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Manager, Integrated Media Planning

OMD
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/30/2025
We are OMD, Cannes Lions 2024 Media Network of the Year, RECMA's Best-Performing Media Network Globally, and COMvergence's #1 Global Agency Network. As the world’s largest media network, with more than 12,000 people working in over 100 countries, we excel at making better decisions, faster. By combining innovation, creativity, empathy, and evidence, we help clients move faster, reach further, and take smarter risks in a world full of opportunities

We pride ourselves on being a people-obsessed, outcomes-focused business that applies evidence and data-based solutions, married with the practice of empathy, to drive performance and growth. When working with our clients, we put ourselves in the shoes of the consumer in order to see the world through their eyes. We focus on finding greater empathy with the consumer so as to uncover insights and opportunities that deliver more valued and valuable connections.

What You Can Expect

Our success is underwritten by our core principles:

  • Dynamic diversity. Bringing diversity of perspective, skillset, and background, as well as the mix of ages, genders, ethnicities, skillsets & backgrounds.
  • Radical collaboration. Connecting a diverse group of people through instinctive structures, skills and mindsets.
  • Rapid prototyping. Fostering a mindset of curiosity in which our people are always building, testing, evolving and retesting hypotheses. All of which is underpinned by a commitment to total transparency.

Overview

The Manager, Integrated Media Planning is accountable for the planning, implementation and tracking of media plans. They partner with the Associate Media Director or Director to set the strategic tone and direction for planning deliverables. The Manager also assists in the development of any important plans, projects, or presentations to the client. In addition, a strong working knowledge of the media space, including digital media and available media research. As a steppingstone to leadership, the Manager is responsible for managing a planning team, including skills development, evaluating performance, and supporting growth.

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of media planning experience, cross-channel experience preferred
  • Graduate of a four-year college or university
  • Experience in a client service structure, contributing to the development and management of media programs
  • Leadership ability and experience managing a team of planners and assistants on day-to-day deliverables
  • Strong knowledge of media fundamentals and an understanding of key research sources
  • Ability to develop and articulate strategic insights
  • Comfort with data, analytics, and measurement
  • Knowledge of current trends and innovations in media
  • Experience working on large national client; QSR and/or retail a plus

Responsibilities

  • Passion - approaches any situation with energy and interest. Displays passion for pop culture, trends, and motivations in consumer behavior.
  • Critical Thinking - the ability to develop insights and use data to support strategic thinking.
  • Hunger for Data - continually seeks to understand how data is leveraged for reporting and used to define strategies, to defend strategies, and to uncover new opportunities.
  • Delegation - as a manager of the Strategist and Assistant levels, delegation skills are key to achieving deliverables and developing others.
  • Relationship Building - whether internally or with clients, practices the ability to be personal, understanding and a desire to do what’s best for the team and the client.

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$50,000—$90,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

OMD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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