Responsibilities

• Own planning presentations including defining inputs and coordinating with wider teams to meet deadlines.
• Lead brainstorm and idea creation for campaigns.
• Develop an advanced understanding of media channels, channel ecosystems and planning best practices.
• Start to translate strategic approach into planning practices for specific client briefs and pitches.
• Have an advanced understanding of Wavemakers’s Purchase Journey thinking and planning philosophy across all client work.
• Have an expert overview of the media market landscape, trends and start to build media owner relationships.
• Oversee campaign management, ensuring quality control and output is of the highest standard.
• Build and maintain client and agency relationships at a mid-senior level to understand stakeholders and client business.
• Lead problem solving by integrating data and insights to find evidence-based solutions.
• Develop a skilled understanding of commercial practices and the wider agency.

Requirements

• Practice Area Knowledge - Skilled - Develops breadth and depth of industry understanding and trains others.
• Comfortable presenting from platforms and building a story from data outside platforms (Telmar, etc.).
• Can confidently answer client questions and liaise with internal teams on best solutions.
• Problem Solving – Skilled - Uses critical questioning and maintains a broad perspective to resolve issues quickly.
• Stakeholder Relationships – Skilled - Expert knowledge of client and agency structures and key decision makers.
• Effective Communication - Advanced - Delivers clear, influential communications to senior stakeholders.
• Campaign Management – Advanced - Reviews work, provides coaching, and drives in-flight optimizations.
• Compelling Storytelling – Skilled - Designs differentiated communications for various audiences.
• Ideas Creation – Advanced - Leads new projects and coaches others to gain new insights.
• Comms Planning – Skilled - Translates learnings into multi-media plans with clear measurement.
• Data-driven storytelling and purchase journey thinking skills to inform media plans.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
• Be Extraordinary and Lead Optimistically culture benefits (as described) in the Life at WPP Media & Benefits section.