Associate Planning Director

Overview

We are hiring a UK Associate Planning Director to join Publicis Imagine, a specialist team dedicated to one of the world's leading entertainment and media brands. This is an exciting opportunity to shape high-profile campaigns that connect audiences with premium content across multiple platforms and release windows. Working at the intersection of media strategy, creativity, and culture, you'll help deliver impactful campaigns while leading and developing talented planners. If you thrive on collaboration, strategic thinking, and creating work that reaches millions of people, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing

• Lead end-to-end media planning across a diverse entertainment portfolio, ensuring campaigns are delivered to a consistently high standard.
• Translate client objectives into effective cross-channel media strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Partner closely with investment, activation, and specialist teams to create integrated and connected campaign plans.
• Build trusted client relationships through clear communication, thoughtful recommendations, and exceptional service.
• Coach, mentor, and support a Planning Manager and Planning Executive, helping them grow their skills and careers.
• Identify opportunities to improve ways of working, promoting collaboration, efficiency, and continuous learning across the team.
• Stay informed on media, culture, and consumer behavior trends to bring fresh thinking and strategic insight into planning recommendations.

Qualifications

Skills we're looking for

• Strong experience developing and leading multi-channel media strategies and campaigns.
• The ability to turn complex challenges into clear, actionable plans and recommendations.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at different levels.
• Experience managing, coaching, or mentoring team members and supporting their development.
• Commercial awareness and a good understanding of the UK media landscape and evolving consumer trends.
• A collaborative and curious mindset, with the confidence to challenge thinking constructively.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and attention to detail.

Additional Information

Zenith International offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

📖 Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Zenith International, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

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