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About the Role

The B2B team at Wavemaker are looking for a Planning Executive to support the planning team and provide a strong start to a career in the media industry. This role focuses on developing media planning knowledge, managing campaigns, and effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop a baseline of media planning knowledge across channels.
• Learn about DE+I planning and carbon conscious media.
• Learn and use media systems and tools including, but limited to, TGI, Pathmatics, Wavemaker Architect, AdIntel, etc.
• Run and analyze reports including competitive and audience insights.
• Build knowledge by staying on top of the latest trends and news impacting the media industry.
• Learn the fundamentals of effective campaign management including updating schematics and providing media plans to clients.
• Assist with financial processes e.g. PO trackers, bookings, reconciliations, queries.
• Work closely with activation teams to deliver responses and tactical plans.
• Update internal and external status reports.
• Coordinate regular meetings with the client and creative agency and collation of documents for those meetings.
• Work with your line manager to align objectives and goals with the role and agency vision.

Requirements

• Have a basic understanding and competence in MS Office – PowerPoint and Excel in particular.
• Develop an awareness and curiosity about the media and marketing industry including trends, challenges, or concepts.
• Research wider industry and show ability to summarize information into findings to be shared.
• Develop a broad understanding of industry tools, technology, techniques, and systems as well as their application.
• Can run simple tasks independently and either present to clients directly or package for the wider team.
• Asks questions and performs routine or basic analysis to define problems.
• Generates solutions in own area of work and suggests additional sources of information to further investigate problems.
• Seeks a variety of perspectives and inputs and probes for more information to fully understand the problem and wider impact.
• Provides communication support for troubleshooting issues internally and externally with third parties.
• Has a good understanding of how the agency operates and works with its clients.
• Knows about the client’s business and who the key decision makers are.
• Has good understanding of agency and client and their business goals and challenges.
• Builds a working knowledge of market trends affecting the client (and agency).
• Responds to stakeholder requests in an accurate, timely, and professional manner.
• Seeks relevant information to ensure own understanding of complex information.
• Assists team members in the creation of routine communication materials.
• Provides accurate information and learns how to simplify complex information.
• Adapts communication style and method to the audience.
• Applies subject matter knowledge to answer technical questions clearly and concisely and limits jargon.
• Learns and demonstrates a concern for accuracy and thoroughness, so that sufficiently detailed information is logged correctly.
• Manages the implementation of campaigns, including compliant approvals and finance.
• Delivers accurate reports with basic insights.
• Assesses the relative importance of tasks and activities assigned.
• Applies judgment to make trade-offs on time when faced with competing demands.
• Demonstrates ability to manage several tasks and meet deliverables with minimal error.
• Requires individuals to have the right to work in the UK.

Skills

• MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)
• TGI
• Pathmatics
• Wavemaker Architect
• AdIntel
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Campaign Management

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry Level

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days

About the Company

• WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, helping 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 personalization at scale.
• Clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working through WPP Open and Open Intelligence.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.