Sales Planner

Sales Planner

Haymarket Media, Inc. is seeking a Sales Planner to join the Medical Communications Group Media Strategy team. This position is located in our New York, NY office on a hybrid work schedule; three (3) days in office depending on business needs.

Job Overview

In this role, you will partner closely with Sales, Analytics, Ad Operations, Client Success, and Marketing to develop strategic digital advertising proposals for leading pharmaceutical brands.

Success in this position goes beyond completing templates. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, connecting information across multiple sources, asking thoughtful questions, and finding creative solutions for clients. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, highly organized, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where priorities shift quickly.

This role provides significant exposure to digital media strategy, client planning, commercial operations, and cross-functional collaboration, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in digital advertising and media strategy.

Responsibilities

• Perform RFP Intake including entry of information into Salesforce, setting up Google Sheets and Slides for team collaboration
• Carefully evaluate all client-supplied RFP materials to accurately interpret campaign objectives
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of all advertising products, inventory, and pricing
• Develop customized media recommendations and proposals that align Haymarket's digital products with client marketing objectives.
• Manage multiple concurrent proposal timelines while communicating priorities, project status, and expected delivery dates to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams to curate custom audience groups that will be utilized for digital marketing
• Continuously build expertise in Haymarket's advertising products, audience capabilities, digital media landscape, and internal workflows.
• Support special projects under the guidance of a Media Strategist or Manager, including business trend analysis, team documentation, process improvement, and workflow efficiencies that strengthen the Media Strategy team's day-to-day operations.

Skills and Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant professional experience in media planning, media strategy, digital marketing, advertising, or a related field preferred; internship experience and transferable early-career experience will also be considered
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret information, identify trends, and make thoughtful recommendations.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence collaborating across multiple teams.
• Naturally curious with a desire to understand not just what to do, but why it matters.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems, products, and workflows quickly.
• Comfortable working through ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Sheets & Slides); experience with Salesforce or project management tools is a plus.

What We Offer

• A competitive compensation package
• Paid annual vacation, holiday and sick time off
• Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental and vision
• Competitive 401(k) investment options and generous company matching program
• Life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee referral awards
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training opportunities through industry-recognized programs
• A creative and passionate workplace and a fun, collaborative team environment
• Three Week "Work from Anywhere" benefit, to ensure work life balance

About Haymarket Medical Network:

The Haymarket Medical Network delivers the latest news, in-depth features, clinical tools, and drug information across more than 20 unique brands and multiple formats (digital, app, print, live events, and more). From primary care to specific therapeutic areas, the Haymarket Medical Network delivers relevant and timely clinical content to healthcare practitioners, helping them make evidence-based decisions at the point of care.

About Haymarket:

Haymarket has its heart and soul in publishing and media. Since the company was founded half a century ago, Haymarket has always prided itself on being a highly creative business, with an unrelenting focus on the quality of the products and the people. The philosophy has always been quite simple: only by having the highest quality individuals can you produce the highest quality products, combining the best in content, design, production and customer services. Globalization is opening up the world further and provides many opportunities for growth. Haymarket has offices around the world and many of the titles are now truly global brands. Haymarket serves a broad spread of business markets, from marketing to medicine to technology along with exhibitions and live events. Predicting the shape of the business in 3, 5, or 10 years is almost impossible; and the unpredictability is part of the appeal. Haymarket aims to be the perfect company to work with or for we have the processes and attitude that ensure quality and consistency, and an entrepreneurial spirit that makes every day rewarding. As a Certified B Corporation, we're proud to be part of a community of companies working together for change, and taking part in collective action to advocate for a shared goal of a global economy that benefits people and the planet.

An equal opportunity employer, Haymarket Media does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other protected category recognized by state, federal, or local laws.

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