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Media Planning Manager
Media Planning Manager – Tesco Media
About Tesco Media
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers.
dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, working with iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever, and Metro.
Tesco Media is the ultimate media partner to brands, built on unrivalled customer insight. It is a media owner with soul, scale, and storytelling power that helps brands and agencies connect meaningfully with customers, drive creative effectiveness, and grow at the point of purchase.
Through Tesco, the UK’s largest grocery retailer with over 24 million Clubcard households—representing nearly every home in the UK—Tesco Media offers brands an unparalleled view into the motivations and behaviours of the nation. It is perfectly positioned to solve businesses’ greatest marketing challenges, unlocking growth by enabling brands to connect with customers online, in-store, and via offsite partners, all while enhancing the shopping experience.
About the Role
We are looking for a talented Media Planning Manager who expects more from their career. Sitting within the Tesco Media Strategic Planning team, this role is central to delivering best-in-class, data-led media planning that drives measurable growth for our clients. You will bring together customer insight, category expertise, and media strategy to unlock new commercial opportunities, influence business decisions, and shape the future of retail media planning.
Responsibilities
You’ll be working on:
- Strategic media planning: Lead high-impact media planning for key clients, developing annual plans and responses to major briefs.
- Insight translation: Work with data and insight teams to identify growth opportunities and shape clear, actionable client recommendations.
- Client collaboration: Partner with Sales and Client Strategy teams to align with client growth ambitions and long-term commercial priorities.
- Relationship building: Strengthen client relationships, positioning Tesco Media as a trusted strategic partner, and unlocking new stakeholders and investment opportunities.
- Category expertise: Develop compelling narratives and fulfilment strategies that support client conversations and long-term growth.
- Planning excellence: Continuously improve standards, embedding best practices and ensuring scalable, high-quality outputs across the organisation.
- Innovation: Drive efficiency and innovation by advancing tools, automation, and new ways of working.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Work with insight, strategy, and specialist teams to ensure fully integrated, high-quality outputs.
- Thought leadership: Create case studies, effectiveness stories, and award submissions that enhance Tesco Media’s market reputation.
- Go-to-market support: Contribute to proposition development and strategic storytelling.
- Risk mitigation: Identify risks and opportunities early to help shape proactive strategies for sustained value.
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Requirements
We’re looking for someone with:
- Proven experience in media planning or strategic planning, ideally within retail media, agency, or data-driven marketing environments.
- A strong commercial mindset, with the ability to link media strategy to broader business levers (pricing, promotions, range, distribution).
- Experience translating data and insight into clear, actionable strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.
- Confident stakeholder management, with experience influencing senior internal and external partners.
- Strong client-facing experience, with a track record of building trusted, high-value relationships.
- Excellent ability to manage multiple priorities while contributing to both short-term delivery and long-term strategic planning.
- A passion for innovation, effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas into compelling narratives.
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Benefits
We won’t just meet your expectations—we’ll defy them. You’ll enjoy:
- A comprehensive rewards package, including competitive compensation and benefits.
- Flexible working hours and your birthday off in recognition of your contributions.
- Access to cutting-edge technology and tools that reflect our global ambition, but with the agility of a small business.
- A workplace culture that prioritises freedom, experimentation, and learning.
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion, with thriving networks such as:
- dh Gender Equality Network
- dh Proud (LGBTQ+)
- dh Family (parental support)
- dh One (ethnic diversity)
- dh Enabled (disability inclusion)
- dh Thrive (wellbeing and mental health)
- Equity and inclusion woven into every aspect of our culture to ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Flexible Working
At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where flexibility is applied on a case-by-case basis. If flexible working is important to you, please let your recruiter know during the hiring process, and we will be open to discussing agile working opportunities tailored to your needs.
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