planning

Dec 12, 2023

Picking up the pace in media planning

Tasked with finding audiences in difficult-to-reach and ever-evolving spaces, adjusting in real-time to fit-for-audience content, planners need to be more creative and agile in their approach, says EssenceMediacom's APAC COO.

Feb 8, 2022

Planners gonna plan (but don't always)

Planners need to treat everything in life with the same rigour they would approach a brief.

Nov 2, 2021

How working for a performance agency made me a better strategist

The regional strategy director at M&C Saatchi Performance discusses how taking an unusual career step has equipped her with more integrated skills.

Apr 8, 2021

PHD China wins Shanghai Jahwa media planning

New mandate shifts entire portfolio of beauty and wellness brands from MediaCom and Spark Foundry following multi-agency pitch.

Dec 16, 2020

Why Carat is putting emotional intelligence at the core of media buying

US CEO Angela Steele and global CSO Sean Healy dive into the media agency’s repositioning and new planning process, “designing for humans.”

Nov 13, 2020

Campaign Crash Course: How to prepare for a strategy career at an ad agency

Not every planner at an ad agency starts out as a strategist. Many switch over from handling accounts, like McCann Worldgroup's Earl Javier. Now he's sharing tips to make the transition easier for others.