Marcom’s Middle East, CEE and Turkey teams form part of the global Marketing Communications organization at Apple who are responsible for all consumer facing communications. This includes advertising, apple.com, direct marketing, Apple retail, channel, video and partner communications. We are producers, writers, editors, graphic designers, traffic managers, developers, photographers; all driving towards crafting the world's best marketing communications. We strive for excellence where no detail is overlooked and where the customer experience is paramount. We never compromise in our pursuit of great work! We are looking for an internationally experienced Strategic Planner to help ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications in support of Apple’s business goals. You will be instrumental in driving the rethinking and reimagining of how Apple communicates to its customers in the world today! This is a new role supporting the 5 diverse countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Czech & Turkey), and will work closely with each local Geo Leadership, Product Marketing and Brand Teams to identify and address the critical opportunities and challenges for Apple in this specific and diverse region. You will also partner with the worldwide Planning team based in Cupertino to provide insights, knowledge and inspiration to some of the best creative talent in the world, in order to foster the very best creative work that only Apple can, and should deliver. The role of any Planner at Apple is not to invent truths, but to uncover truths and help communicate them in the simplest, most inspiring and most engaging ways possible. Strategy is sacrifice, and we need someone who can look at a complex market landscape and confidently separate what we should do from what we could do.