Planning Manager

Location: London, London, United Kingdom

Agency

PHd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Media Planning and Buying

The Planning Manager will play a central role across two of PHD's most exciting client partnerships.

Working within a high-performing team and reporting to the Planning Director, the Planning Manager will be responsible for the planning and day-to-day delivery of integrated media campaigns across a diverse range of brands, categories, and marketing objectives.

This role offers the opportunity to work across a broad range of channels and disciplines, developing effective, insight-led media strategies that deliver meaningful business and marketing outcomes. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with clients, media owners, specialist teams, and wider agency partners to ensure campaigns are delivered to the highest standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to understand business, marketing, and media objectives.
• Develop and implement integrated media plans across traditional and digital channels.
• Maintain accurate campaign plans, timings, budgets, and documentation using agency planning tools.
• Conduct audience, market, and competitor analysis to uncover actionable insights.
• Support the delivery of campaigns from planning through to activation, ensuring activity is delivered on time and within budget.
• Evaluate media opportunities and recommend the most effective channels to achieve campaign objectives.
• Monitor and report on campaign performance, providing insights and recommendations to inform future activity.
• Build strong day-to-day relationships with clients, media partners, and agency stakeholders.
• Ensure all finance processes are followed to support accurate campaign billing and reporting.
• Manage and support a Planning Executive, helping to drive development and team success.

Experience

• Experience within media planning, account management, or a related media and marketing role.
• Strong understanding of cross-channel media planning principles.
• Experience developing media recommendations informed by data, insight, and audience understanding.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working with media planning tools, reporting platforms, and industry data sources.
• Confident communicating with clients and presenting recommendations to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior team members is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of media channels and the evolving media landscape.

Key Behaviours

• Curious, positive, and eager to continuously learn.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with a willingness to take ownership.
• Collaborative and approachable, building effective relationships across teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Data-driven with the ability to translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Passionate about delivering outstanding work and driving client success.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to work across two of PHD's most exciting client partnerships, supporting high-profile brands with ambitious marketing objectives. The role offers exposure to a broad mix of campaign types, audiences, and business challenges, providing the opportunity to deliver impactful, award-worthy work across both brand and performance activity.

Ideal for a strong planner looking to take the next step in their career, this position offers significant client exposure, end-to-end campaign responsibility, and the chance to contribute to best-in-class media planning within a collaborative and ambitious team.

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