Associate Director, Planning

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PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s 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 6,000 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 world’s 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.

• Provide excellent client service by being responsive, accountable, and detail oriented
• Present media plans, post analyses, and other deliverables to clients
• Manage, mentor, and motivate direct reports to encourage their professional development while providing daily supervision and guidance
• Manage workflow, deadlines, and interactions with strategy team, creative partners, clients, and other external teams
• Responsible for all work product created by team of direct reports
• Provide higher level of insight and analysis to campaign performance - drawing insights and actions from data
• Set the tone and strategic direction of the team; built around growth and application of learnings
• Build sound strategic frameworks that ladder to client business goals
• Bring proactivity and leadership to the clients and the team
• Be the voice for creating great work
• Understand and direct multiple user touch points that can influence creative and messaging strategies
• Own consumer insights and inspire tactical representations of strong, clear media strategies
• Manage planning resources
• Maintain communication and develop strategic partnerships with key partners – clients, partner agencies, peers, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Media and/or related field
• Minimum 6 years of experience in media planning that involves broadcast and OOH planning
• Deep experience working in and leading integrated team
• Experience with innovative or custom program development
• Ability to make operational and investment recommendations and decisions
• Be passionate and want to lead and inspire a team of soldiers
• Must love close relationships with clients and be able to identify and run towards the future and not simply deliver “the ask”
• High level of competency in Account Management and client service
• Professional presence; can lead a team by example
• Excellent presentation skills - A thorough understanding of marketing communication channels (including digital)

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 insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

$70,000—$125,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.