Associate Director, Client Services, India

The role

This Associate Director will lead digital media strategies and oversee high-level client engagements. The role drives strategic initiatives, mentors teams, and keeps collaboration smooth across Strategic Units.

What you will do

• Build relationships with clients, internal stakeholders and partners.
• Understand clients' business and challenges and apply that to campaign strategy and recommendations.
• Lead long-term and short-term media planning for clients.
• Make and present annual and quarterly media strategies and plans.
• Respond to client requirements and briefs and proactively drive business initiatives.
• Challenge briefs and evolve strategies to hit client KPIs.
• Bring new and emerging media and technology ideas to create innovative client solutions.
• Ensure holistic channel planning with outcomes that can be clearly measured.

Required qualifications

• At least 6 years' experience in media strategy, planning, execution or account planning.
• Experience across the media ecosystem, including offline marketing knowledge.
• Working knowledge of TGI, BARC, MAP and IRS tools.
• Data analytics skills, communication skills, logical reasoning and attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of digital marketing.
• Knowledge of digital tools such as COMSCORE, Similarweb and Google Trends.

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

Before you apply

• Applicants may ask the hiring team about accommodations or flexibility during the interview process.

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. It is an equal opportunity employer.