Senior Manager, Client Solutions – Planning

dentsu Austria

Senior Manager of Client Solutions & Planning focused on digital media for a major retail client. Managing media strategies and guiding junior team members at dentsu.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $72,000 - $85,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate and help lead the strategic media planning/execution across full-funnel media strategies to drive client business outcomes
Serve as a trusted resource and leader, providing guidance to junior team members while effectively managing and aligning stakeholders across different levels of the organization
Demonstrate ability to use resources (syndicated, proprietary, analyst data) to help guide client's marketing goals and apply to recommendations
Work with Investment Teams to outline the strategy, appropriate processes, and timelines to ensure timely and error-free delivery of media plans
Understand and adopt new techniques and technologies that are relevant for clients' media strategies
Provide relevant insight and input into existing and new media opportunities
Build strong, collaborative relationships with clients by translating complex data into clear, actionable insights for both client and internal teams
Represent the client's point of view when developing/reviewing work, use this perspective when providing feedback to teams and presenting to clients
Provide and discuss industry information on media, markets, and related dynamics
Train, motivate and develop media planning group

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in media planning for large clients
Experience in traditional and digital media planning and current knowledge of media trends and innovations
Experience supporting local, regional, or multi-market media planning within a larger enterprise framework
Experience managing junior team members
Understanding of full-funnel media strategies & how to drive measurable business outcomes
Experience working with cross-functional teams to manage and develop media plans (Ex: Investment Teams, Data & Analytics, Audience & Insights)
Working knowledge of Insights & Planning tools (Ex: comScore, eMarketer, Pathmatics, Nielsen)
Experience with Media Tools and buying platforms such as DDS, Media Ocean, Spot Toolkit

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, vision, and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexible paid time off
At least 15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick and safe leave
Paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

media planningdigital media planningtraditional media planningfull-funnel media strategiesdata analysiscross-functional team managementmedia buyingclient relationship managementstrategic media executionmeasurable business outcomes

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder managementcollaborationcommunicationmentoringguidanceinsight translationtrainingmotivationrelationship building