Associate Director, Publishing, UK

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3089 - Associate Director, Publishing, UK

As Associate Director you are accountable for the delivery of PRFs across your accounts, and value delivery is managed with control and accuracy. All financial and admin processes are tracked and managed. 

You have built client relationships and are the trusted senior day to day contact for your clients. 

At the centre of your role is your team. Your responsibility doesn’t just sit with managing the quality and scope of their work but extends to their progression and wellbeing. You should fully understand their motivations and how to aid their development.  

Some of the best things about this role 

• Accountability of PRF delivery.
• Team management.
• Develop strategic thinking.

Skills and Experience

Campaign Management

• Independently manage the assigned teams and implement media campaigns.
• Previous experience across print.
• Applies best practice to campaign management and acts as the escalation point for issues.
• Manages and takes ownership of campaigns from start to completion.
• Delivers accurate planning and reporting in line with strategic and commercial objectives. With value-add insights for the role of the medium as part of the overall campaign and smart use of campaign planning or market opportunities.
• Helps to drive new routes to optimum planning outputs and supports operational and planning strategies which support best in class delivery.

Media Investment Planning

• Develops media plans with wider Commerce, Client, and Investment teams to meet the client’s business and brand objectives.
• Ensures that media plans are mirroring WM commercial deliverables.

Demonstrating Value

• Provides guidance to others on specific strategies to identify client needs and expectations and address them effectively.
• Interprets planning data relative to the performance of products, services and solutions against client needs to ensure the customer recognizes and receives value, setting the right KPI's and metrics.
• Ensures that the product, innovation, service, and solutions are utilised that differentiate WPP Solutions from its competitors and demonstrate the value proposition of a continued partnership.

Multitasking

• Oversees team members to discuss current projects, workload and activities; prioritizes resources accordingly.
• Improves workload management by supporting others in setting priorities and by postponing less relevant work.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure that the team are implementing best operational practice.
• Actively seeks opportunities to improve team output and to overcome barriers and ensures roll out.
• Checks that best practice is in place and any supporting training is taken.

• Flags any barriers to success to line manager.

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.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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