Associate Director- 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.
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Role Summary and Impact
This role is within Openmind, a leading brand within WPP Media, where you will be instrumental in day to day operations and coordination and communication with key clients and stakeholders to achieve operational goals.
BEST THINGS ABOUT THE JOB
• Exposure and immersion into the agency’s best-in-class planning framework
• Opportunity to handle the country’s top companies/brands and work with a variety of people both from local/regional/global teams, clients and agency partners.
• Become part of an organization that promotes excellence through mentoring and talent development programs while maintaining an environment of fun and camaraderie
Measures of success
In three months:
• Understood the client business and the category they play in, and key drivers of growth
• Built a collaborative relationship with your clients, acting as the lead contact across your brands
• Embedded yourself into the internal team and understood the different specialist teams you work with
• Understood the key tools and processes critical to the everyday running of the account
In six months:
• Led your own planning response from insight and strategy through to execution
• Project managed cross-media, category and industry leading campaigns
In 12 months:
• Worked closely with agency’s other specialist teams on at least one project
• Coached junior members of the team to achieve their goals
• Delivered a positive client performance rating on your brands and helped deliver a positive over-all score for the team
Responsibilities of the role:
• Lead the over-all strategic communication planning process that will address client’s business needs.
• Supervise team’s over-all output to ensure quality, accuracy and timeliness of deliverables
• Manage day-to-day client requirements through mentoring junior members of the team
• Appropriately delegate tasks to individual members of the team, ensuring that they are given adequate time, resources and training to perform the tasks.
• Conduct annual and interim appraisal of the team members in a thorough and professional manner.
• Build and maintain a productive relationship with client and team members
• Work with the client arrive at the best processes/ system for managing their business
• Work with other teams/departments to promote clients’ interest with strategically important media owners
• Take part in business development opportunities and provide insightful and comprehensive communications solutions for the agency and its clients.
Skills and Experience
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, Business or Research – related course
Work Experience
5-10 years media/ comms planning experience
Required Competencies: (Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude)
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and number skills
• Good understanding of media channels, both digital and traditional
• Passion for learning and openness to new challenges
• Must come with digital planning understanding
Life at WPP Media & Benefits