VP, Media Planning

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VP, Media Planning shaping audience-first media strategies for BarkleyOKRP’s integrated agency practice. Leading clients, teams, budgets, and growth across assigned accounts.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead development of integrated media strategies across assigned accounts
  • Establish and steward strategic direction for assigned clients, aligned with portfolio priorities
  • Ensure deliverables align with strategic direction and business objectives
  • Apply audience insights, competitive intelligence, and marketplace trends to drive differentiated recommendations
  • Act as final quality reviewer before client delivery
  • Serve as senior day-to-day strategic client contact
  • Lead client communications and presentations
  • Build relationships with senior client stakeholders
  • Integrate with Creative, Strategy, Analytics, CRM, Activation, and Finance teams
  • Bring proactive media ideas that enhance creative impact
  • Lead and mentor Directors, Supervisors, AMDs, and Planners
  • Delegate work and monitor account health and team workload
  • Protect focus and prioritization within the pod
  • Provide actionable feedback and build team capability
  • Oversee media budgets and disciplined financial management
  • Monitor team bandwidth and staffing needs
  • Improve inefficient workflows and processes
  • Partner with Activation and Finance on execution and billing accuracy
  • Identify organic growth opportunities
  • Contribute to new business efforts as media lead
  • Apply marketplace insights to strengthen account strategy and team output
  • Report to the SVP, Media Planning

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of media planning experience, including team leadership
  • Proven experience leading integrated planning across channels
  • Strong financial and media math proficiency
  • Executive-level presentation and storytelling skills
  • Deep knowledge of planning tools (Vivvix, Pathmatics, MRI-Simmons, Nielsen, SQAD, Guideline, etc.)
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits:

  • Multiple health insurance options
  • Flexible PTO
  • Life insurance
  • 401K