Skills

Leadership Sales Objection Handling Training Marketing Analytics Strategic Planning

Job Specifications

Job Title: Strategic Comms Planner

Client Location: London - Hybrid 3 Days Onsite

Starting: ASAP

Pay Comments: £44.23 per hour PAYE

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 11 month contract

Project Overview:

As a Strategic Comms Planner, you will be part of the Strategic Planning & Insight team within the Accelerators organisation. You will focus on developing Sales Plays, the scalable pitch materials that power our industry team’s sales activities with customers across all our advertising solutions.

Overall Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in producing winning pitches in a media agency environment. You will be able to demonstrate strong use of insight to create a strategy that translates into deliverable media recommendations. Finally, the candidate will be a talented storyteller; possessing the ability to create structured and compelling pitches that lead with insight, anchor on objectives, and package products as solutions.

The position requires an appetite for driving thought leadership as you will be focused on finding a better way to package, align, and communicate our products as customer objective lead media solutions.

Top Daily Responsibilities:

Lead the strategy, production, training, and delivery of Sales Plays aligned to your assigned sector
Evangelise comms planning and pitching best practices across our business and work with your sector Leadership team to embed these behaviours in the team.
Partner with cross functional specialists including analytics, design, measurement, sponsorships, creative, etc. to bring cross-product solutions to your clients.
Create and/or feed into existing sector specific business plans, aligning with senior leads to execute with operational excellence
Drive sales through a targeted list of customers; work alongside specialist sales managers and Industry Managers to pitch directly to our biggest opportunities.

Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:

BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
Business Director / Client Director level Comms Planning experience within a media agency environment.
Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically.

Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:

Experience working with major brands and advanced level of experience in brand marketing
Demonstrated knowledge of the digital media landscape including formats, buy types, and strategies across the sales funnel
Knowledge of YouTube, video, TV, Display and an understanding of competitive pitching and objection handling.
Complex problem solver & experience in leadership with the ability to work through ambiguity with your team.

This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates by Thursday Feb 12th. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. If you have not received a response, please assume that you have not been selected for progression to the next stage of the hiring process.

About the Company

Aquent is the leading global work solutions company helping guide businesses toward the talent, technology, and services they need to excel. From specialty recruiting and talent experience to creative strategy and project management, we're making the future of work better for everyone. Our brands include Aquent Talent, Aquent Studios, Aquent RoboHead, Aquent Scout, Aquent Sustainability, Aquent Employer of Record, and Aquent Gymnasium. Based in the U.S. with locations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands... Know more