About the Role
Step into a pivotal leadership role and orchestrate the future of media connections, turning powerful insights into extraordinary campaigns for the world's leading brands. Join a Team Shaping the Future of World-Class Marketing.
Responsibilities
- Translate brilliant strategy into market-leading, actionable media plans, bridging the gap between big-picture thinking and flawless execution for iconic brands.
- Lead integrated campaigns by collaborating with creative, digital, PR, and other agency partners to deliver seamless and holistic solutions across every consumer touchpoint.
- Evolve and improve the agency's planning product, weaving in the latest marketing science, data, and technology to create future-fit campaigns that deliver measurable results.
- Guide and develop a team of bright planners, fostering a cohesive, supportive, and high-achieving team culture where everyone can thrive.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior marketing clients, acting as their go-to expert for navigating the media landscape and delivering innovative solutions to their biggest challenges.
Requirements
- Multiple proven years of deep experience in the media planning craft, with an expert ability to use data, tools, and theory to create compelling recommendations.
- Proven track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder media campaigns and understanding how to make brand and performance channels work together effectively.
- Well-versed in applying data, eCommerce strategies, and marketing science to solve client problems and create disruptive, innovative solutions.
- Excels at leading client communications, managing key stakeholders, and motivating your team to achieve their individual and collective goals.
- Possesses a deep knowledge of the media landscape and is always looking for new ways to connect data and technology into the planning process for your clients.
Skills
- Connections Planning
- Media Planning
- Data Analysis
- Marketing Science
- Client Relationship Management
- Team Leadership
- Integrated Campaign Management
- Data-Driven Storytelling
- Collaboration
- Innovation
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary package
Benefits
- 20 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 25 days
- Option to purchase extra leave of up to 4 weeks per year
- Flexible working environment
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible public holidays
- Birthday leave
- Early finishes during the summer months
- Investment in career growth and development
- Supportive and inclusive workplace culture
- Mental wellness support via Employee Assistance Program
About the Company
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
- WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale.
- Open Era is a world-class partnership between WPP Media and Suncorp, one of Australia’s largest and most iconic insurance groups.
- WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to 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 are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying.
- Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions, we encourage all applicants.
