Junior Planner

Job Title: Junior Planner

Reports to: Head of Planning

Salary: Competitive

Location: Paddington, London

Opening date: 31st May 2018 

Closing date: 28th June 2018

Available positions: 2

Summary:

We need a fantastic junior planner who’s a year or two in, looking to apply what they’ve learned so far at a big, busy, creatively driven agency. They’ll get thrown in at the deep end, directly supporting planning directors in the day-to-day, writing briefs, bringing interesting cultural and creative perspectives to the process.

Role and responsibilities:

• Writing creative briefs
• Conducting primary consumer research (potentially including overseas travel)
• Packaging up market trends for a client and cross-agency audience
• Supporting the Planning Director(s) with any strategic help they may require
• Supporting other accounts / planners from time to time on special projects, pitches, etc
• Bringing interesting information and perspectives to the department and Creative teams
• Assisting with writing effectiveness case studies

Required Experience:

• We are looking for someone with a rare combination of strategic nous and creative flair – someone who will be as comfortable talking (and even generating) creative ideas as they are contributing to innovation and commercial marketing strategy. The successful candidate will have:

• Hands-on Planning/ Strategy experience of at least 1 year at a strategic-led creative agency, including the following specific experience:
  • Writing briefs
  • Finding, and packaging up, competitive/category/trend commentary in a client-friendly format
  • Qualitative research
• Agency experience on a major account, rather than working on lots of small projects
• Experience within an agency or ideally a client company working within food and/or beauty categories
• Basic Planning skills: numeracy, writing and research
• Experience supporting Senior Planners on shaping strategy
• A good working knowledge of marketing, including its commercial side – evidenced by study or training course attendance
• A demonstrable interest and experience in impacting and shaping popular culture (e.g. through personal ventures or social media presence)
• A keen creative and aesthetic eye
• Experience working in an overseas market is desirable

Candidates will be expected to present some of their own work in interview.