Wppmedia

Group Head Media Consulting (Mensch)

Dusseldorf, Germany. Posted 22 days ago

The role

As Group Head Media Consulting (Mensch), you lead media strategy at the point where media planning meets client service. You manage complex media strategies and are responsible for the budgets of major clients.

What you will do

  • Develop and steer tailored, data-driven media strategies
  • Lead and build lasting relationships with clients as the central contact for the agency
  • Lead, coach and motivate your own team of consultants and support their development
  • Identify new digital trends and turn them into innovative communication solutions
  • Keep budgets and campaign KPIs in view, initiate optimisations and take full financial responsibility for the client budget
  • Coordinate internal specialist units and external partners to ensure high-quality, seamless execution of all media activities

Required qualifications

  • Long-standing, relevant experience in strategic media planning and client leadership from an agency environment
  • Strong digital focus and deep understanding of performance and brand-building marketing
  • Leadership skills: empathic, structured and goal-oriented
  • German and English at a negotiation-proof level
  • Ability to present complex matters confidently at management level
  • Proactive, hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset

Nice to have

  • Strong interest in the food industry and a sense for the dynamics and target groups of that market

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and remote work options
  • 30 vacation days plus one flexible day; 24 and 31 December are also off
  • Health services, attractive pension provision and Mental Health Awareness Days
  • Training and internal career programmes within the WPP network
  • Events, employee discounts, Job Ticket, Wellhub and Job Bike

Before you apply

  • The posting encourages applications even if not every listed qualification is met

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 works through the WPP Open platform.

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