Associate Client Investment Lead

The role

You will lead day-to-day client work on digital media partnerships for beauty and lifestyle brands. You will manage client communications, vendor negotiations, and guide junior teammates through campaign execution.

What you will do

• Turn client marketing objectives into partnership concepts across digital, social, experiential, video, audio, and live events
• Bring trend-forward ideas to clients in fashion, lifestyle, beauty, and pop culture
• Refine vendor proposals to match brand identity before client presentation
• Manage end-to-end campaign investment and RFP management
• Oversee campaign data quality and evaluate post-campaign performance with analytics teams
• Act as the primary client contact for partner investment issues
• Lead client calls and presentations, and write client points of view
• Direct and mentor a junior team of 1.5 associates, including daily standups and workload balance

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, or communications, or equivalent professional work experience
• Minimum 5+ years of progressive media agency experience in digital media investment, custom partnerships, or cross-platform marketing
• Deep expertise across digital video, OTT/CTV streaming, social platforms, podcasts, and custom digital integrations
• Hands-on proficiency with Prisma for media plan execution and investment management
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting to senior client stakeholders
• Passion for beauty, lifestyle trends, pop culture, and sports entertainment
• Strong comfort with post-campaign data synthesis, performance reporting, and data quality assurance

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Employee resource groups
• Access to the global WPP Media and WPP networks

Before you apply

• Benefits may vary by office or country

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships. This role sits within WPP Unite, a specialized unit delivering integrated marketing solutions for strategic clients.