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.

iProspect is an important part of our world-class offering - a global digital-first end-to-end media agency. Its unmatched mix of media strategy and storytelling with digital expertise and audience knowledge defines the new territory of performance-driven brand building. By delivering human-centric solutions, iProspect accelerates growth for the world’s most iconic brands. The iProspect team works across a network of more than 8,000 media and performance specialists spread across 93 global markets.

We’re hiring for a Planning Manager to join the team in London working with the BMW Group.

Purpose of the Role

As Planning Manager you will be working with the manufacturer of The Ultimate Driving Machine, and one of our flagship clients – BMW. You’ll take responsibility for much of the day-to-day running of the account, from feeding into comms planning client responses, to ensuring financial process is accurately executed. You’ll be within a client account team of 7 people and be responsible for all day-to-day output across brand, sustainability, used cars, and wider product portfolio ensuring the requests of our clients are met, delivering best in class service for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a seamless experience for our clients, taking responsibility for key client deliverables, leading key elements of day-to-day activity and campaign planning, being involved in right from the initial media planning phase all the way through to the campaign wrap up reports.
• Support the Planning Director in using iProspect’s planning process to develop end to end campaign planning and liaising with our activation teams to ensure first class planning and seamless activation.
• Deliver on the critical ‘brilliant basics’ of accuracy, timeliness, and consistency for our clients in all of the outputs we deliver for them.
• Work with the Planning Directors, the client and alongside the activation teams to ensure our financial management for BMW is sound, with a PO for all bookings and activity correctly billed on time.
• Working hand-in-hand with BMW partner agencies, to ensure our output is narrative-aligned, deadlines hit, responses are integrated, and the work is best positioned to answer client and media objectives.
• Directly manage a Planning Executive and take responsibility & care for their career development.

Qualifications + Skills

• Possess a solid understanding of media and advertising, with direct experience of working on integrated marketing campaigns, primarily across above-the-line brand and performance clients.
• Understanding of a variety of industry research and media analysis tools to support the running of effective media campaigns.
• Curious and passionate about the clients’ businesses you work on, showing clear knowledge for the categories they operate in and challenges they face.
• Desire to always be looking for a better more effective way and a willingness & bravery to try something new, experimenting & innovating to drive greater future success for our clients and ourselves.
• Able to build strong and lasting relationship with clients fostering trust and partnership, comfortable presenting to clients and be fluent when presenting or speaking to groups internally and externally.
• A strong, personable & respectful collaborator, great at working with others in iProspect and across the dentsu network to develop brilliant client solutions together.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements. The team are currently in the office every Wednesday and Thursday.
• As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognise the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at accommodations@dentsu.com , quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.