Implementation & Activation Director

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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About EssenceMediacom

A Leading WPP Media Brand EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the worlds best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy built on data & technology built for people & algorithms built around diverse schools of thought built to test & learn at scale and crucially built to evolve.

Role Summary and Impact

The role of the Implementation & Activation Director within EssenceMediacom is to deliver the highest excellence in Implementation Planning and Buying spanning Social Search Programmatic and E-Comm powered by data technology and automation ensuring client campaigns are executed and amplified in an effective efficient and future facing way.

Clients

• Cultivate strong trusted relationships with clients at an intermediate to senior level
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of client challenges objectives & initiatives and be able to clearly articulate these to your team and your media partners.
• Robust understanding of the in-scope services of your clients and the process for completing work above and beyond
• Proactively recommend tactics and opportunities that resolve client challenges and objectives.

Product

• When required a strict adherence to activation commitments that have client contract association.
• Able to construct and present effective and future facing Implementation plans that are grounded in strategic priorities and data-led optimisation recommendations.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the media landscape able to confidently articulate and train others on core media principles and the how each media touchpoint can fuel growth for clients.
• Collaborate closely with internal product teams including GroupM proprietary product and service teams to ensure you can clearly articulate the benefits of their inclusion with a focus on identifying growth opportunities that can transform outcomes.
• Seek to find communicate and implement improvements in all aspects of the role.
• A pivotal role for client media audits media negotiations and billings forecasting working hand in hand with your key stakeholders to deliver client KPIs.

People

• Motivate and empower direct reports to achieve individual team and organisational goals.
• Conduct fortnightly 1:1 check-ins annual Career Conversations and Annual Performance Reviews with direct reports.
• Continuously champion company values to build strong and trusted connections solution-oriented perspectives and demonstrate that you genuinely care for collective team success.

Skills and Experience

• Experience within the performance channels
• Stakeholder management experience
• You feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work and contribute to great teamwork knowing your individual ideas and thoughts will be welcome.
• Passion for our industry with robust craft and leadership experience.
• Strong up to date media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macro consumer trends and the challenges and opportunities they bring).
• Problem solving mentality.
• Clear communicator with strong presentation skills.
• Highly collaborative with the ability to bring together the right people at the right time
• Results driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate whats working and why.

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.

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.

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