Strategic Comms Planner
Hybrid, London
Duration - 12 months
Project Overview:
As a Strategic Comms Planner, you will be part of the Strategic Planning & Insight team within the organisation. You will focus on developing scalable pitch materials that power our industry team's sales activities with customers across all our advertising solutions.
Overall Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have a proven track record in producing winning pitches in a media agency environment. You will be able to demonstrate strong use of insight to create a strategy that translates into deliverable media recommendations. Finally, the candidate will be a talented storyteller; possessing the ability to create structured and compelling pitches that lead with insight, anchor on objectives, and package products as solutions.
Top 3 Daily Responsibilities:
Lead the strategy, production, training, and delivery of pitch material aligned to your assigned sector
Evangelise comms planning and pitching best practices across teams and work with your sector Leadership team to embed these behaviours in the team.
Partner with cross functional specialists including analytics, design, measurement, sponsorships, creative, etc. to bring cross-product solutions to your clients.
Create and/or feed into existing sector specific business plans, aligning with senior leads to execute with operational excellence
Drive sales through a targeted list of customers; work alongside specialist sales managers and Industry Managers to pitch directly to our biggest opportunities.
Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:
BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
Business Director / Client Director level Comms Planning experience within a media agency environment.
Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically.
Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:
Experience working with major brands and advanced level of experience in brand marketing
Demonstrated knowledge of the digital media landscape including formats, buy types, and strategies across the sales funnel
Complex problem solver & experience in leadership with the ability to work through ambiguity with your team