Media Planner

Media Planner – £35K–£40K – Rickmansworth / Hybrid

Are you working in Paid Media, Paid Social or PPC and ready to take the next step into broader media strategy?

We’re looking for a Media Planner to join a growing integrated agency, working across an exciting portfolio of higher education, public sector and commercial clients.

You don’t need years of traditional media planning experience.

This could be a brilliant opportunity if you already understand platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn or TikTok, but want to move beyond campaign activation and develop your career across integrated media planning and strategy.

You’ll use your digital knowledge to help shape audience-led media recommendations while developing experience across a much broader channel mix, including paid social, paid search, display, video, programmatic, out-of-home, audio and broadcast.

What you'll be doing

• Turn client briefs into effective, audience-led media plans and recommendations.
• Recommend the right channel mix across digital and traditional media.
• Use audience insight, campaign data and market research to inform media strategy.
• Help determine how budgets should be allocated across channels.
• Apply your knowledge of Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok and other digital platforms to wider media planning.
• Translate campaign performance into insights and recommendations for future activity.
• Support the planning, buying and delivery of integrated media campaigns.
• Build relationships with media owners, publishers and platform partners.
• Support negotiations around rates, placements and added value.
• Present media recommendations and explain the thinking behind channel, audience and budget decisions.
• Work closely with account management, creative and content teams to deliver fully integrated campaigns.
• Keep on top of emerging platforms, formats and developments within the media landscape.

What we're looking for

You might currently be a Paid Media Executive, Paid Social Executive, PPC Executive, Biddable Executive or junior Media Planner looking for greater strategic exposure.

Ideally, you'll have:

• At least 1–2 years' experience within paid media, biddable media or digital marketing.
• Hands-on campaign experience across one or more of Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager or TikTok Ads Manager.
• A good understanding of audience targeting, optimisation and campaign performance.
• The ability to interpret campaign data and turn it into useful recommendations.
• Strong commercial awareness and a genuine interest in media strategy.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• The curiosity to learn new channels and develop into a genuinely integrated media planner.

Agency experience would be advantageous, as would exposure to GA4, Looker Studio, programmatic, display, video, OOH, audio or broadcast media.

Experience within higher education, university marketing, student recruitment or youth audiences would also be particularly interesting, but isn't essential.

Why join?

This is a great opportunity to take the platform knowledge you've already developed and turn it into a much broader media career.

You'll receive structured training and development across media planning, buying and strategy, while gaining exposure to both digital and traditional channels.

There's a clear opportunity to develop into a multi-channel strategic media planner, rather than remaining focused purely on campaign activation.

You'll also receive:

• £35K–£40K salary
• Hybrid working
• Profit-share bonus scheme
• Structured CPD and professional development
• Training across media planning, buying and strategy
• Exposure to leading universities and national brands
• Clear career progression within a growing agency

If you’re a strong Media Planner looking to accelerate your career in a genuinely supportive agency, we’d love to hear from you.

If you’re interested, get in touch quoting AP1194.