Saatchi & Saatchi

SVP, Planning (CPG Client)

Saatchi & Saatchi$180K — $256K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in marketing, communications, and team management
  • Proficiency in both online and offline media, including TV, Print, Radio, OOH, and digital channels
  • Fluency with media tools and digital planning tools
  • Success in presenting strategic plans and influencing high-level Client decisions
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent leadership and team management abilities
  • Exceptional communication skills for both written presentations and verbal dialogue
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced setting

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement, and execute strategies for Client business direction
  • Listen actively to Clients to identify and lead strategic opportunities
  • Foster positive relationships through effective team leadership and Client interaction
  • Identify key insights from Client briefs to shape communication strategies
  • Evaluate media vehicles to optimize audience reach effectively
  • Communicate and gain agreement on best opportunities for Clients
  • Ensure quality control for all Client deliverables
  • Serve as a resource for defining media strategy across local markets
  • Supervise and develop staff, managing workloads and performance
  • Drive process improvements for consistency and efficiency in Client solutions
  • Coordinate leadership content for Client presentations
  • Collaborate with analytics and investment teams to generate consumer insights

Benefits

  • Medical coverage including dental and vision care
  • Disability benefits
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement for further education
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Inclusive benefit programs to meet diverse talent needs
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsible for generating strategic media initiatives and leading all aspects of media planning for key client account.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for developing, implementing, and executing strategy to define the future direction of Client business
  • Actively listen to Clients and continually identify opportunities to lead thinking
  • Team leader for Client interaction fostering positive relationships
  • Identifies key target insights based on Client brief necessary for formulating communication strategy
  • Evaluates composition of a wide range of media vehicles to determine which would most effectively reach the target audience
  • Effectively communicates and solicits agreement of best opportunities for Client
  • Ensure the quality of work for all Client deliverables
  • Serves as key resource for local markets in defining media strategy and media plans
  • Supervising, training, and developing staff (managing workload, delegating, and managing projects and resources, performance management)
  • Develop process improvements and best practices to ensure consistency, flexibility, and efficiency resulting in solutions that meet or exceed Client expectations
  • Serves as leadership and content development coordinator for all Client presentations
  • Ability to cross sell interagency products and services
  • Collaborate with business intelligence/analytics, data and investment teams to identify consumer learning needs and drive consumer insight generation, analysis/interpretation

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant experience with progressive levels of responsibility and business acumen in marketing and communications and team management
  • Must have online and offline media experience.
    • Offline experience will be TV, Print, Radio, OOH.
    • Online experience will consist of Display, Search, Social, and Mobile, and Content Marketing.
  • Fluency with Media Tools and solid understanding of Digital Planning tools
  • Proven experience and success in presenting plans to Client and influencing top level Client decisions
  • Demonstrated critical thinking skill and strong problem-solving skills - navigates effectively through difficult issues, builds required consensus to drive business needs and results
  • Excellent leadership, management and motivational skills
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills - effectively presents formal POV internally and externally
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and quantitative/analytical skills
  • Strong Client presentation skills and business writing skills
  • Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and Client relations
  • Detail oriented and proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Critical assessor of talent - builds and motivates high performing teams
  • Able to direct long range planning and the development of programs to maximize organizational resources
  • Design and manage projects, resources, stakeholders, participants, and deadlines
  • High results orientation and able to effectively juggle and prioritize many competing demands - high tolerance to effectively manage change

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $256,100.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. 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. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility 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 9/11/2026.

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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