Associate Director, Client Planning

Brainlabs is the media agency built to answer one question: what's actually driving profit? Founded in 2012 by Daniel Gilbert, we were built by engineers before we were a media agency. Today, 1,000+ Brainlabbers across five continents use our proprietary agents, built on 32 media tools and over 2,500 logged experiments, to help brands connect every channel they plan and buy to one thing: the bottom line.

What's the role 

You are the client planning lead, responsible for bringing together media channels to deliver cohesive, high-quality plans. You ensure strategy is translated into clear, actionable outputs, working closely with Practice and Strategy teams to drive performance and measurable business growth.

What you do

• Translate strategy into clear, actionable cross-channel plans, ensuring flawless execution across clients.
• Lead tactical planning: build media plans and budget scenarios for your clients. 
• Orchestrate inputs from Practice Teams, managing timelines, deliverables and alignment.
• Run internal stand-ups and status meetings to keep teams on track.
• Turn data and insights into cohesive, client-ready narratives.
• Identify and drive media opportunities and testing initiatives across channels.
• Implement structured experimentation programmes, developing hypotheses for teams to test.

Who you are

• 5+ years experience delivering cross-channel media plans for complex clients.
• Strong understanding of how media planning translates into performance.
• Confident in building detailed plans and working through budget scenarios.
• Highly organised with strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Data-driven thinker, able to turn analysis into clear actions and stories.
• Collaborative operator, comfortable working across multiple specialist teams.
• Clear and confident communicator, both internally and with clients.

How you succeed

• You will live our culture code every day! 
• Seamless orchestration across teams, with clear timelines and alignment.
• High-quality, accurate media plans delivered on time and aligned to strategy.
• Clear demonstration of how planning decisions drive performance outcomes.
• Strong integration of insights and frameworks into client outputs.
• Consistent delivery of structured testing and innovation programmes.
• Positive feedback from clients and internal teams on clarity, rigour and leadership.

What happens next?

We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!

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