Senior Manager, Planning

Company Description

Carat is the world’s first media agency and privileged to work with some of the most storied and innovative brands in the world. Most recently named a leader amongst global media agencies by Forrester, Carat is consistently ranked the #1 media agency in the world. With over 12,000 experts in over 100 countries. Carat is a dentsu company and delivers an unparalleled capability to unlock real human understanding and connect people and brands through powerful and engaging media experiences.

Job Description

Carat is looking for a Senior Manager of Planning with solid media planning expertise to help maintain and grow one of our largest clients. You should have media planning experience across all channels.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Planning, the Senior Manager will be a key member of the team and a point person to our clients. You will be very hands-on and involved in the day-to-day of this account. 

As a Senior Manager of Media Planning at Carat, you are responsible for ensuring that communications strategies are effectively and accurately translated into plans as well as leading the development and implementation of those plans.In partnership with the senior leadership, you will help in setting the strategic tone for the account within your assigned division.  You are expected to have a strong working knowledge of the media landscape (including digital). 

Managing client relationships is also a key component of this role. The position can be fully remote.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for media plan output timeliness, accuracy, and overall excellence
• Participate and help lead the strategic media planning/execution and serve as a resource for direct reports & junior staff for advice and counsel
• Demonstrate ability to utilize resources (syndicated, proprietary, analyst data) to help guide client’s marketing goals and apply to strategic recommendations
• Work closely with activation department leads to outline appropriate processes and timelines to ensure flawless execution
• Understand and adopt new techniques and technologies that are relevant for clients’ media strategies
• Provides relevant insight and input into existing and emerging media opportunities (through awareness of available media services vendors)
• Build & maintain trusting, collaborative relationships with clients at appropriate levels
• Accurately represent the client’s point of view when developing/reviewing work, leverage this perspective when providing feedback to team and presenting to client
• Capable of effectively managing up and down the reporting structure
• Provide and discuss industry information on media, markets and related dynamics
• Train, motivate and develop media planning group
• Construct and deliver accurate, honest and timely performance management documents

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of media planning experience       
• Current knowledge of trends and innovations in traditional and digital media
• Advanced computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Proven leadership skills and management experience
• Working knowledge of Insights tools such as MRI and Simmons and competitive tools like Nielsen Ad Intel and/or Kantar Strategy
• Experience with Media Tools
• Solid understanding of DFA, and other digital media related tools (comScore, eMarketer, Forrester…)

#LI-JK1 #LI-Remote

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $68,000-$110,000. Salary is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com. Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact recruiting@dentsuaegis.com if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

About dentsu
Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

Dentsu, Innovating to Impact.

Find out more:
https://www.dentsu.com/
https://www.group.dentsu.com/en/

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.