Associate Director, Media Planning, UK

The role

You will lead media planning for clients, including weekly client meetings and presentations, and oversee the quality of deliverables from junior team members. You will manage a team of 1 to 3 direct reports and be responsible for campaign performance.

What you will do

• Be the point of contact for planning across junior and mid level clients and lead weekly client meetings and presentations.
• Oversee and quality assure all deliverables produced by junior team members.
• Ensure high quality strategic presentations, actionable weekly reporting, post campaign analysis and clear briefs to Activation.
• Deliver clear rationale for media investment recommendations and evidence campaign performance versus expected outcomes.
• Work with Activation and Analytics to design the test and learn framework for assigned campaigns.
• Take responsibility for the performance of assigned media budgets against intended outcomes.
• Be a point of escalation for team issues.
• Motivate a team, lead by example and coach juniors with timely, actionable feedback.
• Calculate the workload implication of new campaigns and feed into resource management.
• Monitor and support client satisfaction across client teams.

Required qualifications

• Experience in a digital media agency.
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently when needed.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to analyze raw data and develop actionable recommendations.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and influence clients, partners and colleagues.
• Strong spreadsheet capability, including formulas.
• Right to work in the UK.

Nice to have

• Ability to use AI to build scripts.

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 for learning and growth.
• Employee resource groups and in-office events.

Before you apply

• Must have the right to work in the UK.

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. It is part of WPP, a growth partner for leading brands.