Associate Director, Planning

About WPP Media

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Skills and Experience

• Maintain day-to-day client contact and agency contact regarding their area of responsibility.
• Oversees the development of objectives and strategies, as well as the development of plans and presentations.
• Supervises the group in the interpretation of competitive and other research data.
• Trains and evaluates Supervisors, Managers and Associates on the team.
• Act as the liaison between internal teams as well as various partner vendors to ensure media performance.
• Maintain a deep understanding of business, target audiences and wider communications environment.
• Listens, identifies, and articulates compelling drivers, barriers and channel relationship insights.
• Understand, embrace, and integrate client and creative agency research into plans.
• Packaging strategic frameworks, contextual frameworks and engagement ideas for clarity and client presentation.
• Aid in crafting compelling selling strategies.

Brief Overview

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications; OR equivalent professional work experience.
• 5-8 years of account planning or related media/communications planning experience, with a focus on team leadership and management.
• Experience and comfort facilitating ideation sessions.
• Excellent strategic thinking.
• Good client relationship skills, including experience interacting and presenting to senior-level clients.
• Experience working in and across multiple communications disciplines, including digital.
• Fully conversant with all major desktop research tools and qualitative research techniques.
• Excellent quantitative skills, including analytical abilities and math proficiency.
• Ability to work within and effectively manage a team, prioritizing and organizing multiple assignments for both self and team direct reports, where applicable.
• Demonstrate genuine curiosity and interest in our clients and their business.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance.
• Significant paid time off.
• Preferential partner discounts.
• Employee mental health awareness days.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Application Information

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