Associate Vice President, Client Services, India

The role

This role leads a team and drives partnerships across cultural content such as cricket, entertainment, music and sub-culture. The work links cultural insights to content opportunities and solutions, and answers both why and how.

What you will do

• Drive thought leadership on the Partnerships vertical
• Link cultural insights to content opportunities and solutions
• Evaluate brand audience, objective and insights with strong logical thinking
• Drive strategic partnerships and alliances with strong storytelling and brand solutions
• Engage senior client stakeholders and deliver strategic roadmaps
• Build internal and external partner and client relationships
• Develop structured approaches for evaluating content and brand-led partnerships across TV, Digital, OTT and Brand Activations
• Develop and implement monitoring and measurement frameworks for content campaigns
• Provide guidance and mentorship to a team of content strategists
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate content strategy into broader marketing initiatives

Required qualifications

• 10-12+ years of experience in content solutions, brand partnerships, or integrated marketing and team management
• Hands-on experience executing large-scale content or media partnerships across TV, Digital, OTT, Cinema and Brand Activations
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and storytelling skills
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, think strategically and execute with precision
• Strong understanding of platforms and proposing relevant partnerships
• Comfortable using AI tools to improve efficiency and augment proposals
• Strong understanding of brand architecture, consumers and categories

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 global networks and learning
• Employee resource groups and in-office events

Before you apply

• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's global media collective and AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. It is part of WPP, the creative transformation company.