Media Planning Executive

As a Planning Executive, you'll learn to develop overarching media strategy and plans based upon our clients’ business and campaign goals. You'll support our clients and activation specialists to identify the correct media and channel selections, KPIs and target audiences based on consumer, media and tech trends as well as best practice learning. 

About Assembly 

We bring together data, talent, and technology— the ingredients of the modern agency—to deliver omnichannel media + more to the best brands on the planet. 

Assembly is a global marketing services company that delivers unmatched omnichannel media expertise + business, data, and consulting solutions. We work with some of the world's most prestigious brands including Lenovo, Estee Lauder, Ralph Lauren, Fossil etc. 

As a modern business in an industry as dynamic and influential as ours, we believe that we have a responsibility to use our position to impact meaningful social and environmental change. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Develop comprehensive media plans that align with marketing objectives and budget constraints.
• Identify target audiences and media consumption habits.
• Negotiate and purchase media space across various platforms, including digital and offline
• Monitor and analyse campaign performance, providing regular reports and insights to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Specialist Teams: Work closely with specialist teams to brief and collaborate on multiple deliverables, including campaign briefs, bi-weekly reporting, and other ad-hoc tasks. 
• Relationship Building: Develop strong relationships with clients in the PL&SEE region as well as with the wider planning and channel teams to enhance collaboration. 
• Weekly Reporting & Insights: support with bi-weekly reports by collating and reviewing commentary. 
• Account Governance & Admin: Support account governance and administrative tasks, ensuring campaigns’ billings and tools like Monday.com are kept tidy and updated.

Media planning experience - proven experience in media planning and buying, preferably in an agency setting. Proficiency in MS Office as well as media planning/buying software and tools.

Infinite curiosity - Your job is to be the expert, to keep up to date with audience and market trends. We like the kind of people who are forever curious and always have a hunger to learn more 

People skills - Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with internal teams, stakeholders, and clients. 

Team Collaboration - Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. 

A mind for numbers - We're not talking Calculus, but we're a data driven business. You need to be comfortable to dig into the numbers, draw insights and plan strategies that are backed by the reality of the market.

Excellent coordination skills – ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.