Senior Media Planner

7 months ago

Sandton, South Africa Zenith Full time

**Company Description**
We are the ROI Agency

We blend data, technology and brilliant specialists to scout out new opportunities, solve complex challenges and grow our clients’ business

What we believe:
We believe in exploring new perspectives. Looking at things differently. Turning structures upside down, back to front and sideways. Excited by what we might find.

Thinking big and acting bigger

So we think big. And act bigger. Stay versatile and interconnected. We approach everything with an inventive spirit and rigorous mindset. Individually we’re great, but as a team we’re unstoppable. Together, we seek out opportunities, frame problems and solve complex challenges. Our collective brilliance exposes breakthroughs. Our capability unleashes creativity. We pursue a new perspective and deliver a new kind of ROI.

VACANCY:
We are looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Media Planner to join our team of specialists.

The Job Description:
The ATL Media Planner is expected to be data driven, insights lead and a creative thinker, who strives to make meaningful impact on the business.

This role demands confidence, presence and the skills to make a meaningful impact. Never just taking and executing orders - Zenith Planners are expected to direct, inspire and add value at every turn.

A high level of collaboration, a willingness to teach others and a real desire to push the boundaries is what will be expected.

In addition, this role requires a high degree of accountability and responsibility over the digital media investments we are entrusted to manage.

Some working outside the standard working hours may be necessary.

Daily Activities:

- Produce TV, radio and print plans
- Chat the outdoor planner for OOH plans
- Produce reach curves and optimization analyses for strategic input
- Provide guidance and analysis on the best performing titles, channels, programs and stations for optimal delivery.
- Obtaining Media Schedule approvals from clients
- Chase outstanding creative compiling and delivering Proof of Life documents.
- Attend internal and external client status meetings
- Managing the CE’s and PO process and ensuring this accurately tracked and monitored with the buyers.
- Produce and deliver Post Campaign Reports
- Respond to Global Report Requirements
- Maintain a good relationship and understanding of media owner platforms

Qualifications:

- Telmar Advanced
- Excel Intermediate
- Power Point Intermediate

**Experience**:

- At least 5 years of ATL media planning

Hard Skills:

- Able to effectively project manage
- Numerically strong and analytically able
- Strong communicator with effective interpersonal relationships across team and clients
- The ability to synthesize and reduce different inputs to create a well-considered and accurate representative view.
- English fluency and language skills for effective business writing
- Strong presentation skills
- Solid data interpretation and analytics skills
- Be able to exercise strategic principles and structured thinking to tackle business development projects assigned by client
- Be able to select appropriate frameworks, tools and approaches to use in solving client problems
- Develop strategies that interpret cultural and social trends as well as data relevant to client business

Soft Skills
- Is open to constructive feedback and challenges accordingly.
- Is effective at building relationships and working as a team
- Shows leadership and decision-making ability
- Manages change well - adapts and remains flexible to business priorities
- Ability to collaborate without ego as well as work effectively independently
- Is willing to transfer skills and share knowledge openly
- Ability to self-start and self-manage

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