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MEDIA PLANNER

Media planners produce action plans for advertising campaigns from pre-defined marketing objectives. They select media platforms that best suit the brand or product that will be advertised. Typical responsibilities of the job include: producing financial and media plans and forecasts undertaking relevant research analysing and interpreting data liaising with clients, consumers and advertising staff producing briefs for media buyers They work closely with agency accounts staff, ensuring that campaign ideas, strategies and objectives are converted into tangible tasks. Contact with clients and colleagues is a key feature of the job. Typical employers of media planners Media planners are employed by advertising and media agencies. Vacancies are advertised by recruitment agencies, in national newspapers and in publications such as Campaign, The Drum, Marketing, Media Week, Marketing Week and their respective websites. Some agencies operate graduate recruitment schemes; contact your careers service for details. Many posts aren’t advertised so speculative applications are essential – Advertisers Annual and BRAD Insight may be useful for these. Qualifications and training required There are routes into media planning for both university graduates and school leavers. Any degree discipline is acceptable, although journalism, psychology, business studies.