Senior Associate, Planning
2/18/2026
This role involves approaching situations with energy and displaying passion for pop culture and consumer behavior trends while supporting management to navigate challenges and find solutions. Key duties include seeking to understand how data is leveraged for strategy and reporting, beginning delegation skills as a manager of an Assistant level, and building strong internal and client relationships.
Salary
40000 - 75000 USD
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world’s largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything – from a new client brief to the way we work.
Responsibilities
- Passion - Approaches any situation with energy and interest. Displays passion for pop culture, trends and motivations in consumer behavior.
- Problem Solving - clients, partners and even we are imperfect, but all challenges have solutions. Supports management to navigate challenges and/or asks for help from above when needed.
- Hunger for Data - continually seeks to understand how data is leveraged for reporting and used to define strategies, to defend strategies, and to uncover new opportunities.
- Delegation - as a manager of our Assistant level, this role is where delegation skills begin and are key.
- Relationship Building - whether internally or with clients, practices the ability to be personal, understanding and a desire to do what’s best for the team and the client.
Qualifications
- Graduate of a four-year college or university - 1-2 years of media planning experience
- Experience successfully managing individual deliverables, previous involvement in developing and managing media programs and responding to the flow of client media-related needs
- Comfort planning across channels and platforms
- Readiness to learn the client service aspect of media planning
- Command of media fundamentals and ability to educate an Assistant Ready to take on management responsibilities
- Understanding of key research sources
- Some knowledge of current trends and innovations in media
- Comfort with data, analytics and measurement
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This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.
This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.
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