Planner, Connections Planning
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Salary Range: $45,000 - $50,000 · Full-time
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- Salary Range: $45,000 - $50,000
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Original job description
Omnicom Media
Job Function
Media
Job Subfunction
Media Planning and Buying
Job Description
Position Summary
The role of a Media Planner is to manage our media planning product through preparing and presenting media plans, proposals, and analysis. This role requires you to work as part of an integrated media planning team to ensure the product is grounded in insights and experience, resulting in flawless media executions.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, write and present integrated media plans, proposals and analysis that satisfy client objectives and go beyond the brief.
- Maintain and update media plans, regularly evaluating campaign performance and ensuring plans accurately reflect approved budgets, schedules and deliverables.
- Prepare and present evaluations of media opportunities, media trends and issues of interest to clients.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and respectful partner relationships by demonstrating responsibility, reliability and resourcefulness.
- Initiate and coordinate the media buying process to deliver exceptional results.
- Coordinate campaign implementation and trafficking, ensuring campaign details, creative assets, specifications, tags and launch requirements are accurately communicated to internal teams and media partners, and that campaigns launch according to approved plans and timelines.
- Oversee the day-to-day administration and maintenance of media plans, including updating schedules, documenting changes, maintaining accurate campaign records and ensuring all relevant stakeholders are working from the latest information.
- Support campaign financial administration, including tracking committed and actual media spend, coordinating billing and invoice reviews, completing budget reconciliations, and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Prepare accurate and timely client finance reports and budget control reports (BCRs).
- Ensure client budgets are accurately tracked, managed and on track, flagging potential discrepancies, overspend or underspend risks to the team.
- Support the creation of campaign post reports, including gathering and validating campaign delivery data and performance results.
- Source and evaluate proposals from media partners as required.
- Assist with document creation, including presentations, visual summaries, schedules and reports.
- Prepare media points of view (POVs) and evaluations.
- Remain up to date with the latest updates from major media partners.
- Continue to proactively develop knowledge of the media landscape.
- Post-secondary education or equivalent professional experience - University/College degree in advertising/marketing preferred.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in integrated media planning.
- Experience within an integrated advertising agency an asset.
- Driven desire to develop and excel in a media career.
- Client service oriented.
- Strong learning agility, with a passion for continuous development.
- Proficient with media research tools (e.g. Vividata, Numeris), and media tools (e.g. Prisma, Guideline).
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Highly developed organizational skills with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work well and multi-task.
- Ability to work collaboratively as well as independently.
- Proactive approach to problem solving, assisting the team, self-development, etc.
- Ability to develop and foster relationships with media partners.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).To be added in by TA Team.
To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us - we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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Salary Range: $45,000 - $50,000
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Responsibilities
Develop, present, and maintain integrated media plans, proposals, and analyses, while coordinating media buying, campaign implementation, trafficking, and partner evaluations. Track campaign budgets and financial administration, prepare client and post-campaign reports, and maintain strong relationships with clients, media partners, and internal teams.
Requirements
Candidates should have at least one year of integrated media planning experience and post-secondary education or equivalent professional experience; a university or college degree in advertising or marketing is preferred. The role calls for strong communication, organization, attention to detail, collaboration, client service, and proficiency with media research and planning tools and Microsoft Office.
Skills
- Integrated Media Planning
- Media Plan Development
- Campaign Performance Analysis
- Media Buying Coordination
- Campaign Implementation
- Campaign Trafficking
- Budget Tracking and Reconciliation
- Client Service
- Media Research
- Communication
- Organization and Attention to Detail
- Multitasking
- Problem Solving
- Microsoft Office
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Categories
- Marketing
- Creative & Media
- Data & Analytics
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Media Planning
- Integrated Media Planning
- Media Buying
- Media Plans
- Media Proposals
- Campaign Analysis
- Campaign Performance
- Campaign Implementation
- Campaign Trafficking
- Media Partners
- Media Research
- Vividata
- Numeris
- Prisma
- Guideline
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Budget Control Reports
- Budget Reconciliation
- Media Spend Tracking
- Client Finance Reports
- Post-Campaign Reporting
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Client Service