Senior Director Digital

Mumbai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people planet clients and communities. For more information visit .

WPP Media is WPPs global media a world where media is everywhere and in everything we bring the best platform people and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information visit

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:

BeExtraordinaryby Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
Create anOpenenvironment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
LeadOptimisticallyby Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

About T&P: A Leading WPP Media Brand

T&P is one the worlds leading full service creative and media agencies connecting talent and tech to drive growth for brands. Formed by the integration of The&Partnership and mSix&Partners it brings together content and distribution into a single holistic end to end marketing solution. Backed by WPP and WPP Media and combined with the agility of an entrepreneurial Partner-led mindset the multi-discipline agency spans four continents with 45 offices and over $1.2 billion dollar in billings globally. As an early adopter with the first ever AI-generated TV ad for Lexus in 2018 T&P is focused on harnessing AI across all its outputs with its 1900 people already trained on WPPs proprietary AI platform Creative Studio to deliver enhanced outcomes for clients.

Role Summary and Impact

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Client Lead

3 best things about the job:

Working with an exciting client known to be bold ambitious and creative.
Working with a passionate driven and highly capable team.
Opportunity to grow and learn with clients that lean forward with innovations.

In this role your goals will be:

In 3 months:

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 the day-to-day output of the team with high quality and high responsiveness to client requests

In 6 months:

Thorough knowledge of the media landscape of brands handled
Establish relationships with key media owners.
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

In 12 months:

Begin to consult with clients on their business and how MediaCom 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 the team in a strategic way
Lead planning response from insight and strategy through to execution
Provide enough and timely feedback/appraisal to direct reports in a thorough and professional manner

What your day job looks like:

Managing and being responsive to client requests appropriately delegating tasks to individual team members.
Guide team members to develop strategic thinking and media planning skills
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
Attending conferences/seminars to keep up to date with trends insights and clients business categories.
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

What youll bring:

This is a leadership role requiring proactivity and a determination to create change.
You are expected to have experience in digital strategy communications planning digital consultancy and 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 team player
Ability to navigate difficult client situations/manage expectations in a diplomatic way
Enterprising ability to identify and drive revenue opportunities

Minimum qualifications:

10-12 yearsof media agency/marketing/brand management experience
Strong understanding ofDigital mediaDigital PlanningPerformance marketing
Leadership skills/potential
Excellent communication presentation and negotiation skills
Strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative)
Passion for learning and openness to new challenges

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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About WPP MediaWPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people planet clients and communities. For more information visit .WPP Media is WPPs global media a world where media is everywhere and in everything we bring the best platform ...