Media Planning Manager

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
This is an exciting opportunity to play an important role in developing brilliant omnichannel media plans across our owned and paid media, as well as being at the heart of our media planning team to ensure our Media Investment is spent as efficiently as possible across all vertical brands.

What you’ll do:

Oversee Sky’s cross vertical annual laydown (The Sync) and management of the process with all Marketing teams to track budgets and campaigns across the year.
Support the Connectivity Media Planning Lead to deliver effective media campaigns and plans, whilst actively integrating with our agency, in housed digital & social teams and Marketing team.
Provide flexible support across other Marketing vertical teams as required.
Challenge the status quo by continuously exploring and evaluating new opportunities and ways of working, delivering media thought leadership and specialist recommendation
Assist with the transition to our new media agency by identifying issues with current process and setting up news ways of working to drive media best practice, facilitating a smooth and seamless transition.
Responsible for management of the graduate in the team, ensuring they understand their day to day role and have support and opportunities to learn about Media Planning within their rotation.

What you’ll bring:

5+ years of experience of working in planning in a media agency, owner or client in a media specialist role 
Detailed knowledge of all media channels (integrating offline and online channels), campaign development, measurement and optimisation 
A successful track record of managing a complex and ever evolving laydown, covering a range of different brands and their respective priorities.
Excellent at relationship building, gaining trust and engagement with key stakeholders.
Ability to set up, analyse and interpret media measurement studies, with a view to apply the learnings on future campaigns. 
A self-starter with proven ability to work in a fast-moving environment, working to tight deadlines, running multiple projects and prioritising output
A keen interest in Sky and its individual brands, with a good understanding of the landscape and marketplace they Sky sit within.
 

Team Overview:

The Media Planning team sits within the wider Consumer Strategy department and is the champion of media best practice across the business, developing plans that will drive to the heart of our headroom. In the role you will work closely with our marketing, strategy, and effectiveness teams to use all the rich data & insight we have and ensure it is applied to media planning both in the short term and long term. You will be part of our relationship with our agency partners and ensure we are constantly improving our ways of working to deliver better work and you will champion best practise and develop our marketeers into world class media practitioners.
 

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work: 

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation. 
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're happy to discuss flexible working.
And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
 

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.