Strategy Partner, Media Strategy

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPPs AI-driven media operating unit bringing together media data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence clients see exactly where how and why their media investment is working.

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1365 - Strategy Partner Media Strategy

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

About Wavemaker: A LeadingWPP MediaBrand

Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media content and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster together.

About the role:

Are you curious about human behavior and always looking for inspiration for a collection of sources beyond the norm Do you wish to challenge the status quo and bring strategies to life in exceptional ways WPP Media is looking for a curious and provocative strategy partner to join our department. WPP Media are experiencing exceptional growth offering interesting brand challenges for strategists to take on and bring our ethos of Positive Provocation to all the unrivalled work that passes through our doors.

In this role you will drive strategic thinking across:

Client Work: Build relationships with senior client and partner agency stakeholders to be their confidante and drive brand growth outside of just briefs. Be quality control check for all presentations and workshops with client.
Pitches: Own the narrative for the entire pitch story (including written response and any chemistries) ensuring the strategy lives and breathes in all elements of the pitch in addition to owning and developing the comms strategy for the pitch brief building a robust understanding of the audience working with audience science to build any bespoke research (i.e. focus groups of otherwise) and ensuring the strategy comes through in activation and any big ideas.
Thought leadership: Write regular thought leadership pieces that feature in top industry titles and contribute to agency thought leadership projects like Growth Trends and Positive Provocation. Speak on industry panels network within the industry to have a finger on the pulse on the latest thinking
Agency: Cement WPP Medias Positive Provocation and further develop it as the agency evolves. Drive the strategic direction of initiatives to that make a positive impact on the work across the agency: i.e. training inclusive planning sustainable planning. As well as coach and mentor junior agency members who have a strategic nous. Make the work better though optimising ways we respond to briefs the way we plan the way we brainstorm ideas etc.
Awards: Have oversight of the awards on your client patches rewrite entries and ensure they are the strongest they can be.
Team: Lead debates inspiration sessions and constantly share news research tools and inspiration stimuli with the team. Be engaged and involved in team meetings and initiatives including participating in brainstorms and inspiration outings. Lean in and help on accounts needing resource during team absences or during client clashes.

Core skills:

Storytelling & Persuasion - The ability to develop a compelling narrative and use multiple storytelling techniques to sell in a strategy idea media argument etc whether from scratch or taking the existing components from teams and building a compelling and exciting red thread end to end.
Marketing & Media Industry Theory and Thinking - The Science: having knowledge and understanding of the core Media and broader Marketing principles as well as the key literature and thinking that guides the best practices in Media and Comms.
Creativity - The Art: The ability to weave creativity into every aspect - whether its thinking differently about a problem bringing new combinations of data insight or even media formats together and pushing the boundaries of the thinking and the ideas to take brands to a new place.
Critical Thinking: The objective analysis and evaluation of a business media or human challenge in order to identify insights and form a point of view.

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 toparticular 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 whenweretogether fostering a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. If yourequireaccommodations or flexibility please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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About WPP MediaWPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transfor...