At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and grow a key financial services portfolio, shaping strategies and driving creative excellence.
- Company: Join a dynamic agency working with the iconic Post Office Insurance brand.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, pension scheme, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Flexible working options and excellent career progression opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on a national institution while developing your strategic and creative skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in planning, strong communication skills, and a passion for creative work.
The predicted salary is between 75000 - 90000 £ per year.
About the Opportunity
An opportunity to grow one of our most important client portfolios and work on a true national institution. Working across an established client base, you'll play a key role in deepening relationships, expanding our offer and helping unlock the next phase of growth for the agency. You'll lead one of our flagship accounts: Post Office Insurance, a true national institution undergoing significant transformation. We are creating an end-to-end ecosystem that supports customers at every stage of their journey.
Key Responsibilities of the Role
- Thought leadership and shaping strategic thinking and decision making across your accounts and the financial services portfolio.
- Drive creative excellence through sharp insights, inspiring briefings and productive collaboration with creative teams.
- Develop brand strategies and propositions; creative briefs; client presentations; audience profiles; customer journeys; communications and channel strategies.
- Writing decks with a good narrative.
- Communications planning.
- Taking a big-picture view of your clients’ challenges and developing strategic recommendations to drive our clients’ businesses forward.
- Preparing and facilitating client planning sessions and strategy workshops.
- Designing, commissioning and managing research to support the development of strategy and creative work.
- Defining measures of success for initiatives and evaluating the impact of our work over time.
Essential Skills and Experience to Deliver this Role
- The right attitude; an ambition to make great work.
- Clarity of thinking.
- Collaborative with all departments and levels.
- Pushing for very high standards both strategically and creatively.
- Building strong relationships with other departments within the agency and with key clients.
- Thorough knowledge of all aspects of the planning craft.
- Proven experience, ideally in retail and financial services with significant experience of integrated planning in an agency environment.
- Must be fully conversant with digital channels.
- Must be a strong communicator who is passionate about creative product.
- Must be flexible, self-motivated, capable of managing competing priorities while maintaining quality and delivering to deadlines.
Package and Benefits
- Salary: £75k – £90k
- 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 29 after 2 years’ service + Bank Holidays.
- Company pension scheme, with enhanced employer contributions after 1 year of service.
- Medical Cash Plan – including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc.
- Employee Discount Scheme – an online platform for all staff offering a variety of discounts.
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme via salary sacrifice.
- Outstanding training and progression, including access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Regular staff social events.
- Company Christmas closure.
- Long service awards.
- Cycle To Work scheme.
- Happy to talk flexible working.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. We have committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
Planning Director in London employer: krow group
As a Planning Director at our agency, you will be part of a dynamic and innovative work culture that prioritises creativity and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer outstanding training opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package including a generous holiday allowance and health plans. Join us in shaping the future of a national institution while enjoying a supportive environment that values your contributions and encourages professional development.
