Global Strategy & Planning Director

GFL Environmental Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global communications agency in Greater London is looking for a Global Strategy & Planning Director to lead media strategy and planning for a key FMCG client. This role emphasizes building integrated campaigns driven by data insights and cultivating strong client relationships. Candidates should have experience in media strategy, digital planning, and possess strong analytical skills. The position offers a hybrid work model and a full-time contract, with a focus on driving long-term brand growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in long-term brand building through effective communication strategies.
• Strong application of data to drive insight-led communications.
• Ability to create integrated campaigns that connect media and creative elements.

Responsibilities

• Lead global media strategy and planning for a major FMCG client.
• Drive strategic agenda utilizing insight-led, data-driven approaches.
• Build strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.

Skills

Media strategy

Data analysis

Digital media planning

Client relationship management

Presentation skills

Job description

Global Strategy & Planning Director - 6 month FTC page is loaded## Global Strategy & Planning Director - 6 month FTCremote type: Hybridlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR0092128**Agency :**Havas Media Group**Job Description :**.Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, operating in over 100 countries. The Group is made up of two major divisions: Havas Creative Group and Havas Media Group.We have a multi-disciplinary offering, united under one leadership, all in one building: advertising, media, data, technology, digital, social, mobile, CRM, UX, sports and entertainment, public relations, corporate communications, healthcare, design, research, employer branding and recruitment. Havas is the only truly integrated marketing and communications company in the UK.Our mission is to unite brands and people through meaningful connections, driving business success. We are the fastest growing of the global networks and have a challenger brand mentality. We share one common purpose: to bring media and creative closer together for the benefit of our clients.Havas Media Global is a dedicated team supporting global clients across strategy, insight, media, creative and digital. The culture of our group is best described as dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative.We are solely immersed in global assignments and have the experience and understanding to fulfil the needs and challenges of global clients. We believe in modelling team structures after those of our clients and are set up to meet the unique requirements of each, from centralised one-hub market management to more coordinated or decentralised needs, adding value by leveraging central and local media expertise and the totality of our clients’ media investments.**Job Summary**We are looking for an exceptional Strategy & Planning Director to lead global media strategy and planning for one of our Global FMCG clients. We're looking for a strong media thinker who can shape cohesive global campaigns and planning principles that build the clients’ brand and deliver long term business growth.**Mission & Responsibilities****Strategic Leadership**Our ideal candidate needs to drive the strategic agenda for the client. Our task is to help the client build an insight-led, data-driven approach to communications. Your role is key in shaping our thinking.* Experience in long term brand building by creating enduring comms strategies.* Strong application of data to build insight driven communications.* Understands the elements needed (media, creative, owned assets) to build integrated campaigns and can create strategies that knit the brand together.* Experience in creating global media strategies and translating those into planning principles which can be activated across multiple market typologies.**Planning Experience**We are searching for the next generation of media thinker. One that truly understands audiences and can apply data driven insights to media planning globally.* Able to lead the comms planning process from brief through to global planning principles and in market activation.* Expertise in both digital and offline media planning, across all channels, with the deep understanding of the planning process.* Thorough knowledge of the global media landscape and the latest developments.* Be able to create best in class processes to facilitate collaboration and develop an integrated approach to planning and activation.**Digital Understanding**The Strategy Director needs to have a good understanding of the digital ecosystem and to build integrated global campaigns in an ever more complex media landscape.* Understand the relationship between brand, performance and retail and how to build brands for the ecommerce age in FMCG.* Knowledge of the latest thinking within the digital industry (e.g. attention) and its application to our clients.* A foundation in marketing effectiveness, understanding how we measure the short and long-term impact of communications (e.g. attribution, incrementality, MMM).**Client Relationships**As the Strategy & Planning Director, you are expected to become a valued and trusted advisor to our senior clients. Therefore, the Director needs to have experience of building strong relationships through expertise and understanding.* Build strong, mutually beneficial relationships with the key global clients.* Work in conjunction with the client to identify key initiatives to improve the long-term effectiveness of their media campaigns.**Soft Skills & Competencies*** Experience in media strategy.* Media Industry, Data Industry.* Team worker - Relationship building skills internally and externally with the ability to quickly establish strong working relationships.* Positive, approachable and friendly attitude.* Pro-activity and openness to take responsibilities and be fully accountable.* Being flexible, adaptable and organized to meet tight deadlines.* Ability to liaise confidently with clients at all levels and react to different cultural practices.* Regular client contact and should be able to operate at ease in developing and managing client relationships.* He/she will have experience of preparing and delivering senior level presentations to clients and internally.* Working understanding of trading principles, practices and performance.* Ability to inspire teams across markets.* Effective under pressure and ability to meet tight deadlines.* Data process and management.* Analytical.* Tech savvy.* Programmatic understanding.#LI-CO1**Contract Type :**Temporary**Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.**Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor-made, meaningful, innovative and entertainment-oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation. **Life at Havas**We take great pride in our Havas family. They bring many unique personalities, perspectives and passions to their work. Collaboration is at the core of how we operate, and Havas Villages are the homes we work in. We encourage our people to take advantage of our many opportunities to learn and grow. Through local agency training sessions, our unique global and development programs, we offer our people endless opportunities to explore. **Havas Creative Network**At Havas, we believe creativity isn’t just a description of our business, it is part of our agencies’ DNA. We bring together some of the industry’s most creative and accomplished agencies. By combining creative expertise with the strategic and innovative power of our Villages, we can build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients. **Havas Media Network**We create the best media experience, capitalizing on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience – in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth