Planning Executive

Agency :

Job Description :

Media Planning Executive

Reporting to: Planning Manager

Location: London

Our Ambition

At Havas Media Network we create Meaningful Media that drives growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. Guided by our values—Human at Heart, Head for Rigour, and Mind for Flair—we embed genuine human insight, data-driven discipline and creative daring into everything we do.

This role sits at the heart of that promise—bridging day-to-day planning with specialist capabilities to ensure data-driven thinking enhances every stage of media delivery.

Our Proposition: More Human, Lasting Impact.

In an automated, commotised, dehumanised media industry where efficiency gains outweigh effectiveness: We make media more human, and that’s what creates sustainable commercial growth. We believe the most effective media is the most human.

When brands activate in ways that are empathetic, relevant and tuned into real life experiences, they earn customer attention instead of chasing share of voice. That creates stronger consumer relationships and stronger commercial impact over the long-term. Our people think and act like business partners, not service providers.

We invest in talent through Platformers and Havas Boost, opening doors for those too often locked out. Through Side Hustle, we back ideas from within. And through Impact+, we’re building a business that’s progressive, responsible, and ready for the future. Together, we make media more human. Focused on sustainable, long-term outcomes, built on trust, and designed to drive growth for brands, people and partners.

Overview

The Media Executive is a key role within the team, focused on supporting the Planning Associate Director and Planning Manager to ensure the client has the optimal media support in place. Working alongside the Planning Manager, the role focuses on media planning and activation, specifically the point where the strategy is translated into a media experience for clients.

What behaviours we need from you:

This may very well be your first role in media, so we are looking for someone who has a genuine interest in the industry and keen to learn by:

• Demonstrating curiosity and take advantage of learning opportunities internally and externally
• Working with your line manager to set clear self-development expectations
• Being able to receive constructive feedback and build that into their day-to-day work
• Sharing knowledge and learning with other Executives
• Recognising mistakes that sit within their remit and contribute to putting things right

*Learn as much as you can about media, clients, and the agency. Be curious, reliable, and proactive. Build your foundational knowledge and skills so you can support the team, take on tasks with care, and grow your confidence every day. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and get stuck in – this is where you build your toolkit!

Role competencies:

• The role will be assessed and appraised on how you:
• Actively seeks to understand and listens to others' opinions and points of view
• Proactively engages with wider team to develop a holistic understanding of what we do
• Understands the service commitments to stakeholders and takes an active role in the partnership by attending meetings, taking notes & sharing knowledge, communicating insights
• Quickly raises problems with delivery of work to minimise impact on others
• Demonstrates an ability to identify, discuss and communicate better ways of working to help
• Proactively demonstrates that they care about the team in which they operate, hand-raising to get involved with tasks and help out where needed
• Can develop and deliver information in a clear and concise manner, tailored to the audience
• Produces work which is clear, accurate and grammatically correct
• Can efficiently and accurately notify relevant stakeholders when they've completed work they've produced and how this will impact on them.
• Is able to express negative feelings constructively
• Checks own understanding of others communication by seeking clarification, paraphrasing and asking questions
• Manages workload expectations and clearly communicates deadline delivery
• Establishes good working relationships with internal (Havas) and external (client, media owner) teams, by understanding others priorities and needs.
• Develops a good working and background understanding of the client's/stakeholder's business/business area - understands client category and competitor dynamics
• Has an appreciation of where Havas sits in relation to the wider industry

What’s on offer from Havas:

• We want you to do the best work of your career. To support you in managing your career, as well as your commitments and priorities in your life. We have created a modern, market leading approach to personal benefits, wellbeing, and care:
• We have shown at Havas, that we can all work productively in a new Hybrid manner
• To give you even more flexibility, and support a better balance between work and life, Havas employees are given the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per calendar year.
• Alongside a generous holiday allocation and birthday off, we are all allocated one day per quarter as wellbeing days. These are simply days you can take off, guilt free and without eating into your holiday allowance
• We have modernised and introduced a market leading parental package for our employees. The Parental Life at Havas policy enhances, broadens, and encourages the uptake of parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, type of relationship, type of parentship or any other potentially defining characteristic.
• We also haven’t forgotten about those benefits that make a meaningful difference to you personally, from a Rental Deposit Loan (so you can secure your new place), season ticket loan to ease travel and free mortgage advice for the getting on the property ladder we have you covered and much more!
• We haven’t lost the fun stuff either, subsidised gym membership, social club, early Friday finishes.

Contract Type :

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

About Us

Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor-made, meaningful, innovative and entertainment-oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation.

Life at Havas

We take great pride in our Havas family. They bring many unique personalities, perspectives and passions to their work. Collaboration is at the core of how we operate, and Havas Villages are the homes we work in. We encourage our people to take advantage of our many opportunities to learn and grow. Through local agency training sessions, our unique global and development programs, we offer our people endless opportunities to explore.

Havas Creative Network

At Havas, we believe creativity isn’t just a description of our business, it is part of our agencies’ DNA. We bring together some of the industry’s most creative and accomplished agencies. By combining creative expertise with the strategic and innovative power of our Villages, we can build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients.

Havas Media Network

We create the best media experience, capitalizing on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience – in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth targets, aligning stakeholders and KPIs, and measuring the impact of media experiences.

Havas Health

Driven by human purpose and focused on the betterment of humanity through health, Havas Health & You leverages a global collection of experts and individuals to help people everywhere live healthier lives. With a spirit rooted in innovation, creativity, and education, we are dedicated to delivering consistent excellence and groundbreaking work.