Planning Account Manager

You will be joining one of our four core client planning teams, working across a major multi-site retail account and a nationally recognised automotive brand (focused on brand activity). This is a role suited to an experienced Account Manager who can confidently manage high volumes of activity across multiple workstreams.

Within the mix:

• A regional, high-volume retail account operating across multiple UK locations. Activity is largely regional with some national elements, requiring someone comfortable managing scaled activity across sites while maintaining accuracy, organisation and strong service levels.
• A nationally focused brand account delivering larger-scale campaigns and partnerships, offering exposure to broader budget, mass-reach activity alongside more strategic brand work.

Your role will be at the heart of each of the accounts you work on. You will be responsible for keeping across everything happening – the money being spent, where, when and how so your ATD will be second to none and you’ll be a self-starter who’s looking for client accountability.

As well as working directly with the clients you’ll have strong experience planning offline channels, including OOH, AV, print coordinating this with channel teams and updating clients on performance throughout the campaign. Coordinating and collating central account management documents such as year plans, finance tracker for the use of the wider team as well as being the main client contact for any and all account queries.

Excel skills at an intermediate level are ideal (pivot tables, functions etc) you will create plans and reporting analyses using this. Building and maintaining relationships with key media owner and external partners and being confident in negotiating the best opportunities for your clients with them. Sharing best practice work with the wider agency – e.g. in company meetings, case studies, website, social etc.

Active member of the7stars leadership teams. Participation in the7stars wide initiatives, including Values Weeks. Getting involved with relevant pitches + new biz leads. Working alongside sidebar teams + specialists at the7stars to upskill self (understanding data, insights, strategy, digital etc).

Requirements

• Experience agency side working as a media planning manager or similar position.
• Experience in online and offline media planning and/or buying, you are a quick learner who enjoys developing their expertise across more platforms.
• Someone who lives and breathes media. You’ll be coordinating across all channels so a real passion for understanding what you’re working with is a must.
• You will have a working knowledge of the full media landscape.
• Comfortable operating as an omni-channel planner rather than being purely digital-specialist or purely ATL-led.
• Able to manage high-volume, multi-location accounts with strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• You’ll be a practical ‘doer’, someone who rolls up their sleeves and gets the job done.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to multi-task whilst working towards key deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills — confident speaking to teammates, clients, third parties and media owners.
• A keen problem solver.
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate information and strategic ideas clearly, both written and verbally.

About the7stars

the7stars is unlike any other agency. The distinction started the day we launched in 2005 when we named ourselves after a pub, but more importantly when we made a promise that we were going to do things differently. And this commitment has stuck with us. It guides how we work, how we think and how we treat one another and can be expressed in a single word. Freedom. Our Freedom philosophy lives across our entire business from people, product and planning.