Media Planning Executive

SMG.com

Office

Leeds, United Kingdom

Full Time

Location: London or Leeds, 2 days a week in office

Salary: From £30,000 + 10% discretionary bonus

Level: Executive level

About The Role

We are looking for a Media Planning Executive (Paid Social & Display) to join our Media team at SMG. In this role, you will be responsible for the precise coordination and execution of media campaigns that leverage retailer 1st party data. This position exists to bridge the gap between media strategy and campaign activation, ensuring that advertising efforts are not just delivered, but are highly targeted, relevant, and effective!

If you love variety, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and embrace change with energy, this could be your right role.

Why Smg?

At SMG, we hire for the future, which is fast-moving and changing shape. Do you have the potential to help shape our business? We’re looking for brilliant, diverse talent who want to grow with us—people who are curious, ambitious, and eager to learn, whether as specialists or across teams.

Our culture is everything. If you’re someone who stays honest, stays hungry, stays foolish, and has fun, you’ll feel right at home here.

We value those who take ownership of their growth and bring fresh perspectives. That’s why we’re committed to equity, inclusion, and building a place where everyone feels empowered to grow. At SMG, it’s not just about filling a role but building the future together.

We’re proud to be ranked the #1 Best Marketing and Media Agency and to have received World-Class accreditation from Best Companies.

10% discretionary bonus
£1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!)
Free Headspace subscription
£500 yearly “Learning Fund” for learning
4 extra Wellbeing Days off per year
Summer & Winter conferences + year-round celebrations
4pm finishes every Friday
Flexible and hybrid working

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Are We What You’Re Looking For?

We move fast, adapt quickly, and like to challenge each other. We're looking for people who enjoy the buzz of change, the satisfaction of building something better, and the joy of working with a close-knit, values-driven team.

This isn’t for everyone, but if you thrive in this environment, we’d love to meet you!

A Little Bit About You

You’Ll Bring:

Experience in media (social or display preferred) and digital campaign planning.
Familiarity with digital performance metrics.
Intermediate Excel skills.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Must be able to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Experience in a growing FMCG, retail, or media environment (preferable).

Don’t meet every single requirement? We still want to hear from you. If you believe you’d thrive in this role, your unique perspective might be just what we’re looking for.

What You’Ll Be Doing

Your days will be dynamic. You might find yourself:

Ownership of Asda Access campaign planning and process management and communication between Asda, LS11 Media Group client and external partners.
Deliver compelling media campaign proposals to client teams and clients (where required), following media planning best practices.
Identify areas of improvement, leading to cost, performance or resource efficiencies, within the campaign process.
Interact with client teams as necessary on campaign ideation, campaign planning, booking process, and provide them with regular updates on campaign performance, optimisations and insights.
Work with the Insights teams to deliver the necessary setup approach, ready for uplift measurement.
Work closely with both client teams and operations teams to ensure the smooth delivery of campaigns from the booking phase to activation and reporting.
Keep pace with industry trends and proactively support with driving forward new opportunities and propositions.

Our Values:

Stay honest. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Have fun.

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