Starcom · 17 hours ago
Senior Vice President, Planning
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $269K/yr
12+ years expPublicis Groupe is one of the world’s largest communications groups, known for its creativity and digital expertise. The Senior Vice President, Planning will manage the media planning portfolio for a globally recognized company, contributing to strategy and building client relationships while leading a team and ensuring budget management.
AdvertisingBrand MarketingMarketing
Responsibilities
Act as a day-to-day point of contact and partner for assigned clients
Responsible for developing, implementing, and executing strategy to deliver on short- and longer-term goals (e.g., traffic, ROI, customer count, 1P audience growth, and brand metrics)
Support the spectrum of the client’s media initiatives, including vendor-centric, endemic and non-endemic and audience-led RMN omnichannel planning
Actively listen to Clients and continually identify opportunities to lead thinking
Team leader for Client interaction fostering positive relationships
Evaluates composition of a wide range of media vehicles to determine which would most effectively reach the target audience and deliver on traffic and performance goals
Effectively communicates and solicits agreement of best opportunities for Client
Ensure the quality of work for all Client deliverables
Supervising, training, and developing staff (managing workload, delegating, and managing projects and resources, performance management)
Develop process improvements and best practices to ensure consistency, flexibility, and efficiency resulting in solutions that meet or exceed Client expectations
Ability to cross sell interagency products and services
Collaborate with business intelligence/analytics, data and investment teams to ensure strategic plans are powered by campaign performance data + insight and marketplace opportunity
Lead and mentor a team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably with a concentration in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights
12+ years of relevant experience with progressive levels of responsibility and business acumen in marketing and communications and team management
Demonstrated ability to generate 1P audience strategies that can be translated into effective media activation
Proven experience and success in presenting plans to Client and influencing top level Client decisions
Demonstrated critical thinking skill and strong problem-solving skills - navigates effectively through difficult issues, builds required consensus to drive business needs and results
Excellent leadership, management and motivational skills
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills - effectively presents formal POV internally and externally
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and quantitative/analytical skills
Strong Client presentation skills and business writing skills
Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and Client relations
Detail oriented and proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Critical assessor of talent - builds and motivates high performing teams
Able to direct long range planning and the development of programs to maximize organizational resources
Design and manage projects, resources, stakeholders, participants, and deadlines
High results orientation and able to effectively juggle and prioritize many competing demands - high tolerance to effectively manage change
Benefits
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
Company
Starcom
With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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