Group M Worldwide Inc.
Comms & Strategic PlanningLondon,England

mSix&Partners is the fastest growing media network in the world . We have marked the chapters of our expansion with new client relationships: TalkTalk helped us open our doors in the UK, Toyota enabled us to grow into EMEA and EA has strengthened our presence and offering in APAC and North America. Today we have 49 offices operating in 41 markets, and this role of Marketing and New Business Executive is key to our continued growth and success

Our business is Built to Pioneer:

mSix&Partners is a joint venture between independent creative agency The&Partnership and WPP , the world's largest advertising group, drawing on the best of both worlds . Because of this unique structure, we create new operating models that integrate agency functions and often embed our people into our clients' marketing teams. Our ability to come together with our clients, regardless of whether co-located or working remotely, has proven critical to our success. We have grown 31% in terms of billings and 51% in terms of net sales year to date, versus 2020. Over the past year, there have been an impressive 9 new business wins in the UK.

The way we behave - Honest, Energetic and Pioneering :

• Honest: we build trusted relationships through openness, focus & clarity
• Energetic: we meet people with warmth & positivity. We say 'yes, and not 'yes, but.'
• Pioneering: we drive forwards, looking for new technology, new ideas & new sources of growth. We are driven to look for the next innovation, to meet our clients' challenges

We are known for delivering great award-winning work for our clients. Last year we won The Drum's Automotive Social Media Awards for Toyota and the Prolific North Award for best use of data and insight for Talktalk . We have also been shortlisted for many awards including the Digiday Awards for Most Innovative Media Agency and Best Place in Young People's Careers.

We have been awarded the IPA CPD Gold accreditation in the UK for continuous professional development of our people for 3 years in a row. We have won Campaign's Best Places to Work 2022, which recognise s mSix as one the best employers in our industry, showing our commitment to our culture of learning and our focus on the professional development of all m Six ers , in order to become the most important place in their careers.

What is the role?

At m/SIX we work with a broad range of FMCG organisations and whilst the ambitions and challenges of each brand are unique, we recognised an opportunity to create an FMCG centre of excellence. This is a bespoke business hub , launched in June 2021, responsible for all m/SIX FMCG clients . The team is designed to delive r deep category knowledge and insight, centralised within one team of category experts. We are made up of a broad range of specialists from Comms Strategy to Media Activation and Ecommerce.

The Planning Director will lead strategic comms planning across a number of our clients within the FMCG portfolio, including but not limited to Britvic Uk & Ire, SCJ, Fage and other brands .

The role of the Planning Director is threefold:

• Client and account lead - with responsibility to ensure we are servicing our clients brilliantly and that we have positive and productive relationships with our agency partners and our specialist team s at m/SIX.
• Media planning lead , work ing alongside the Strategy Director or independently to ensure that brilliant strategy culminates in creative and effective media plans.
• The management of workflow in the team and ensuring that the Account Manager and Account Executive are supported to deliver brilliant work.
• For Britvic specifically , m/SIX is the cross-agency team lead which means the Planning Director needs to lead a multidiscipline team to ensure excellence of output that drives tangible business outcomes.

Where is the role based?

What will be your responsibilities?

• Lead on end-to-end Communications Planning projects - be it annual planning or bespoke planning projects. They give c lear direction to the agency(s) team to ensure our approach is fuelled by insights/data and tells a clear story - pulling in cross-team and senior support as and when required.
• Build a deep understanding and be well versed of the client categories, competition and client's business in the UK and Ireland in order to understand the challenges and opportunities they face.
• Be able to develop and have a POV on managing the portfolio across various briefs and ensure a fully integrated approach
• Ensure that specialists are working effectively across projects, monitoring our delivery of the client scope and tracking it on an ongoing basis
• An excellent presenter, able to communicate effectively with senior clients with gravitas
• Overseeing the Account Manager to m anage reporting requirements, quality controlling output and ensuring actionable insight is delivered.
• Overseeing account financials to ensure accuracy and timely management and maximise profitability and efficiency ( e.g. reconciliations , payments, billings, financial tracking).
• Working with the Business Director /Client Lead to look for opportunities for driving revenue growth
• Create the conditions for brilliant work and champion that work externally to ensure outstanding client service
• Maintain good relations with external agencies, internal teams & media owners to understand what services and products exist that could help deliver our client's business KPIs
• Demonstrating understanding of wider WPP partner agencies and exploring opportunities to collaborate for the benefit of clients and m/ SIX
• Responsible for the management, coaching and development for the Planning Manager and Planning Executive.

Who are you?

• You are currently a n AD/Planning Director looking for a fresh new challenge or a senior manager acting up already
• You possess a high level of enthusiasm; you care about the business and want to make a difference.
• You possess a strong comms planning background with the ability to translate a communications strategy into a media planning recommendation, considering best formats, weighting, flighting and activation tactics to deliver against core objectives of a campaign.
• You bring a thorough understanding of all media touchpoints and have the ability to define the tasks for media and content, develop channel roles and investment priorities based around tasks.
• You have the a bility to create a good, well thought through deck which requires minimal input from colleagues to make it 'client ready'.
• You have a strong understanding of campaign evaluation , knowing how to set and measure against both media, brand and business KPIs .
• You bring a n in-depth knowledge and application of core media tools including AdDynamix , TGI, YouGov & MediaExplorer .
• You always think beyond Paid media - able to take a view upon owned and earned channels
• You want to built a career in the fastest growing network agency in the world
• You are someone with substantial media planning experience
• You will have considerable experience of running planning processes - both within your agency team and with agency partners to deliver integrated comms solutions.
• You will have a strong understanding of communications planning and the flexibility to adopt/adapt different approaches dependent upon the needs of the client and brief.
• You will have excellent client leadership and influencing skills. Previous experience gained on FMCG/retail brands would be a distinct advantage.
• You will have a proven track record in growing both your client's and the agencies' business.
• You will consistently demonstrate curiosity and have a drive to make yourself better at what they do and increase your knowledge.
• You are someone who has a passion to learn and maintain a detailed knowledge of media and market trends
• You will be highly collaborative and facilitate a productive working relationship across the agency as well as someone who is passionate about leading and managing people.
• A self-starter who works well in a fast - paced, team-oriented environment
• An effective communicator with stron g interpersonal skills and articulate presentation skills
• Someone who takes pride in the work they deliver and looks for driving excellence as a standard.
• R aise the profile of the accounts in the agency by producing, submitting (and talking about publicly) our award-winning work

How will success in this role be measured?

• You are an inspiring and trusted key point of contact with the clients and amongst the wider agency .
• You will be c onstantly striving to achieve "excellent" client satisfaction scores.
• You will e nsur e exemplary work that contribute s towards setting high standards as a benchmark for the team.
• You will get used to w inning accolades across the agency , winning praise from peers and senior stakeholders.
• You will w in industry awards for your thinking and results
• You will suggest new ways of planning and operating smarter - so we spend less time processing and more time thinking
• You as an individual feel supported, have career satisfaction and feel you are doing the best work of your career.
• You help in building an inclusive and diverse team which leads by example and drives all core pillars of m/ SIX

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