Job Description

is a data marketing and technology agency. We help brands bring their first-party data to life to gain real competitive advantage. We are a group of solutions-focused data experts, passionate about helping our clients achieve amazing things whether it\xe2\x80\x99s through expertly engineered data platforms, or innovative analytics and strategic planning. We work with some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s biggest and most respected brands, and are at an exciting time in our evolution, with ambitious plans to scale our solutions and reach an even broader audience.

Ask anyone who works here, and they will tell you that the best things about life at Planning-inc are the people and the amazing clients. If you are looking for a role in a nurturing, fun, people-focused environment and welcome the chance to test your skills working with super ambitious brands, then this could be the opportunity for you. We invest in our people and promote personal development, offering training and support for growth, in addition to a range of employee benefits. We are hybrid working between our London office base and WFH, and we encourage regular face to face engagement through team days and socials.

The Role

We are looking for an inspirational individual to join our amazing Data Engineering team to play a key role in driving transformation and growth for our clients enabling us to achieve our goals. You will have had experience working with marketing technologies, designing customer strategies, and drawing actionable insights from data analytics to help our clients to achieve their goals and aspirations.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Gather and interpret client requirements and across project collateral from statement of work, project specifications and status reporting documents
• Enact technical delivery by orchestrating the appropriate resources required to meet project requirements
• Facilitate necessary technical investigations into system optimisation opportunities, efficiencies or unexpected behaviours and actively manage these within our internal planning systems
• Where necessary, formulate business cases with benefits and risks, impact assessments, recommended option to take to client stakeholders for approval
• Regularly monitor and plan budget expenditure in line with client priorities
• Anticipate our clients\xe2\x80\x99 changing needs to proactively explore future project opportunities that would be valuable to the client and profitable for Planning-inc, alongside managing the existing roadmap

Your Experience & Skills:

• 3+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience gained ideally within the direct/data marketing industry, preferably with demonstrable experience in working with both digital and offline datasets
• Comfortable with technical concepts around systems integration, cloud solutions, big data and CDP platforms
• Experience of hands-on database programming or other application languages
• Confident in communicating with stakeholders, both external and internal
• Excellent people skills that will inspire and motivate
• Strong commercial awareness and demonstrable skills at maintaining client profitability
• Degree level, IDM Diploma or equivalent and numerate
• Comfortable with analysis and interpreting insight to create actionable strategies

Planning-inc Benefits:

• Annual Performance bonus
• 25 days annual leave + additional days with service
• Holiday Purchase Scheme - buy up to 5 days
• 2 Community volunteer days
• Pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Structured training, development opportunities and progression plans
• Social events and office treats
• Open and collaborative workplace culture
• Hybrid working environment
• Gym membership discount
• Perks at Work discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opt-in Private Dental Insurance
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Referral Bonus Scheme
• Eye Care vouchers
• Green Car Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Why Planning-inc?

At Planning-inc, we are committed to the promotion of equal opportunities. We welcome everyone and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We are growth consultants. We are obsessed with finding ways to help our customers grow sustainably whether that\xe2\x80\x99s focused on their revenue, brands or impact on the world. Everything we do is driven by data and embraces technology. We employ close to 4,000 people across 42 offices in 15 countries, incorporating 22 subsidiary agencies spanning digital content, marketing, PR, consumer, technology, marketing software, market research, public affairs and policy communications.

Our Mission

Our mission is to become the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading growth consultancy. For Next 15, growth consulting isn\xe2\x80\x99t just about growth in sales and profitability. It is growth in reputation, talent and product market share. It\xe2\x80\x99s growth in valuation, innovation and talent retention. Growth is a complex problem, and it needs a sophisticated solution.

Businesses are increasingly one large, interconnected digital entity. A problem or opportunity in one area is now connected to everything else. We view our clients through this digital lens to knit together insight, creative, business design, digital build and customer engagement under one roof to solve today\xe2\x80\x99s most pressing business challenges.

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

We have accelerated our commitment to running a more sustainable, equitable and diverse organisation that displays leadership in governance and values. We are using the internationally recognised B Corp framework to focus our strategy on people, planet and profit.

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