Description

Prospect is a global, award-winning marketing agency that drives digital performance for many of the world’s largest brands. We pride ourselves on the loud drumbeat of innovation that sounds through the company. It drives the way we help solve clients’ problems, the way we build teams and product as well as the way through which we train and develop our people.  We strive to create an environment that fosters collaboration, celebrates creativity, and encourages our employees to champion superior work and for us to develop superior working lives
Role Purpose:
The Client Planning Manager will focus on creating innovative plans that generate growth for our clients. Client Planning Managers are responsible for consistency in output and driving best-in-class performance across all iProspect capabilities (paid search, SEO, content, display, social, as well as non-digital channels).
Key Accountabilities:
Client Focus
Project manages clients’ digital communications plans including timelines and budget
Leads smaller client accounts and present regularly to both client and internal teams
Coordinates invoicing and payments process’ in line with contractual terms agreed; oversees processes to ensure smooth financial operations
Collate and own contractual client requirements such as timesheet data
Planning Focus
Day to day planning management across clients
Assist role in the agency’s response to any briefs, injecting clear digital strategy as part of our integrated responses
Digital expertise across channels to aid channel development in line with client objectives
Be the bridging point between strategy & channels: Brief and manage internal teams to deliver on client requirements across the whole business.
Owns & drives cross-channel technology and data integration to optimise the media mix e.g. Investment optimisation in line with roles of media.
Maintain an awareness of client competitor digital activity and market trends to aid informed recommendations to campaign planning and development opportunities for your clients
Professional Skills:
Comfortable with data and insight and understanding of how these can be used to formulate strategic decisions
Confident presenter
Familiar with applications such as Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
Basic knowledge of digital channels across PPC, SEO, Content, Display, Social
Ability to find and derive consumer and category insight from available planning tools e.g. Mintel, Statista, YouGov, CCS
Key Experiences (Desirable):
3+ years of experience of planning across one or more digital channels
3+ years of experience with account management, managing internal/external stakeholders
Familiar with managing finance processes such as campaign reconciliation
Experience of working on integrated marketing campaigns
What you’ll get from us
Dentsu is a fantastic place to work with many great benefits on offer including 25 days’ annual holiday, Pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, and get your Birthday day off!
Not only is it an incredibly fun place to work but as part of a multinational organisation there are many opportunities to advance your career within the wider business once you have proven yourself.
About Dentsu
Dentsu is headquartered in London and operates in 145 countries worldwide with more than 45,000 dedicated specialists. Dentsu and the Network is Innovating the Way Brands Are Built for its clients through its best-in-class expertise and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications services.
Our values and behaviours:
Agile – Anticipate business needs, continuous process improvement, be flexible whilst maintain high standards
Pioneering – Being constantly curious, be bold in challenging the status quo, support a culture of openness
Ambitious – Strive for excellence, drive hard to achieve, learn from experiences
Responsible – Uphold the highest levels of integrity, lead by example, be courageous in raining concerns
Collaborative – Operate as one team locally and globally by sharing best practice and following standard practices and processes
Inclusion & Diversity
We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working hard to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community’s race and gender equality campaigns.
We are happy to discuss all flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly.
If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you