Location: London (Hybrid – minimum 2 days in-office)
Function: Media Planning / Performance
Type: Full-time, Agency-side
About the Role
We’re partnering with a fast-growing London-based digital agency to hire a Digital Media Planner with a strong paid social background.
The agency is known for performance-led thinking and works with ambitious retail and consumer brands. This is a growth hire and a high-impact, standalone role, fully dedicated to one of the agency’s largest and most strategically important accounts, managing a £4.5m+ annual media budget.
You’ll sit between account leadership and performance, working closely with senior leadership in London and an offshore performance team. The role offers genuine autonomy, ownership and visibility, with the opportunity to shape how media planning is delivered as the agency continues to scale.
What You’ll Own
As Digital Media Planner, you’ll lead the planning, execution and optimisation of multi-channel digital media activity across paid social and video platforms.
You’ll act as the strategic media voice on the account, translating business objectives into clear, scalable media plans and ensuring strong collaboration across performance, creative and leadership teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own end-to-end digital media strategy across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest and YouTube
- Translate client goals, KPIs and audience insights into effective media plans
- Lead media brief creation and partner closely with creative teams to ensure message–media alignment
- Oversee campaign pacing and optimisation alongside the performance team
- Run weekly status meetings and manage cross-team collaboration
- Identify and test new platforms, formats and media opportunities
- Own performance reporting, insights and recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Manage budgets and delivery against KPIs including CTR, CPA, ROAS and reach
- Build relationships with media partners and negotiate pricing and added value
Why This Role Is Exciting
- Join a high-growth agency working on large-scale, high-profile media budgets
- Operate in a role with real autonomy and influence
- Work closely with founders and senior leadership
- Shape and grow a media planning function, rather than slot into an existing one
- Clear scope to develop the role as the agency scales
This isn’t a rigid or siloed position - it’s a chance to own, build and evolve.
What We’re Looking For
You’re a confident, commercially minded media planner who enjoys ownership and strategic problem-solving.
You’ll likely bring:
- Ideally 6+ years’ experience (minimum 3+ years hands-on paid media)
- Strong experience with Meta Ads and TikTok Ads
- Working knowledge of:
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Ads & Google Ads Editor
- Google Merchant Centre & Google Analytics
- At least 1 year of client-facing experience, including reporting and presentations
- Proven experience scaling paid media accounts
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- A collaborative mindset with the confidence to operate independently
- Curiosity about media innovation and emerging platforms
Due to volume - if you have not heard within 1 working week please assume that unfortunately you have not been selected- due to volume I am unable to feedback to all candidates.
Please note: Applications without full rights to work in the UK will not be considered, as sponsorship is unavailable.