Media planning

Description

The process of selecting the best media to reach marketing and advertising strategy objectives in order to promote a client's product or service. This process encompasses research on target audiences, frequency of advertisements, budgets and media platforms.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 1 occupations
  • Optional in 5 occupations
  • Total: 6 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Advertising media planner
    Advertising media planners advise on the best communication media platforms to convey ideas. They analyse advertising plans in order to assess the aim and objective of the marketin…

Optional for

  • Commercial sales representative
    Commercial sales representatives represent a company in selling and providing information on goods and services to businesses and organisations. Duties The duties of a commercial s…
  • Advertising assistant
    Advertising assistants provide support in all the operations carried out in advertising departments or advertising agencies. They ensure that administrative activities are handled …
  • Creative director
    Creative directors manage the team that is responsible for the creation of advertisements and commercials. They oversee the whole creation process. Creative directors pitch the des…
  • Advertising specialist
    Advertising specialists provide advice to companies and organisations about the development of their advertising strategies and on advertising-related topics covering a more genera…
  • Advertising sales agent
    Advertising sales agents sell advertising space and media time to businesses and individuals. They make sales pitches to potential clients and follow up on after-sales. Duties Adve…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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