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Billetts Educational Programme
Understanding the fundamentals of Media Planning and Buying

A one-day course that improves marketers' understanding of the above-the-line (ATL) media environment and the basics of agency planning and buying.

This course is designed to expand understanding of the core principles of implementational media planning and buying through exploring the basics of TV, Press, Radio and Outdoor.

Course outcomes:

  • A knowledge of media planning techniques
  • An understanding of media terminology and jargon
  • A good understanding of the pros and cons of different media
  • A working knowledge of the media markets and negotiation principles
    A complete guide to the course to take away for future reference

Course benefits

  • insight from Billetts directors with practical experience of media communications
  • Briefing, planning & buying, ensuring specialist knowledge is on hand at all times and information is fresh
  • A combination of presentations and syndicate work, together with interaction with other media and marketing professionals, provide the ideal learning experience

Who should attend?

  • Marketers with basic media experience who share responsibility for ATL support on their brands
  • As well as purchasing and other specialists who may be looking to enhance their understanding of the basics of media planning and buying.

Course elements

In addition to presentations from experienced media professionals, participants get a chance to put learning’s into practice, working in syndicate groups on a variety of tasks. For example:

  • Television costing exercise
  • Media Planning exercises
  • Media quizzes and Q&A’s

 

 

Course co-ordinators

Andrew Wolstencroft – Business Director

Andrew has extensive media knowledge gained from over 20 years experience in the industry. He had considerable experience of media planning and buying at senior buyer and broadcast manager level on the agency side, prior to his time as a senior consultant, Team Leader and Director at billetts. In addition to his customer-facing responsibilities as a media consultant, Andrew has had overall responsibility for the Billetts training courses for the past five years.

Donna Malone – Business Director

Donna also has over 20 years media experience, she started her career at the full service agency Brunning Advertising as a press executive, she then moved to MBS media to work on the TV side and then finally to Zenith Media where she spent ten years managing clients across all disciplines and running the in-house presentation training programme. After joining Billetts in 2002, Donna progressed to the Billetts board through her extensive experience of media consultancy across all media, campaign evaluation and agency relationship management. Donna has been instrumental in running several Billetts training courses.

Participant feedback from previous Billetts training courses:

"Great course - told us exactly what we needed to know and gave a broad base of knowledge. Very interactive and fun!"
Prominent FMCG company

"Things are much clearer now. Complex presentations were communicated in a simple and clear way."
Leading bank

"Practical activity was good fun - the right balance for doing and thinking."
Leading utility company

"The tasks were a great way of explaining the subject."
High Street retailer

Dates and locations

This is a 1-day course, with the next date the 28th April 2009. The course cost is £500+VAT per delegate.

The venue is The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London, EC3N 4QN.

For more information contact Andrew Wolstencroft: andrew.wolstencroft@billetts.com
or Donna Malone: donna.malone@billetts.com
or call on +44 (0) 20 7650 9600 to find out more