The role of Planner and Buyer may be combined due to the size of the agency but in some cases, they are separate roles. Ultimately, whatever the case they skilfully apply client's budget across a range of available media formats to push for the best response in differing campaigns. Planning a schedule across the range of channels requires a mathematical and analytical skill and often develops good planner and buyers into spreadsheet wizards! To successfully plan a schedule you will either test the response through an initial test budget or look at historic results to determine the level of spend moving forward. A great deal of research and analysis will go into making data driven decisions and this will be combined to develop strategy. If buying is part of the role, then the candidate will progress to purchasing, monitoring, optimising and reporting on the activity.
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Welcome to The Candidate's website. We focus on roles such as Media Planner & Buyer which is ultimately a specialist role within the online sector.
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The different types of media that exist range from online activities including internet and mobile through to TV, Press and Outdoor etc. Different Media Planner and Buyers will specialise in different channels and usually online is split from the offline planning and buying world. They will be able to divide budgets using data to determine where the best ROI comes from and how to spread the risk.
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