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Account Director - Digital

£22.1 - £26.1 per hourEstimated

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.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com .

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About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

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. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand

EssenceMediacom:

EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.

Role Summary and Impact

We are looking for a Digital Planning specialist responsible for the digital planning and buying output, delivering best-in-class digital acceleration and ‘bigger picture’ digital leadership for clients, rapidly expanding their digital ambitions.

You will be combining your knowledge of digital media and exceptional implementational planning ability with client servicing skills and leadership of best practise ways of working to deliver and manage campaigns and motivate and grow the individuals in the Digital and Publishing planning team.

The candidate should already have an excellent knowledge of the UK digital landscape and have experience in planning / buying digital media across both DR and Brand.

As a Digital Account Director, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of the team’s output (campaign management, optimisation, reporting, brief responses, and testing frameworks etc.), for leading platform adoption & upskilling within the team across digital channels.

Skills and Experience

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

  • Be  Extraordinary by  Leading Collectively to  Inspire transformational Creativity.
  • Create an  Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by  Cultivating Trust .
  • Lead  Optimistically by  Championing Growth and Development to  Mobilize the Enterprise .

About You:

  • Comprehensive experience working in digital at a media agency/media owner/client side.
  • Advanced understanding of digital principles (both DR & performance), paid social, partnerships, paid search, data and analytics.
  • Strong knowledge of the evolving programmatic landscape as it relates to various channels including display, video.
  • Strong knowledge of multiple technology platforms: DSPs/Social Ads Managers, verification tools, viewability, analytics, attribution modelling and adserving.
  • Experience working with ad tech solutions to drive audience segmentation and reporting. Complete understanding of the full CRM process and how 1st party data is collected and used to fuel campaigns.
  • Experience of in-app advertising as well as planning campaigns to promote apps.
  • Ability to tell compelling implementation stories (with the aim to interweave roles, flighting, weights, formats of different media and how they interrelate).
  • Proven offline understanding, training, and ability to build cross channel strategies.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills.
  • Experience of managing and mentoring a team.
  • A positive approach that motivates the team around you.
  • Independent worker who can own and manage relationships confidently.
  • Drive to execute new ideas and be at the forefront of new industry developments.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

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.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. 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.

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