Manager, Media Planning

**About WPP Media**

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit <wppmedia.com>.

**About WPP Media**

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit <wpp.com>.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit <wppmedia.com>.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be **Extraordinary** by *Leading Collectively* to *Inspire transformational Creativity.*
• Create an **Open** environment by*Balancing People and Client Experiences* by *Cultivating Trust*.
• Lead **Optimistically** by *Championing Growth* *and Development* to *Mobilize the Enterprise*.

We are part of GroupM, WPP's global media investment management company.

**About the Role:**

The Manager, Media Planning role is responsible for all aspects of media planning for all media and is the main day-to-day client contact. Working with cross-functional teams to access all EssenceMediacom and WPP Media services, this role will ensure the strategic delivery of client goals and business objectives. This role will provide leadership and maintain a broad level of involvement in all accounts in the group, encouraging the highest quality media product and client satisfaction. This role will also play an active role in coaching, training, and mentoring juniors on the team.

**Your Impact:**

• Responsible for day to day client engagement, and account management
• Partner with Senior staff to develop and implement full cycle media plans
• Develop and maintain client and agency partner relationships
• Supervise and coach junior staff on the day to day running of the account, ensuring that tasks are completed on time, project status is monitored and client requests are handled in a timely manner
• Ensure financial reporting and budget controls/forecasts are issued accurately and on time.
• Responsible for the development of client specific media plans across all channels
• Participate in client plan presentations
• Responsible to client for carrying out requests and projects for the group
• Develops media plans and presentations in conjunction with more senior staff
• Works with all internal resources including Investment Team, Finance and Strategy in carrying out the development of their plans and client service requirements
• Complete plans and projects on behalf of clients; with assistance of juniors
• Develop buy brief content and conduct buy brief meetings with internal groups
• Monitor status and manage project to ensure on time completion
• Assist with and oversee all media administrative duties including campaign set-up and maintenance, and issue accurate client financial reports i.e. BCRs, with a high degree of accuracy

**Your Skills & Behaviour:**

• Experience with full cycle development and planning – high proficiency implementing media plans, with thorough understanding of the media process, using cross-functional teams
• Solid understanding of online and offline planning
• Full familiarity with research tools and planning software programs needed to complete planning tasks at all levels
• Be conversant with interpretation of client briefs and writing strategic plans, establish strategies to meet objectives
• Resourcefulness, able to tap into company resources across cross functional groups and demonstrate best use of resources
• Able to convincingly and methodically build solutions to client’s problems.
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Strong analytical skills