Posted 4 days ago
Media Planner, Media Planning
@ Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Zenith, part of Publicis Media, is hiring a Media Planner to develop media plans that meet client objectives and drive business outcomes. The role covers full plan implementation from strategy to execution, including campaign optimization and budget tracking. The posting states a salary of $45,000 to $50,000 per year and a minimum of three weeks vacation to start.
Pay:
$45,000–$50,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Analyze client, market and media data to set advertising needs
- Recommend multi-media budget allocations and track plan changes
- Maintain media planning documents and campaign performance reports
- Present plans to client brand groups and manage supplier relationships
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree, advertising or marketing preferred
- 1+ years in media planning
- Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Strong analytical skills and math proficiency
- Proficiency with media systems, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-03
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-03
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Marketing |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Advertising, Marketing, Business Administration, Communications |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Wellness |
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Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V
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Full company description
Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is one of the largest communications groups in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 114,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,154,782
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 40,566
- Reported office locations
- 133, avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris, Ile de France 75008, FR
- Other recorded names
- Publicis Groupe
- Specialties
- Advertising
- Digital Transformation
- Marketing
- Production
- Communications
- Consulting
- Media
- Technology
- Healthcare Communications
- and PR & Strategic Communications
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is one of the largest communications groups in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advertising Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Paris, Ile de France |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | AdvertisingDigital TransformationMarketingProductionCommunicationsConsultingMediaTechnologyHealthcare Communicationsand PR & Strategic Communications |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 147 |
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Zenith is the ROI Agency. Our more than 6,000 specialists across 95 markets offer unparalleled capabilities in Media, Data, Technology, Commerce and Content. We put effectiveness at the heart of our work to solve complex challenges, drive successful business outcomes, and grow our clients’ businesses. Zenith is part of Publicis Media, the media arm of Publicis Groupe.
Over the past year, Publicis Media has been transforming the way we do our business. From structuring our investment practice around data and digital to bringing our strategy, data sciences and research practice under one house, we’ve been shaping Publicis Media to be the media network of tomorrow. One that both you and I want to work at.
Publicis Media Canada is proud to be Great Places to Work™ certified and recognized with Best Workplaces™ for Today’s Youth. We provide continuing opportunities for career growth by fostering a diverse work environment that respects and supports individual contributions and opinions.
We also offer our employees market leading benefit and incentive programs. You’ll be provided with 3 weeks minimum vacation to start plus additional long weekend Publicis days, holidays closures, your birthday off, free Headspace memberships, wellness and technology credits, and a market leading savings plan.
We strive to provide what matters to you personally with the ability to choose and modify programs to suit your lifestyle
Overview
As a Planner at Zenith, your role is to develop media plans that deliver on client objectives, while ensuring that human insights drive business outcomes. You will be responsible for the full implementation of plans from strategic development to execution. You will manage, analyze and optimize your campaigns to ensure delivery against key business and campaign objectives.
Responsibilities
- Gather and analyze marketing, client, industry, competitive, human insight data to determine the client’s advertising and media needs
- Analyze media alternatives and make multi-media recommendations to best allocate budgets across media, ensuring budget alignment within plans and tracking any approved plan changes within internal systems
- Proficiently create, update, and maintain key media planning documents; responsible for updating/approving BCR and tracking media plan changes in planning systems (e.g., DDS, Prisma)
- Campaign maintenance: ensuring quality control and adherence to overall media plan objectives and preparing campaign performance documents
- Utilization and knowledge of syndicated media, research, and other data resources
- Clear communication of media objectives, strategies and executional guidelines to internal execution and specialty teams (Investment, Social, Programmatic, Precision, Apex, Search)
- Present plans to the client brand group, with assistance of Supervisor/Manager
- Maintain strong relationships with media suppliers and stay abreast of market conditions
- Work closely with external agency partners
- Active participation in account status meetings, both internal and external
- Active participant in the overall billing and financial process - responsible for collecting and inputting data, ensuring budgets are tracked accurately and monthly client billing is accurate and complete
- Attendance and active participant in mandatory training sessions
- Active participant in the overall billing and financial process - responsible for collecting and inputting data, ensuring budgets are tracked accurately and monthly client billing is accurate and complete
- Attendance and active participant in mandatory training sessions
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree; degree or concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications preferred
- 1+ years in Media Planning
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating
- Able to work successfully within a team, handling high volume workload, and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
- Demonstrates critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Strong analytical abilities and proficiency in math
- Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
- Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Additional information
Transparency matters to us. The salary range for this position is $45,000 to $50,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and applicable certifications. This range reflects what we reasonably expect to offer based on current market data.
Zenith is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We create and nurture a vibrant work environment that celebrates, values and leverages all aspects of diversity and inclusiveness, attracts world-class talent and serves as the industry benchmark for best practices.
We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate accommodation for candidates with disabilities or accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process, upon request.
Please contact our recruiter for any questions, accommodations or specific requests.
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