Senior Associate, Media Buying, Egypt

The role

The Senior Trading Executive supports the Trading manager in the day-to-day management of media activities. This includes building media plans based on client briefs and managing vendor relationships to keep campaigns running to client deliverables.

What you will do

• Liaise and collaborate with internal teams to meet client deliverables on time and flag shortfalls to the line manager
• Help develop creative media solutions based on consumer and business information
• Support the line manager in preparing media plans and managing final budget allocation
• Attend and document meetings and build relationships with WPP Media agencies
• Maintain accurate records and submit regular monthly reports
• Monitor operations output to ensure accuracy of booking orders
• Manage day-to-day relationships with media vendors to keep campaigns on track
• Suggest and implement improvements to internal procedures and controls
• Keep up with media offerings, supplier relationships and industry trends

Required qualifications

• 2-3 years' experience in a media planning role
• Strong digital and performance marketing knowledge
• Strong acumen for planning and buying media tools
• Good communication skills and a basic understanding of media planning
• Attention to detail and a natural tendency towards accuracy
• Ability to apply rationale and logic when constructing media plans
• Sufficient digital capabilities, including platform knowledge, audience building, bidding strategies and campaign formats across the funnel

Nice to have

• Good industry knowledge across traditional and digital channels
• Advanced Excel skills

Benefits

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

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 an equal opportunity employer.