Planning Partner

Location: Mail Metro Media Headquarters – London
Position: Permanent 

Job Introduction

The Planning Partner will support the Head of Planning in pro-actively engaging planning and strategy teams within agencies to position Mail Metro Media as a vital media partner. They will help to ensure that sales collateral is up to date and aligns with new market trends, while pro-actively creating solutions to drive incremental revenue growth for the business. They will work closely with insight, partnerships, category, direct sales, product and marketing teams to take relevant messages to market that resonate with this audience.

About Mail Metro Media 

Mail Metro Media is the unified advertising division of dmg media, representing some of Britain’s most popular media brands; Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Metro and Metro.co.uk and now the i and inews.co.uk

Reaching 1 in 5 UK adults every single day and over 70% of the population every month across all of our titles, we have the largest printed scale and most engaged websites in the UK. 

Our brands communicate to unique audiences from 16 to 75+ – offering an unrivalled marketplace for brands to advertise.

The Mail Metro team provides one single point of contact across print, digital and more, allowing agencies and advertisers easy access to the millions of consumers who engage with us daily. Each department is equipped to support seamless cross-platform delivery across all brands.

Leadership

At the helm of Mail Metro Media are Chief Revenue Officer, Dom Williams, who is responsible for all advertising revenue across our far-reaching portfolio and Executive Director, Digital, Hannah Buitekant, who is responsible for digital operations, data, and indirect revenue. Dom and Hannah are supported by an extensive senior leadership team that boasts a wealth of specialist media knowledge and decades of industry experience.

Main Responsibilities

• Unlock early stage revenue opportunities by:
• • Engaging and building relationships with junior-mid level planning and strategy teams at agencies
  • Support in developing relevant sales narratives and presentations to position MMM as a media partner of choice
  • Proactively identifying and building new ideas and solutions to drive incremental revenue.
  • Collaborate well with all internal sales teams and hubs.
  • Reporting on media spends and competitor analysis.
  • Understand our insight and data capabilities to ensure any offering gives maximum ROI

• Accurately reporting opportunity pipeline and strategy
  • Keeping all relevant stakeholders updated

• Collaborating cross-functionally to take the best messages to market
  • Work with insight, marketing and sales teams to form relevant sales stories
  • Work holistically across all media channels at MMM

Person Specification

• 2+ years’ experience in comms planning / media owner or client roles.
• Have a passion and understanding for the role of media planning, how it aligns to the strategy and media channel selection
• Ability to use planning tools such as TGI
• Demonstrating excellent collaborative skills
• Pro-active and self-motivator
• Ability to build and maintain relationships

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Communicates well in written, verbal and in person
• Strong Powerpoint and Excel skills
• Ability to help create persuasive and insight-led sales stories.
• Builds strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills
• Aware of competitor offerings and media channels

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution. 
• Life cover under the Pension Plan of up to 3x your basic salary.
• DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
• Subsidised canteen
• Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
• Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted dining cards

Plus many other benefits….

Why work for Mail Metro Media?

Not only will you be a part of the biggest media organisation in the UK, but you’ll work somewhere that’s dedicated to people and culture. Our people are a top priority - whether that’s supporting mental health, being Disability Confident, accommodating parenthood, providing fitness classes, driving diversity and inclusion, flexibility, or anything else, it matters to us.

Many of our team members work flexibly, in many different ways, including flexible hours or an element of working from home. Please talk to us during your interview about any flexibility you may need - we can usually find a way to make work work for you!

Here are some of the top reasons our people love working for us:

• Collaborate and innovate with the best people in media on a daily basis
• Work in an award-winning team in the fast-paced world of news and entertainment
• Get support in reaching your professional goals through webinars, workshops, mentorship and more
• Get personal support through mental wellbeing, volunteering time off, our menopause policies, a working parents group, our EDI Champions network, and more
• Comprehensive benefits including medical and dental insurance, childcare schemes, a huge range of discounts, enhanced pension contributions and more
• A lively, friendly office complete with a free gym, subsidised canteen and doctor’s surgery (London only)

Get in touch for more information.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process is welcoming and comfortable.

Candidates, please contact Kate Moore at [email protected] to learn more.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.