Associate Director, Implementational Planning

The Media Solutions Account Director reports directly to the EMEA Regional Lead and serves as a pivotal figure in our London hub. You will drive EMEA campaign planning and strategy, ensuring seamless execution across the region. A critical component of this role involves leading local market strategies, with a dedicated focus on driving performance and innovation in Spain and Italy. While based in London, you will maintain a strong collaborative link with our Delhi hub to ensure execution excellence aligns with strategic intent. Success in this role involves providing campaign leadership from a strategic and tactical standpoint across channels, owning best practice, and ensuring the highest standard of campaigns are delivered on time.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the EMEA Media Solutions leadership to align on regional strategy and operational standards; Lead the development and oversight of local campaign strategies for key markets, specifically Spain and Italy; Act as the strategic bridge between the London office and the Delhi execution hub; Gain a strategic understanding of the client's business and KPIs, spotting industry trends and product opportunities within EMEA; Drive account maturity by identifying areas for improvement through cross channel learning and suggesting optimisation tactics for European markets; Oversee campaign agendas and create plans to eradicate root causes of errors through rigorous tracking; Ensure the successful running of campaigns by weaving execution into the overall cross channel strategy; Work closely with local market planning teams to adapt central strategies to local market nuances; Strategise and implement automation to increase efficiency across EMEA workstreams; Partner with the Delhi hub team to bridge skill gaps and provide strategic context; Ensure optimum utilisation of resources by guiding the extended team on hygiene tasks

Requirements

Extensive platform experience with one or more of: Meta, TikTok, DV360 (or other DSP), Google Ads; Proven Project Management and Leadership experience; Deep knowledge of the EMEA media landscape, with specific experience managing campaigns in Spain and Italy; Knowledge of media planning fundamentals (e.g. reach, frequency, channels, formats); Regularly contributes to platform best practices; Proven experience in media activation at Account Manager level or above, delivering excellence across brand and performance campaigns; Experience running campaigns across multiple countries / languages; Experience working with large brands in a complex structure within an agency environment; Experience of managing vendor relationships; Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

Travel, hospitality, or similar market experience; Experience working within a global client

Benefits

Competitive medical insurance; Group retirement plans; Vision insurance; Dental insurance; Significant paid time off; Preferential partner discounts; Employee mental health awareness days; Employee resource groups; Frequent in-office events