Commitment to diversity
At Monks, we aim to create a space around diversity, equity & inclusion. A diverse environment with a focus on the well-being of all people, supports a feeling of safety & inclusion through teams that represent the realities of the diverse countries we serve. It's part of our effort to influence the society around us.
Job Description
As a Paid Media Planner, you will play a crucial role in translating media briefs into practical and tangible media strategies & executions for one of the world’s most well known entertainment brands. You will provide support for the senior team leads to create holistic media plans & actively clear roadblocks, while mitigating risks to ensure successful media execution.
You must understand the client's needs in order to work on the tactical planning and execution of online and offline campaigns, reporting, and control of billing and budget processes, leading specialists and assistants. Proactively collaborating across teams, you will ensure a comprehensive media strategy that meets the needs of the client brief. You will monitor marketplace dynamics and evaluate current offerings and capabilities across industry trends, track campaign performance and recommend optimizations as necessary along with active participation in client reporting and insight sessions to ensure the effective translation of media activities to business objectives and vice versa.
Maintaining overall accountability for team quality assurance (QA) based on published expectations and plan parameters will be essential. Your role is crucial in supporting the workflow & ensuring timely delivery effectively across various teams, such as strategy, media activation, analytics, partner representatives, client teams, account leads, and creative partners. You will foster a collaborative mindset and maintain a high attention to detail.
Key Responsibilities
- Controlling budgets and updating media planning
- Issuing and controlling authorizations (PIs and APs), gathering specifications (material orders), and checking
- Assisting in tactical planning in direct contact with the media outlets
- Pacing and analyzing suggestions for Insights in reports
- Training and leading other junior team members
- Ensuring the use and organization of the team's Drive
- Reviewing reports for assertiveness and opportunities
- Ensuring alignment with other team leads
- Support the translation of media briefs into practical and tangible media strategies, ensuring alignment with client objectives
- Collaborate with the Media Investment & Activation teams, ensuring comprehensive media plans with realistic execution potential
- Proactively deliver strategic insight related to client briefs and industry trends
- Maintain overall accountability for complete & timely plan development in line with client briefs
- Maintain a high attention to detail in all aspects of strategic planning and project management
- Ensure effective & efficient campaign execution in line with campaign goals
- Participate actively in client reporting and insight sessions to ensure the effective translation of media activities to business objectives and vice versa.
Qualifications
- 1-3 year as an assistant with experience in paid digital media
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to ensure project timelines
- Proven experience in translating data & insights into holistic media campaigns relative to client briefs
- Proactive mindset, constantly anticipating questions & potential requests based on evolving client needs
- Understanding of marketplace dynamics and the ability to evaluate offerings and capabilities across industry trends
- Experience managing campaigns in digital platforms (Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, DV360)
- Operational and analytical profile
- Knowledge of AD or VBS
- Knowledge of media tools (Instar, Monitor, Comscore and TGI)
- Nice to have: Knowledge of broadcast TV grids, purchasing and compensation
- Basic/intermediate English (writing/reading for internal and external reports)
- Experience with other offline media
Even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, but feel you are a good fit for the role, we encourage you to apply.
If you are a seasoned media planner with a strategic mindset, strong collaboration abilities, and a passion for driving successful media plans, we invite you to join our team as a Paid Media Planner. Together, we will deliver impactful campaigns, optimize audience experiences, and achieve outstanding business results in the dynamic media landscape.
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world.
Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
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