Planning Executive

London, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job Title: Planning Executive

Location: London, UK

Reporting to: Laura Bisset, Account Director

Who Are We?

T&Pm is one of the world’s leading full service creative and media agencies, connecting talent and tech to drive growth for brands. Formed by the integration of The&Partnership and mSix&Partners, it brings together content and distribution into a single, holistic end-to-end marketing solution. Backed by WPP and GroupM and combined with the agility of an entrepreneurial Partner-led mindset, the multi-discipline agency spans four continents with 45 offices and over $1.2 billion dollars in billings globally. As an early adopter with the first ever AI-generated TV ad for Lexus in 2018, T&Pm is focused on harnessing AI across all its outputs with its 1,900 people already trained on WPP’s proprietary AI platform Creative Studio, to deliver enhanced outcomes for clients.

We believe in The Power of &, bringing diverse talent together to transform the way great brands are built. Our teams blend creative, media, experience and technology specialists from across our marketing practices. The performance mindset of these teams optimises to business outcomes in every channel, fuelled by the latest innovations in AI. Working alongside our clients’ marketing departments, we deliver ‘&mplified Creativity’ to solve their business and brand challenges seamlessly, creatively and efficiently.

Ultimately of course, we are our people. They’re the most important part of our business, so we want to make a lasting impression on them in the same way they do on us, by striving to become the most important place in their careers.

That’s why we do our best to build strong communities around them; provide the best possible opportunities for them to develop & grow; and empower them to make a difference to their clients and the world at large. Our strengths often lie in our differences, so we challenge and champion each other and our clients, to be the very best we can be.

The Role

Working closely with your manager and supporting your team on all day-to-day tasks including planning, reporting, financial reconciliation and billing

Key Responsibilities

• Staying in constant contact with the relevant internal teams e.g. specialisms such as Biddable, Reservation & Partnerships to ensure all day-to-day needs are being met and tasks are being completed to deadline and specification
• Taking ownership of status documents, project trackers, PO trackers and all finance tracking/reporting to client etc.
• Owning key sections of Response To Briefs or Post Campaign Analysis – e.g. audience analysis, campaigns – to show key planning skills
• Connecting with media owners to gain a good knowledge of the marketplace
• Clients will include Amazon DSP, Webfleet and Hilti, who are all part of the newly formed B2B unit within T&Pm – this means that reporting and maintaining KPI’s are a vital part of the accounts.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to listen to instructions and interpret tasks correctly
• Proactive management of to-do lists and extra tasks that come from it
• Accuracy – for reporting, audience analysis and finance in particular
• Client contact etiquette – e.g. professional manner in all communication
• Development of planning skills to make informed recommendations
• Ability to understand the role of different media channels in the media mix, and the media owners within them
• For worldwide positions, the ability to work with a host of individuals and teams across the network

• What training is there?
• You’ll become a super-user of all key tools for planning, reporting and competitor monitoring including:
• Audience & Insights tools – e.g. YouGov, TGI, Statista, Warc
• Finance
• Media owners and marketplace
• Competitor reporting -e.g. AdDynamix
• Prioritisation/time management
  

T&Pm embraces and celebrates diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide creative agency that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more brilliant work we can create together.