a deadline-driven environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a highly collaborative, cross-trained team
• Ability to pivot quickly as priorities and requests change throughout the day

• Experience with Phoenix, AdBase, Naviga, Affinity, Portal, or DOMO is a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, and One Drive required

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work.

This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.