Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Media Planning

Saatchi & Saatchi • $121K — $194K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights preferred
  • 7-10+ years of media planning experience
  • 5+ years of management experience with increasing responsibilities
  • Strong ability to strategically plan campaigns aligned with client goals
  • Proficient in analytics to inform media strategy
  • Demonstrated ability to identify media opportunities and execute accordingly
  • Experience in overseeing improvements in the media planning process
  • Portfolio management experience for major brands
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain in-depth knowledge of media industry trends and brand history
  • Ensure the team provides strategic media recommendations aligned with brand objectives
  • Lead team and client interactions, fostering robust relationships
  • Elevate strategic thinking across portfolios and set learning agendas
  • Write and deliver strategies and oversee their translation into audience plans
  • Collaborate with analytics and research for informed decision-making
  • Analyze audience strategies and develop business cases with internal stakeholders
  • Facilitate team collaboration and project management for timely execution
  • Provide vision and management support to align team efforts with company goals
  • Demonstrate technical acumen and problem-solving when necessary.

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off
  • Eligibility for freelancer/temporary employee medical plan after meeting criteria.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Director oversees the planning of all media campaigns across channels. This person is a leader who contributes to the brand strategy and planning and builds solid relationships with clients and internal teams across all levels and functions. As a day-to-day point of contact for senior-level partners, the Director facilitates ongoing education for internal teams and clients, identifies new revenue growth opportunities, and provides team management and strategic insight.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge of current media industry news and brand business (current and historical perspectives) with a focus on upstream initiatives
  • Ensure the team delivers sound strategic media recommendations based on a clear understanding of brand objectives
  • Lead the team and day-to-day client interaction and build, maintain, and grow client relationships and client business
  • Apply their experience to elevate strategic thinking across the portfolio and set appropriate learning agenda elements
  • Write and deliver strategies and POV's as well as oversee the translation of these strategies into the final audience plans
  • Work with analytics and research teams to identify/apply learnings and the investment and operations teams to ensure flawless implementation
  • Analyze client's audience strategies and work with internal groups to lead business case development
  • Facilitate team building through collaboration, open communication, and focused project management to assure that assignments are executed in a timely manner
  • Provide vision, direction, management and support to individuals within the team to ensure their work aligns with our mission and goals
  • Demonstrate a deep technical understanding as well as problem solving and intervention when necessary

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably with a concentration in marketing, advertising, communications, business, sociology, or consumer insights
  • 7-10+ years of media planning experience
  • 5+ years of management experience with progressing responsibilities
  • Ability to strategically plan campaigns from audience determination, through how to best flight and execute campaigns to align with clients strategic goals and KPIs
  • Strong understanding of analytics to inform and validate planning and strategy
  • History of identifying media opportunities, presenting them to clients, and executing
  • Experience monitoring and recommending improvements to the entire media planning process
  • Ensuring people are adopting the best in class tools, techniques, systems to deliver effective media processes
  • Portfolio management of paid media for a large brand
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal along with visual storytelling), diplomacy, and relationship building and decision making skills with the ability to think creatively.

Additional information

Compensation Range: USD $121,315.00 - USD $194,220.00/Annually. 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 the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/28/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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