Manager, Planning

Publicis Groupe

Chicago, IL

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$75,000–$90,000 Per Year

SKILLS

Adobe Captivate, Brand Strategy, Compensation Management, Compensation and Benefits, Construction, Customer Relations, Digital Media, Diversity, Health Plan, Leadership, Legal, Marketing, Marketing Objectives, Media Buying and Planning, Microsoft Excel, Multitasking, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project/Program Management, Stewardship, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Chicago, IL

POSTED

30+ days ago

Company description

Meet Infinite Roar

Infinite Roar, Publicis Media's fastest-growing agency, is the new force in the media landscape. We are built for those clients looking to drive transformation, and we’ve created an approach especially tailored to the unique needs of disruptive, fast-growing brands. We combined the agility and personalized attention of a boutique agency with the unrivaled resources and expertise of a global powerhouse.

Come Roar With Us

To staff accounts with the attention and talent our clients deserve, Infinite Roar leaders assemble a “dream team” – people with relevant experience making every dollar work like three; who know our clients’ categories; who are thrilled to provide high-touch service at every turn; and who understand how to unlock the vast resources of our global network in service of our clients’ goals. People who have raised their hands to help ambitious brands grow. People like you!

We celebrate diversity, recognizing that our strength often arises from our differences. We strive to foster an environment and build a culture where every member of our team feels: Seen, Heard, Valued, and Appreciated. We aim to help every employee meet their career goals while helping our clients achieve their business goals.

As Publicis Media’s most exciting new agency solution, Infinite Roar offers our employees the opportunity to have an immediate role in influencing our processes and approaches, shaping our solutions, and building the industry’s first solution built for high-growth, disruptive brands. Come roar with us!

Overview

The Manager, Strategy (Planning) is the primary, day-to-day lead for end-to-end communications planning. They are responsible for translating marketing/digital media objectives into communication plan development action steps and managing the Associate(s) through various projects.  The Manager is the primary point of contact for clients on stewardship requests and is responsible for having a firm grasp of both strategic and functional media knowledge. They should be ready/able to step in and handle situations when the Associate Director is not available.

This role offers frequent client contact, ownership of the integrated plan, and the opportunity to lead project management and cross-media integration.

Responsibilities

+ Assists the team lead with all aspects of digital media plan development/recommendations

+ Interprets communications/digital media strategy and translates into communication planning action steps

+ Oversees/manages Associate(s) and day-to-day operation of all media activity

+ Demonstrate initiative by researching and identifying valuable information/insights to improve media product

+ Fully embraces Connections that Captivate and uses as guiding principles for all media/communication recommendations

+ Determines and supervises the best possible implementation of all approved communication plans and projects

+ Acts as primary point of contact for client stewardship requests

+ Learns and understands all phases of the clients’ marketing objectives and provides media recommendations to deliver against these objectives

+ Understands all proprietary research tools/processes and applies learning during communication planning

+ Prepares and presents communication plans, as needed, including objectives, strategy, rationale, and all backup materials

+ Establishes strong working relationship with partner agencies (where/when applicable), delivering a seamless communications process

+ Demonstrates agility via multitasking multiple brands, strategic development and plan stewardship, management of Associate(s)

+ Develops collaborative working relationship with all implementation teams, ensuring they fully understand brand communication objectives/strategies

+ Trains and develops Associate(s), including:

+ Effective level of delegation

+ Managing group dynamics/relationships between Associate(s)

+ Establishes and demonstrates strong leadership skills

+ Evaluates performance of Associate(s) via PMP process, including assisting in the establishment of the cascading goals

+ Checks work of Associate(s) to ensure accuracy

+ Identifies opportunities for Associate(s) career development

Qualifications

+ A minimum of 3 years of digital media planning experience

+ Proficient in MS Excel

+ Knowledge of media fundamentals

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $75,000 - $90,000. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be <>.

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