[HCM][Agency] T&A Ogilvy: Planning Manager

Planning Manager excel at all the fundamentals of strategy and, therefore, both lead many of our processes and do a lot of the strategic heavy lifting. You’re increasingly autonomous, leading projects yourself with a small degree of input from your director.

You maintain a high degree of rigor, you present well, and you maintain strong client relationships.

You lead the writing of briefs and can deliver an inspirational briefing.

You are the connector between Creative and Client Servicing departments, gracefully collaborating between brand/ social/ digital/ commerce disciplines and agencies. You hone in on your unique planning style and grow your skills in upstream business understanding. You’re able to run a pitch process, own the strategy, and deliver great work.

Responsibilities:

· Lead the internal strategic process beginning to end creative brief development, team alignment, creative briefing, creative development oversight, and presentation to the client.

· Able to collaborate closely and flex between strategy disciplines

· Be an active and stimulating voice within the strategy department and the agency as a whole, with strong creative and account relationships

· Consistently deliver lateral and exciting strategies that work

· Push your own thinking without more senior support and drive us all to challenge the thinking continually

· Demonstrate creative ambition, finding ways to impact the creative process and drive us to great work

· Foster independent relationships with clients and maintain a direct line to day-to-day client and project partners, able to represent the relationship and help shepherd the process with external client partners, including other agencies (e.g., Media, PR, etc.)

· Proactively identify new areas of opportunity on client businesses, always on the lookout for new opportunities and account growth

· Able to offer sound advice on a range of business, product, marketing, and communications problems, isolate the type of marketing solution required by different business problems and funnel this understanding into our creative strategy

· Champion effectiveness, able to prove the effectiveness of our work in an ongoing manner and in awards papers

Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related fields

A minimum of 5 years of work experience is required, preferably in an Agency environment and demonstrated success in a similar role

E-commerce planning experience

Previous moderation and project management experience is required;

Proven client service orientation with influential written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated attention to detail;

Ability to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment as an individual as well as in a team environment;

Exceptional organizational and time management skills with demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines while juggling multiple tasks simultaneously

Email apply: [email protected] (HR Executive - T&A Ogilvy)