Media Planner

Job Introduction

Our Team:

We are a lively team responsible for the planning, creation and co-ordination of a tremendous amount of advertising, across the whole of Bauer UK. This team is pivotal in ensuring complete customer satisfaction, whether internal or external and ensure that we always create advertising content, to the highest standard possible, to enable maximum engagement and return.

The Focus of the Role:

To successfully ensure that all advertising booked by the sales teams across our numerous brands, is planned on to the magazine flatplan, adhering to all guaranteed positional requirements and sent to the production team in the agreed timeframes.

Role Responsibility

• Establish close working relationships with Commercial Directors, Editorial and Advertising teams to accomplish a final magazine which has the best ad positioning that is right for our customers and for our editorial requirements.
• Liaise with Commercial Directors, Managers, Advertising teams and Business Analysts to establish issue sizes, ad page positions and accurate forecasting.
• Liaise with Production Editors and Ad Production to ensure all ads run within required positions
• Maintain excellent relationships with sales teams.
• Ensure sales teams work to credit fix and copy deadlines.
• Ensure options are managed and sales are aware of the availability for each title
• Make sure teams are kept up to date throughout the process to ensure timely and accurate decisions are made on ad positions, issue sizes and ad page count.
• Highlight immediately to the Commercial Directors / Sales Team Managers any issues that arise, escalating to Ad Production Manager for support where necessary.
• Keep Editorial Production Managers updated on new flatplans.
• Work with the Ad Production Manager to ensure the best flatplanning process is established and continually developed to strengthen the value of the service we provide.
• Coach/support sales staff on best practice with all booking errors within the sales system.
• Ensure any potential delays or issues affecting the Ad Production workflow, is highlighted in a timely manner.
• Be flexible and willing to adopt and champion all new systems / processes, that help improve optioning and flatplanning.
• Be proficient in AdPoint and Censhare (full training is provided)

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent communication & relationship building
• Attention to detail & organisational skills
• Passion & enthusiasm
• Integrity & teamwork
• Forward thinking and problem solving

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Discounted high street vouchers
• Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development (Bauer Media Group - Academy: Posts | LinkedIn)
• Opportunity to buy additional holiday
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
• Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
• Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
• Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives

Flexible Working

We want to make sure that we find the right people to work in our teams, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn’t suit everyone. So, we would love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly. If you are the right person for this role, we’ll find the right working approach for you.

About the Company

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and money-helper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our increasingly diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 15,000 shares a passion – to deliver content and services that are popular with, and helpful to, our customers and partners.

As the UK’s biggest selling magazine publisher, we create iconic and influential magazine media brands, digital properties and associated consumer and B2B live events for diverse, passionate audiences. We reach 25 million consumers through our portfolio, which includes heat, Grazia, Closer, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Parkers, Mother& Baby, TV Choice, Take a Break, Bella, Yours, Garden News and Country Walking. Our scale, coupled with the breadth of our portfolio, gives us an advantage over pure play magazine competitors. It also gives us a huge responsibility - our brands become the lens through which our audiences see the world, and for this reason, we take our responsibilities as a media outlet very seriously, recognising that we are responsible for shaping perceptions in the wider world.

Belonging at Bauer Mission statement

People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.

What we will offer you

Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That’s why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It’s part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you’ll be an important part of this as well.

Our mental health at work

We’re proud to be the driving force behind the “Where’s your head at?” campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.

Bauer Core Values

Creativity - We create unique, high quality content that delights our audiences.

Ambition - We think big and bold, pushing boundaries and embracing change.

Passion - We approach every day with curiosity, commitment and a lively positive mindset.

Teamwork - We learn from each other and take the time to understand both challenges and opportunities, working together to find the right solution.

Trust - We are open, respectful and honest.

Inclusivity - We encourage different points of view and perspectives and value all contributions.

Responsibility - We make measured and thoughtful decisions that support the business vision.