Associate Director, Planning

The role

You will act as a Category Associate Director in media planning on the UK ZEUR team. You will link Category strategy to local media plans, guide media investment across markets and brands, and manage a Manager and a Senior Associate.

What you will do

• Develop strong relationships with the UK Nestle Category team
• Provide Comms Planning skills and strategic guidance
• Integrate Category strategy into local media plans
• Strategize media investment allocation across markets and brands
• Increase Category visibility into planning, performance and competition
• Ensure cross-market consistency
• Manage and lead a Manager and a Senior Associate

Required qualifications

• Solid multimedia planning experience
• Experience managing senior clients and stakeholders
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and agency partners
• Data-literacy: turn data into insights that shape strategic opportunities
• Attention to detail
• Good storytelling skills
• Team management skills, including clear communication and workload management
• Calm under pressure

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Access to WPP Media and WPP networks for learning and professional connections

Before you apply

• Accommodations or flexibility can be discussed with the hiring team during the interview process

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. This role is part of Openmind, an integrated agency model within WPP created to accelerate the European transformation of Nestlé's media function.