Hearts & Science
International Strategic Planning Director - On Running
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Hearts & Science
Job Function
Strategy and Planning
Job Subfunction
Strategy
Job Description
International Strategic Planning Director
Hearts & Science | Omnicom Media, London
At Hearts & Science International, we help clients turn change into competitive advantage—connecting audience insight, culture, data and creativity to deliver smarter, faster growth worldwide.
The role
As our Strategic Planning Director, you’ll translate complex brand and business challenges into clear, actionable communication activities. You’ll lead the creation of work from end-to-end—from brief, to audience insight to communications strategy through to activation and measurement—working with a team of specialists to ensure our work creates commercial impact for our clients.
What you’ll do
- Partner with global and regional stakeholders to define clear strategic direction in response to client briefs
- Create integrated communication frameworks across brand, performance and always-on activity
- Build global audience and journey frameworks using data, research and cultural insight
- Translate strategy into precise, platform-ready plans and digital activation with clear measurement
- Identify opportunities to innovate in data application, emerging technology, media formats and partnerships
- Turn data into compelling narratives, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
- Coach and collaborate, elevating planning excellence across the network
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What you’ll bring
- Significant agency experience with global clients
- Strong expertise in audience strategy, journey planning and digital activation
- Proven ability to deliver clear, compelling strategic recommendations
- Fluency across platforms, tools and measurement approaches
- A collaborative, curious mindset with strong emotional intelligence
- Experience leading cross-market strategy with sensitivity to cultural nuance
Why join us
You’ll work at the centre of a connected global network, with access to leading tools, talent and learning. We support your growth with tailored development, exposure to diverse markets, and the opportunity to shape work that truly makes an impact.
About The Agency
Hearts & Science, part of Omnicom Media, are one of the fastest growing agencies in the market. Built in the digital age with agility at our core, our DNA is different from your average media agency. Our people bring to life our values of challenging conventions, celebrating difference, collaboration and positivity.
The core of our difference is rooted in our culture, something we invest significant time and energy into nurturing to ensure our people remain happy and fulfilled.
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A central pillar of creating an agency Fit for the Future is making decisions that benefit our people, our agency, our partners and our clients both today and tomorrow. In media terms this means total transparency, over-and-above data governance, ethical media practices and thinking both long and short. This extends into our approach to learning & development, our diverse staff population, and social calendar.
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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