Senior Associate Director Planning

Senior Associate Director Planning

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Role Summary and Impact

We are looking for a brilliant Senior Associate Director to join the COSTA this role you will be the day-to-day lead for COSTA UK which includes their Retail Express and At Home products.

Working alongside the Business Director and strategy teams you will be producing industry leading media strategies grounded in insight audience behaviours and effectiveness. COSTA is an iconic brand that is looking to activate through culture context and experiences to ensure they stay relevant in an ever-competitive landscape.

The successful candidate will have excellent client and team management skills a strong working knowledge of all media channels including digital channels and the role they play in the wider ecosystem as well as a passion for delivering best in class award winning work.

They will be data literate and able to elevate the work using insights gained from COSTA 1PD as well at harnessing it to drive media efficiencies.

Skills and Experience

At WPP Media we believe in the power of our culture and our people. Its what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Medias shared core values:

• BeExtraordinarybyLeading CollectivelytoInspire transformational Creativity.
• Create anOpenenvironment byBalancing People and Client ExperiencesbyCultivating Trust.
• LeadOptimisticallybyChampioning Growthand DevelopmenttoMobilize the Enterprise.
• Leadership: the ability to lead inspire and motivate direct reports to unite behind single goal toidentifybest practice and produce even better work.
• Ability to develop meaningful and valued clientrelationships andbecome trusted advisor/partner who can guide and challenge clients in a structured and well thought through way.
• Curiosity: Develop thirst for knowledge - use research and data to uncover relevant insights develop business opportunities and enhance client conversations.
• A strong communicator who can hold high level discussions with seniorclients anduse excellent written & presentation skills to develop reports POVs business cases solutions.
• Change agent. Ability to affect change and challenge the status quo.
• Commercially astute. An understanding of costs and revenues on client assignments and the importance of the inter-relationship between the two in delivering our client and agency goals.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work and were just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions grow their networks and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins sharing thought leadership and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical group retirement plans vision and dental insurance significant paid time off preferential partner discounts and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when were together fostering creativity collaboration and connection. Thats why weve adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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