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About the Role
As an Associate Director, you will be critical to delivering client ambition, working closely with the Senior Associate Director. You will be a key interface for clients, leading planning projects from start to finish and bringing together specialists to deliver exceptional work. You will oversee the day-to-day running of the account, ensuring accuracy and best practice in campaign management. You will establish yourself as the first point of contact for clients and build strong relationships, becoming a trusted strategic partner with a deep understanding of their business and how communications can drive growth.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the account
- Ensure flow and accuracy of work
- Ensure campaign management process follows best practice
- Act as the conduit who brings together our specialists to deliver exceptional work
- Lead planning projects from start to finish
- Establish yourself as the first port of call for clients
- Build a strong relationship with your clients
- Become a trusted strategic partner
- Show a deep understanding of your clients’ business and how communications can drive growth
Requirements
- Strong management and client relationship skills
- People management skills to support AD in the management and development of Planners and Execs
- Solution focused mindset
- Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a team player mentality
- Self-motivated; an ambition to make the ordinary extraordinary
- A thirst to learn – be that the client’s business, people, brands, industry, trends etc
- An ability to prioritise and delegate, as well as manage both up and down
- Empathetic and self-aware
- Motivated to drive business results for both client & EssenceMediacom
- Positive, proactive approach to problem solving
- Calm under pressure
- Accurate verbal and written feedback and instructions
Skills
- Management
- Client relationship management
- People management
- Solution focused
- Enthusiasm
- Curiosity
- Team player
- Self-motivated
- Prioritization
- Delegation
- Management up and down
- Empathy
- Self-awareness
- Business results motivation
- Problem solving
- Calm under pressure
- Accurate verbal feedback
- Accurate written feedback
- Accurate verbal instructions
- Accurate written instructions
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Associate Director
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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to characteristics.
- We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.
- 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.