Planning Manager – Entertainment client

Overview

In this Planning Manager role, you will shape integrated media strategies for high-profile clients, notably Sky Sports, translating objectives into impactful plans. You’ll own campaign delivery from briefing to optimization, building trusted client partnerships and identifying value-adding opportunities. You’ll collaborate across planning, activation, data, and supplier teams while coaching teammates and sharing best practices. The position sits within a supportive, ambitious agency culture that values data-driven decision making and cross-functional collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• wellbeing support
• Summer Fridays
• birthday day off
• enhanced family leave policies
• Pension

Responsibilities

• Lead development of integrated media plans aligned with client objectives and measurable impact
• Own day-to-day campaign delivery from brief to execution and optimization
• Build trusted client partnerships and act as advisor across planning activity
• Identify proactive opportunities to strengthen performance and add value
• Collaborate with specialist teams, agency partners, and suppliers to deliver integrated solutions
• Coach and develop team members through feedback and development conversations
• Contribute to the wider agency community by sharing best practice and participating in industry initiatives

Key requirements

• Experience developing media strategies across digital, broadcast, and emerging platforms
• Confidence managing client relationships and translating objectives into media plans
• Strong campaign management with delivery against timelines, budgets, and objectives
• Analytical mindset to interpret performance data and make recommendations
• Excellent collaboration skills across planning, activation, data, and client teams
• Commercial awareness and experience managing budgets with accuracy
• Curiosity about the sports landscape and events/trends

• collaboration
• curiosity
• communication
• multichannel media planning
• data interpretation and insights
• budget management

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