Overview
Lead the development of best-in-class media planning principles on priority global clients. Collaborate with client and specialist teams to deliver fully integrated planning strategies. Build strong relationships with Heads of Media, Performance clients, and other key marketing stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Identify and create opportunities for organic business growth.
- Be the Global Planning Lead on selected new business pitches.
- Own the briefing and quality control reviews of media plans with local HMN teams.
- Play an active role in HMN's Global Planning network community.
- Engage across local markets to understand planning practices and capability gaps.
- Collaborate with the Converged.AI product team and relevant Havas experts.
Requirements
- Proven, significant experience in a senior media planning role, preferably at a global or multi-market level within a media agency.
- Demonstrable track record of developing and implementing successful full-funnel media strategies that connect brand-building initiatives with performance, commerce, and business outcomes.
- Experience in leading the media planning response for new business pitches, from written submissions to client presentations.
- A strong background in senior client relationship management, with the ability to act as a trusted strategic partner.
- Experience working in a matrix organization, collaborating effectively with diverse specialist teams (e.g., Strategy, Data, Analytics, E-commerce, Creative).
Hard Skills
- media planning
- full-funnel media strategies
- client presentations
- business growth strategies
- quality control reviews
Soft Skills
- relationship management
- strategic partnership
- collaboration
- leadership
- communication