director planning manager London, England
Job description
ABOUT US_
At Talon, we provide our clients with world class service, technology, and collaboration to create exceptional OOH campaigns that deliver measurable results.
In our first 10 years, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 230 people located in key cities across the globe.
We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry – changing perceptions of it as a legacy medium to one that is highly effective, creative, sustainable, and measurable for our clients
THE ROLE_
Reporting into the Business Director, the Planning Director has a wide range of responsibilities including (but not limited to) leading on the OOH planning & buying of key accounts within the team, managing direct reports within the team alongside supporting the Business Director in day-to-day tasks, driving growth from dormant clients, and helping to deliver best in class service. The role of a Planning Director requires a proactive mindset both to help develop new opportunities within the business and to pre-empt any issues which may occur alongside using initiative, experience and expertise to help keep our clients and agencies happy.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR_
- UK OOH planning experience and/or extensive Comms planning experience – working on clients that spend significantly in OOH
- Experience of working in data focussed roles
- First class relationship management skills with the ability to communicate across all levels both internally and externally
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong commercial acumen with the confidence to apply this within your work
- Ability to manage people and motivate them to bring out their full potential
OUR TEAM_
The OMD team at Talon work with one of our biggest agency partners – OMD – across a portfolio of some of the most well know UK brands. We pride ourselves on offering planning & buying expertise, precision, and measurement based outcomes for all our clients. We are focused on meeting specific objectives through strategic thinking, sophisticated planning, and data driven results. We facilitate planning, strategy, buying to deliver robust OOH recommendations.
A DAY IN THE LIFE_
As a Planning Director you will see campaigns through from start to finish – working closely with the client team on the initial brief, briefing various internal departments and media owners, negotiating pricing, and creating media plans. You will take the lead on tracking and monitoring your portfolio of clients’ pricing, measuring against each pricing commitments, and ensuring your direct reports are delivering on pricing commitments. You will provide first-class service to OMD and clients through building strong relationships with agency contacts, direct clients and media owners partners.
WHY US_
Talon has a great sense of community. The team encourages progression and provides lots of tools/training that will help you enable this progression.
OUR VALUES AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER_
WE ARE BOLD_
As industry provocateurs and pioneers, we respectfully challenge the status quo, take pride in our people, big ideas and partnerships.
- We embrace change
- We challenge respectfully
- We lead the way
WE ARE HUMAN_
We are a diverse collective of changemakers who value respect, fairness, and integrity and expect the same in return.
- We value collaboration and togetherness
- We are empathetic
- We embrace individuality
WE ARE SMART_
Our trailblazing spirit and learning centric culture ensures our knowledge provides maximum value to each other and our clients.
- We grow and learn
- We are trusted
- We are mission possible
Talon is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ and develop a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and brands that we represent.
