Planning Senior Executive

About the Role:

Reporting directly into a Planning Media Manager, the Planning Senior Executive will be working on a number of campaigns within the Uber portfolio. You'll assist in delivering comprehensive cross-channel media solutions to answer briefs across both offline and online channels. You'll be a key component in helping the account run efficiently, whilst also going above and beyond to deliver fantastic media solutions and output. You'll also work excellently independently and as part of our close-knit team.

The Opportunity:

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong team player who is ambitious, curious, and self-motivated. The role will allow a candidate to accelerate their planning knowledge through our collaborative and best-in-class planning process developed specifically for Uber. There will be opportunities to run and manage your own campaigns as well as supporting the wider team on larger campaigns across a variety of channels.

At PHD, we deliver success by challenging our clients and industry experts, giving every employee the permission to make things better. By doing this, we can help our clients deliver better growth through creative yet effective media innovations and new ways to structure their communications.

The People:

Sitting within the supportive Planning Team, you will work collaboratively with each other as well as teams, such as content, to spot more opportunities for both personal and business growth.

There are also many opportunities to engage with more people across the agency outside of your work remit by getting involved with our agency experience team. Whether you want to run your own social club, be part of our DE&I teams, help our moments team celebrate achievements and occasions, or find ways to improve our working environment, PHD is an agency of collaborators and will bring more than expected to your experience of agency life.

Knowledge and Experience Required:

1. Solid understanding of the media marketplace and the role of channels.
2. Ability to build a strong professional relationship with colleagues, cross-agency teams, and clients.
3. Confident in manipulating data via Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant software.
4. Solid knowledge and application of industry tools and willingness to lean into more training opportunities.
5. Good at prioritizing and taking ownership of tasks, delegating to the right individuals if needed.
6. Excellent attention to detail and numerical ability.
7. Base level understanding of brand & performance media.
8. Confident with all aspects of the finance process.

Personal Attributes Required:

1. Demonstrate a curious and positive attitude.
2. Confidence in discussing and negotiating deliverables with clients and internal buying teams.
3. Willingness to share ideas, thoughts, and insights with your team and clients.
4. Encourage regular feedback within the team, both positive and constructive.

About the Agency:

PHD is a media agency driven by innovation and creativity. Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was focused on buying cheaply and quickly.

Our founders envisioned a future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors.

Over the years, we have continued to build on this defining ethic - with our evolution shaped by a continual investment in thought leadership. We ensure that our capability and approach evolve in line with changes in media, data, technology, commerce, society, and legislation.

Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth - using the expanding canvas of data and technology.