Senior Associate Director - Planning
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Senior Associate Director – Planning, Bayer & Akzo UK
About WPP Media
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About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand
EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.
Role Summary and Impact
EssenceMediacom is looking for a Senior Associate Planning Director to join the UK Bayer and Akzo media planning team, working on some of the world’s most recognisable consumer goods and pharmaceutical brands such as Dulux for Akzo, and Berocca, Clarityn, Canesten and Rennie for Bayer.
Both Bayer and Akzo have longstanding relationships with EssenceMediacom (10 years +) so you’ll be joining accounts based on excellent client relationships. Bayer is a digital-first, dynamic and diverse account and Akzo is high profile in their partnerships and brand advertising. This role is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic, quick thinking and creative media planner to develop work across all media channels both offline and online.
Across both, you will deliver best-in-class media strategy, creative thinking, and implementation within the UK across a global client who leans into 1AV and the agency in their integration of Essence’s media buying capabilities.
Skills and Experience
- 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.
- Solid multimedia planning experience
- Experience managing senior clients and stakeholders
- Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and agency partners
- A thirst for learning about technology, trends, media, people, brands and the industry
- An ambition and tenacity to make the ordinary extraordinary
- An ability to spot the real issue behind the brief – knowing how to challenge the client to understand what they really need
- Data-literacy – aware of the available resources and how to turn data into insights that shape clear strategic opportunities
- Attention to detail
- To have an opinion and be able to voice it in a clear and positive light
- Good storytelling skills – to give our ideas and thinking the best chance of coming to fruition
- Team management skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and manage workload
- Calm under pressure
Life at WPP Media & Benefits
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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