Media Strategy & Planner

Job Description – Strategic Media Planning Lead

Department: Growth Marketing

Reports To: AD / BD – Growth Marketing

Experience: 8–10 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Summary

We are looking for a strategic, solution-oriented marketing leader who can decode business challenges and transform them into insight-led, high-impact campaign strategies.

This role is ideal for a seasoned media strategist and campaign planner with strong expertise across both digital and offline media ecosystems. The ideal candidate should possess sharp commercial acumen, a deep understanding of audience behavior, and the ability to craft message-to-market strategies aligned with business objectives.

The individual will work closely with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities, solve marketing and revenue challenges, and develop full-funnel campaigns that balance brand storytelling with measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Problem Solving & Campaign Architecture

• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to understand business challenges, growth opportunities, and brand positioning gaps.
• Translate business objectives into insight-driven media strategies and communication frameworks with measurable outcomes.
• Build full-funnel campaign narratives that align messaging with audience mindset across awareness, consideration, and conversion stages.
• Develop integrated campaign architectures tailored to specific business goals and market conditions.

2. Media Planning Across Channels

• Create 360-degree media plans leveraging the most effective mix of channels including:
• Digital: Search, Social, Display, Video, Programmatic, Performance Media
• Traditional: TV, Print, Radio, OOH
• Emerging Media: OTT, Influencer Marketing, Audio, Creator Ecosystems
• Understand the strategic role of each channel within the customer journey and optimize media allocation accordingly.
• Drive integrated planning approaches that combine performance efficiency with long-term brand visibility.

3. Message-to-Market Fit & Creative Alignment

• Partner with creative and content teams to develop messaging strategies aligned with audience psychology, consumer behavior, and brand tonality.
• Ensure creative communication aligns with campaign objectives, media strategy, and platform-specific best practices.
• Guide strategic content direction to improve audience engagement and campaign effectiveness.

4. Performance & Brand Campaign Integration

• Design campaign strategies that effectively balance brand-building initiatives with performance-driven outcomes.
• Utilize audience insights, market intelligence, and platform data signals to segment, target, and sequence communication across paid, owned, and earned channels.
• Continuously evaluate campaign performance and optimize strategies based on data, trends, and consumer response.

5. Client Leadership & Strategic Growth Advisory

• Act as a strategic advisor to clients by contributing beyond campaign execution and helping shape overall go-to-market strategies.
• Lead business reviews, analyze campaign impact, and recommend strategic improvements or new growth opportunities.
• Build strong client relationships and identify opportunities to expand strategic and performance-led mandates across accounts.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in media strategy, campaign planning, integrated marketing, or brand-performance consulting.
• Strong experience in solving business and marketing challenges through strategic media planning.
• Deep understanding of media planning principles, consumer journeys, brand strategy, and performance marketing metrics.
• Hands-on exposure to platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, DV360, LinkedIn, OTT ecosystems, CRM/Email Marketing, and traditional media planning tools.
• Experience in campaign messaging development, creative briefing, and content strategy alignment.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Preferred Profile

• Prior experience working with leading digital agencies, media networks, consulting firms, or digital-first brands.
• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with brand, creative, analytics, media buying, and client servicing teams.
• Proven experience managing high-stakes client relationships across diverse industries such as FMCG, BFSI, E-commerce, Retail, and Consumer Brands.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with an executional understanding of integrated marketing campaigns.

Success Metrics

• Business impact delivered through campaigns (revenue growth, lead generation, brand uplift, engagement metrics).
• Effectiveness of message-to-media strategy alignment.
• Client satisfaction, retention, and expansion of strategic mandates.
• Innovation, efficiency, and scalability in campaign architecture and media planning approaches.