VP, Integrated Media Planning - Remote

Company: iProspect
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Company Description

iProspect, a dentsu company, is a global digital-first end to end media agency. Its unmatched mix of media strategy and storytelling with digital expertise and audience knowledge defines the new territory of performance-driven brand building. By delivering human-centric solutions, iProspect accelerates growth for the world's most iconic brands including Sonos, Cox, LG, Hilton, Levi's, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble. The iProspect team works across a network of more than 8,000 media and performance specialists spread across 93 global markets.

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. iProspect is an agency of dentsu.

Job Description

The VP, Planning role is to provide media planning leadership on one of iProspect's flagship accounts. The VP is responsible for creating a link between the agency and divisional client management, and to drive the smooth creation and delivery of communication and media plans. This person must be a broad thinking driver and motivator of the strategy and activation teams that support a given division. This person is directly responsible for the holistic communication plan and design aspects for the assigned accounts.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Communications Planning

• Responsible for service level of account and delivery of our planning product
• Manage planning team staffing and resources
• Primary contact for client in planning efforts
• Lead negotiator in team deliverables and evaluation criteria with Brand and client's Corporate management
• Leads Communications Planning effort both in terms of high-level solution design as well as in management approach for client
• Quality control over all strategy/implementation/integration
• Balance needs of agency and dentsu resources, with a responsibility to facilitate and foster relevant partnerships
• Will oversee all planning activity for client
• Contribute, participate, and present in agency new business efforts and presentations
  Client & Internal Relationships
  
  • Build and maintain trusting, collaborative relationships with senior clients
  • Manage expectations of senior clients and deliverables
  • Identify and secure relationships with key senior clients to deepen agency relationship
  • Serve as a lead in managing the agency-client relationship
  • Accurately represent the client's point of view when reviewing work, leverage this perspective when providing feedback to team and presenting to client
  • Grow business opportunities within current clients
  • Ensure collaboration among all agency departments; foster great teamwork
  • Include agency executives in appropriate client meetings
  • Actively represent the agency within industry (attending industry functions, joining local market committees)
    Qualifications
    
    • 15 + years of marketing/communications planning experience, which include progressive client management experience
    • Deep knowledge and experience with multiple communication channels and their role in brand marketing
    • Proven ability to think strategically, with a balanced analytical and creative approach, and the ability to teach others to think strategically
    • Proven leadership ability - experience managing multiple groups of planners, supervisors and directors
    • Skilled leader of process and output that takes the client outside comfort zone
    • Current knowledge of trends and innovations in media
      Additional Information
      
      Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsumcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.
      
      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@dentsu.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.
      

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