About WPP Media

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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:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

Our attitude of Positive Provocation is enabled by:

• The deep Knowledge we have of our clients business.

• The confidence to Challengewhatsgone before.

• The Support to go further than we thought possible.

Core responsibilities:

• Have a thorough understanding of the clients businesses (KPIs key challenges and how they differ from other brands).

• Understand the key tools and processes critical to the everyday running of the account.

• Managing theday to dayoutput of the team with high quality and high responsiveness to client requests

• Thorough knowledge of the integrated media landscape of brands handled

• Establish relationship with key clients.

• Embedded yourself into the internal team and understood the different specialist teams you work with

• Built a strong collaborative relationship with your clients acting as the senior contact across clients.

• Improve outputs and presentation of reviews/planning sessions

• Suggest improvements in ways of working or processes of any clients

• Begin to consult with clients on their business and how Wavemaker can influence business outcomes

• Drive incremental revenue and drive profitability for the team including but not limited to fee and contract negotiations.

• Lead and deliver all client responses to brief with the team in a strategic way

• Lead planning response from insight and strategy through to execution

• Inspire the team to develop skills and grow

• Manage team workload and bring efficiency at client delivery

• Provide enough andtimelyfeedback/appraisal to direct reports in a thorough and professional manner

Additionalresponsibilities:

• Managing and being responsive to client requests appropriately delegating tasks to individual team members.

• Guide team members to develop strategic thinking and integrated media planning skills

• Drive digital acceleration and application of digital planning principles.

• Work closely with the specialist teams to ensure you are up to date with their latest offerings

• Work closely with media partners on responses to briefs or pro-actives.

• Ongoing learning of the clients category/competitive activity as well as the changing media landscape

• Attending meetings internal client and cross-agency

• Always questioning using the insights at our disposal either through the strategy team or business science consider how this might affect the overall communications for clients.

• Take part in new business pitches and provide insightful and comprehensive communication solutions for the agency and its clients

The Candidate:

• This is a leadership role requiring proactivity and a determination to create change.

• You are expected to have experience in digital strategy communications planning digitalconsultancyand execution wherever possible in an agency environment.

• Understanding of programmatic landscape viz trends technologies (DMP DSP SSP etc.) Preferred

• Curiosity always asking meaningful questions challenging the brief if necessary

• High attention to detail to ensure the teams output is of the highest quality

• Proven experience in managing people and ability to adapt management style

• Strong teamplayer

• Ability to navigate difficult client situations/manage expectations in a diplomatic way

• Enterprising ability toidentifyand drive revenue opportunities

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 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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