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We are passionate about helping our clients create more Meaningful Brands through the creation and delivery of more valuable experiences. Our Havas mission: To make a meaningful difference to the brands, the businesses and the lives of the people we work with, and our core proposition is more human and delivering lasting impact.\nHMN UK spans London, Leeds, Manchester & Edinburgh, servicing our clients brilliantly through our agencies including Ledger Bennett, Havas Market, Havas Media, Arena Media, Forward Media, DMPG and Havas Play Network.\nOur Ambition\nAt Havas Media Network we create Meaningful Media that drives growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. Guided by our values - Human at Heart, Head for Rigour, and Mind for Flair - we embed genuine human insight, data-driven discipline and creative daring into everything we do.\nThis role sits at the heart of that promise - bridging day-to-day planning with specialist capabilities to ensure data-driven thinking enhances every stage of media delivery.\nOverview\nThe Planning Executive is a key role within the team, focused on supporting the Planning Director and Planning Manager to ensure the client has the optimal media support in place. Working alongside your Planning Manager, the role focuses on media planning and activation, specifically the point where the strategy is translated into a media experience for clients.\nWe are looking for someone who has a genuine interest in the industry and the following skills:\nStrong Communication: Effective written and verbal communication skills via email, Teams and in person. You will be expected to engage regularly with both internal colleagues and clients.\nBasic Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse data and draw insights.\nTech-Savvy: Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (email) and Teams.\nCreative Thinking: Ability to think innovatively about solving client challenges and overcome setbacks in process.\nOrganisational Skills: Strong ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.\nTeam Collaboration: Ability to work well within a team.\nWhat behaviours we need from you:\nWe want someone eager to learn as much as they can about media, clients and the agency. Someone curious, reliable and proactive. This role will allow you to build your foundational knowledge and skills so you can support the team, take on tasks with care, and grow your confidence every day.\nThe role will be assessed and appraised on how you:\nActively seek to understand and listens to others' opinions and points of view\nProactively engage with wider team to develop a holistic understanding of what we do, including within the wider Planning Executive community\nUnderstand the service commitments to stakeholders and take an active role in the partnership by attending meetings, taking notes & sharing knowledge, communicating insights\nQuickly raise problems with delivery of work to minimise impact on others\nDemonstrate an ability to identify, discuss and communicate better ways of working\nProactively demonstrate that you care about the team in which you operate, hand-raising to get involved with tasks and help out where needed\nCan develop and deliver information in a clear and concise manner, tailored to the audience\nProduce work which is clear, accurate and grammatically correct\nAre able to express negative feelings constructively and your ability to receive feedback and build that into your day-to-day work\nCheck your own understanding of others communication by seeking clarification, paraphrasing and asking questions\nManage workload expectations and clearly communicate deadline delivery\nEstablish good working relationships with internal (Havas) and external (client, media owner) teams, by understanding others priorities and needs\nDevelop a good working and background understanding of the client's/stakeholder's business/business area - understanding client category and competitor dynamics\nHave an appreciation of where Havas sits in relation to the wider industry\nWhat’s on offer from Havas:\nWe want you to do the best work of your career. To support you in managing your career, as well as your commitments and priorities in your life. We have created a modern, market leading approach to personal benefits, wellbeing, and care:\nWe have shown at Havas, that we can all work productively in a new Hybrid manner\nTo give you even more flexibility, and support a better balance between work and life, Havas employees are given the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per calendar year.\nAlongside a generous holiday allocation and birthday off, we are all allocated one day per quarter as mental health days. These are simply days you can take off, guilt free and without eating into your holiday allowance.\nWe have modernised and introduced a market leading parental package for our employees. The Parental Life at Havas policy enhances, broadens, and encourages the uptake of parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, type of relationship, type of parentship or any other potentially defining characteristic.\nWe also haven’t forgotten about those benefits that make a meaningful difference to you personally, from a Rental Deposit Loan (so you can secure your new place), season ticket loan to ease travel and free mortgage advice for the getting on the property ladder we have you covered and much more!\nWe haven’t lost the fun stuff either, subsidised gym membership, social club, early Friday finishes and weekly bar nights \n\n#LI-NK1\nContract Type :\nPermanentHere at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. 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