Planner

• Execute a high volume of promotional pharmaceutical programs annually across one or two assigned client accounts
• Serve as the key point of contact for sales representatives and speakers
• Manage speaker confirmation, travel coordination, and honoraria processing
• Source and contract venues and coordinate audiovisual services
• Manage attendee communications and roster/data entry
• Ship meeting materials when applicable
• Set up and support web platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams
• Ensure timely program closeouts, budget reconciliation, and compliance with client financial and regulatory requirements
• Respond professionally and efficiently to program-related inquiries or issues
• Participate in internal team meetings and contribute to process optimization
• Meet or exceed program KPIs
• Create and deliver program reports and status updates
• Anticipate potential issues and provide strategic, solution-oriented responses

Program Planner, Peer-to-Peer

• Provide clients, media staff, internal teams and vendors with media thought leadership and guidance
• Plan, buy, analyze, test and optimize paid media across digital and traditional channels for pharmaceutical clients
• Act as the primary day-to-day contact for media vendors
• Manage trafficking requests, creative asset delivery and campaign-related troubleshooting
• Create and manage Prisma campaigns, Authorizations, ATBs and Insertion Orders
• Lead campaign activation workflows, including spec sheets, ad-serving platforms, traffic sheets and tracking tags
• Build or oversee DCM tags and coordinate trafficking of tags and creative assets
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and lead campaign kickoff calls
• Create and manage campaign flowcharts and media launch trackers
• Manage bill trackers, invoices, budget reconciliations and other campaign financial processes
• Request and organize vendor data, performance reports and campaign screenshots
• Lead campaign pacing and optimization efforts
• Collaborate with analytics teams on monthly and quarterly reports
• Support media recommendations by managing RFPs, evaluating proposals and maintaining competitive and partner consideration sets
• Build media plan recommendations in Excel and PowerPoint
• Mentor and provide day-to-day guidance to junior planners
• Develop Media POVs for client requests
• Participate in internal and external meetings and communications
• Apply diversity, equity and inclusion principles and manage bias
• Multitask, prioritize and pivot in a fast-paced environment

Planner jobs in Illinois

Program Planner, Peer-to-Peer

Senior Media Planner