Senior Vice President, Planning

Company Description

iProspect is a global, award-winning agency – focused on converting consumer intent into action and driving business performance for some of the world’s largest brands. For brands to win, they must understand consumers' intent and harness the best digital platforms and systems to not only engage but convert them. iProspect excels in finding the sweet spot between brands and people. Information and choices. Intentions and data. It's our specialty.

Job Description

We are looking to add a Senior Vice President, Planning to our iProspect team. You will lead a dynamic team, working across a portfolio of beacon luxury brands. In addition to client leadership, this SVP, Planning’s role is also one of agency leadership; you will be responsible for both our client relationship as well agency and department programs.

The SVP, Planning role is to provide strategic direction for assigned accounts and expresses an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of your client’s business and the media landscape and luxury/competitive marketplace. You will be the broad thinking driver and motivator of the strategy and activation teams that support a given division. The SVP of Planning cultivates client and media relationships specifically at senior levels.

You will report to: EVP, Head of Planning

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy and Planning:

• Lead overarching media strategy ensure it is aligned and meets client goals
• Manage the work of assigned planning groups, providing direction and encouragement
• Partner with Global brand leads to ensure continuity across markets
• Demonstrate a knowledge of client brands, target audiences and motivations
• Initiate long-term projects for teams to contribute to greater agency revenue
• Demonstrate analytical and strategic skills to help solve client’s business problems
• Keep current with industry trends, media business and tools
• Manage assigned groups’ staffing needs (hiring, promotions, performance)
• Partner with agency leadership to lead scope development and ongoing management of account financials
  
  

Client & Internal Relationships:

• Build trusting, collaborative relationships with senior clients
• Manage expectations of senior clients and deliverables
• Represent the client’s point of view when reviewing work, use this perspective when providing feedback to team and presenting to client
• Grow business opportunities within current clients
• Ensure collaboration among all agency departments and global markets; foster great teamwork and connectivity
  
  

Communication:

• Direct the development of client presentations and other client communications
• Demonstrate storytelling skills that challenge how a client thinks about their business
• Adapt communications style to relevant audience
• Move audience to desired action through clear delivery of information
• Encourage open, ongoing internal communication
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Previous luxury category experience
• 12 + years of marketing/communications planning experience, which include client management experience
• Media planning and buying experience in the Digital and Social and knowledge of offline channels, e.g. Out-of-Home
• Experience managing large teams, directly and indirectly
• Collaborative and able to bring people from different disciplines, internal and external to the agency, together to achieve desired outcomes
• Current knowledge of trends and innovations in media in the luxury space
  
  

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $163,000-263,350. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. The company's incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

About Dentsu

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

Dentsu, Innovating to Impact.

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