Manager, Planning

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Mid level
Agency
The Role
Manage media strategy and execution across investment teams, including media plans, buy specifications, budgets, billing, and deadline adherence. Define program metrics, develop insights and optimization recommendations, evaluate media opportunities and partners, and maintain knowledge of client businesses, consumers, competitors, and media trends. The role requires collaboration, independent work, strong organization, and confident, data-supported recommendations.
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Company Description



Mindshare is a global media agency network dedicated to forging a competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands. 116 offices in 86 countries - opportunities at any stage in your career, anywhere in the world. Mindshare is part of GroupM, which oversees the media investment management sector for WPP, the world’s leading communications services group.

Our role in this world is to help clients grow their business and to become their lead business partner and we achieve this through a culture of original thinking driven by speed, teamwork and provocation






Job Description

We are looking for a media professional who is flexible, collaborative and able to work independently. This project planning resource is a key position at Mindshare to support the agencies client teams as we deliver leading media solutions.

Qualifications

Responsibilities and Duties

•  Stewardship of the media strategy across investment teams and ensuring executional excellence

•  Manage and delegate the day-to-day media responsibilities to ensure adherence to deadlines (i.e media plan changes, Buy Specs, Blocking Charts, etc.)

• Primary owner of annual media budgets, billing, and actualizations

• Define key program metrics and build insights and optimizations

• Provide informed points of view on new media opportunities and / or partners and their role in media strategies

• Develop a thorough, up-to-date knowledge of the clients business and the media landscape

Skills, Knowledge, Attributes & Experience:

• Minimum of 3-4 years of Media Planning experience is preferred

• Developing media knowledge that spans across disciplines and channels with a growing depth in digital

• Proactive and solution oriented

• Ability to confidently share a point-of-view and support it using insights and data

• Strong time management and organization skills

• Awareness of client business issues, industry/consumer trends, market status and competition

• College Diploma in Advertising or University Degree in a related field

Additional Information

Read more up on us at: www.mindshareintheloop.com

Mindshare encourages applications from all qualified candidates and accommodates persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process, or would like more information, please call 416 987 5100.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Skills Required

  • 3-4 years of media planning experience
  • Developing media knowledge across multiple disciplines and channels, including digital media
  • Proactive and solution-oriented approach
  • Ability to present and support points of view using insights and data
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • Awareness of client business issues, industry and consumer trends, market conditions, and competition
  • College diploma in Advertising or university degree in a related field
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The Company
HQ: London
9,475 Employees

What We Do

Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients in the age of transformation. Good Growth is business growth that is enduring and sustainable whilst also helping to shape society and the world for the better. We accelerate Good Growth for our clients by using Precisely Human Intelligence that combines data science and behavioural science to understand consumers and their motivations better and we act on that intelligence through the intentional use of media, connecting brands with consumers around their shared values. We were the first purpose built company created by WPP and today our 10,000 people operate in 116 offices in 86 countries, helping to drive Good Growth for our clients, our people, the industry and the world.

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