Planning Manager - 12 month FTC

<p><strong></strong></p> <p>At OMD EMEA, we partner with iconic brands like NIVEA to deliver integrated, insight‑driven media strategies that shape how millions of people experience brands every day. Our team sits at the heart of regional decision‑making—connecting data, creativity, and collaboration to drive impactful campaigns across markets.</p> <p><strong>The Role</strong></p> <p>As Planning Manager<strong> - 12 month FTC, </strong>you’ll lead the development of integrated media plans across Europe, ensuring campaigns are strategically aligned, expertly executed, and continuously optimised. You’ll translate client objectives into full‑funnel channel strategies, working across digital, social, and offline media.</p> <p>You’ll own campaign planning and delivery, including approvals, pacing, and performance tracking using planning tools such as Omni. Partnering closely with local market teams, you’ll ensure global strategies are effectively implemented while allowing for local nuance.</p> <p>Alongside execution, you’ll build strong client relationships, present recommendations to stakeholders, and provide ongoing analysis to improve results. You’ll also stay close to industry trends, contribute ideas, and collaborate across teams to drive innovation and best practice.</p> <p><strong> </strong><strong>About You</strong></p> <p>You bring experience in media planning or communications strategy, with strong experience across integrated campaigns and full‑funnel channels. You’re confident working with data, managing projects end‑to‑end, and building trusted client relationships</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>About the Agency:</strong></p> <p>At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘<strong>better decisions, faster</strong>‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.</p> <p><strong>Learn Fast, Act Fast.</strong> To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit <a href="https://www.omd.com/why-omd/" data-auth="NotApplicable">Why OMD?</a> to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.</p> <p>Our <strong>working pattern </strong>for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any qu