Bauer Media Group
Planning Manager
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Join our Airtime Planning team as a Planning Manager!
We're looking for an organised and commercially minded people leader with experience in campaign planning, media operations, or a similar commercial environment.
You'll lead a team of Campaign Sales Coordinators, ensuring airtime campaigns are planned, booked, and delivered accurately while providing an excellent experience for clients and agencies.
Our Team: How we enrich everyday life
The Airtime Planning team sits within Bauer's Commercial function and plays a key role in delivering advertising campaigns across our audio portfolio. Working closely with Sales, Finance, and Commercial Operations, we help maximise revenue while delivering outstanding service to agencies and clients.
The Difference you will make:
You'll lead and develop a high-performing team, oversee the successful delivery of campaigns, manage planning challenges, and help protect revenue. Through strong stakeholder relationships and continuous improvement, you'll support Bauer's reputation as a trusted advertising partner.
Your role:
- Lead, coach, and support a team of Campaign Sales Coordinators.
- Oversee the planning, booking, and delivery of airtime campaigns.
- Resolve complex planning queries and escalations.
- Monitor campaign accuracy, reporting, and revenue tracking.
- Manage team workload and ensure client deadlines are met.
- Work closely with Sales, Finance, and Operations to deliver campaigns successfully.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and ways of working.
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The Skills you will bring:
- Experience in campaign planning, media operations, advertising, or commercial support.
- Previous people management or coaching experience.
- Strong organisational, problem-solving, and prioritisation skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercial awareness and attention to detail.
- Confidence using data, technology, and AI-enabled tools to improve performance.
Working Pattern/Location:
This is a hybrid role, combining office and home working, with collaboration across multiple commercial teams.
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland, and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people’s everyday lives.
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What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays, and 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity, and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long-term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk.
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
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