Associate Director, Media Planning, Pakistan

The role

You will lead media planning and buying work for clients and help grow the business with them. You will build client relationships, manage budgets and profit on accounts, and coordinate teams across the network.

What you will do

• Find opportunities to improve clients' media investments
• Build senior client relationships and act as a principal business partner
• Design and deliver the strategic approach on accounts
• Manage the P&L and deliver the agreed budget on accounts
• Negotiate scope of work and fees with clients
• Set KPIs and manage the quality of output
• Coordinate resources across the global network to meet deadlines
• Lead relationships with media, creative and other marketing partners
• Sell solutions and team expertise to clients
• Keep the GM/MD informed of issues affecting performance and profitability

Required qualifications

• 6-8 years' experience in planning or buying and leading teams in the relevant field
• Experience driving revenue growth with emerging opportunities and established partnerships
• Master's degree in marketing or media sciences, or equivalent from a reputable business school
• Strong organizational and numeracy skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Skilled storyteller who can communicate the benefit of marketing opportunities to brands
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to meet multiple demands within challenging deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communicating effectively at all levels

Benefits

• Competitive medical, vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Employee wellbeing facilities
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Access to the global WPP Media and WPP networks for growth and learning
• Employee resource groups and in-office events

Before you apply

• Interview-selected candidates will be contacted; other applicants will not hear back

About the company

WPP Media is the world's largest media investment company, with an AI-driven media operating unit combining media, data and partnerships. WPP Media Pakistan is described as the leading global media investment management operation in Pakistan.