Strategic Comms Planner

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.