Implementation & Activation Director

WPP Media; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Media in Australia seeks an Implementation & Activation Director to lead operational excellence across campaigns, ensuring best-in-class execution, optimization, and reporting. You will partner with your Head Of and Client Partner to deliver strategic media solutions, guide teams, and drive growth through innovative activation plans and KPI-driven performance.

This role requires senior client leadership and deep digital media expertise, with mentoring of high-performing teams.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in direct and biddable digital media.
• Strong capabilities in audience profiling and media usage insights.
• Proficiency in defining measurement metrics and KPIs for digital campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, activation, optimisation and reporting of integrated media campaigns.
• Serve as a senior client contact, providing strategic media expertise and market insights.
• Develop innovative activation plans and negotiation strategies aligned to client objectives.
• Drive campaign performance, ensuring delivery against KPIs and business goals.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media owners, technology partners and clients.
• Identify growth opportunities, product innovations and process improvements.
• Support the adoption of new tools, technology, automation and best-practice ways of working.
• Contribute to new business pitches, agency marketing initiatives and thought leadership.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams through mentoring, performance management and career development

Skills

Direct & biddable media

Audience profiling

Campaign measurement

KPIs & reporting

Strategic media planning

Job description

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 ourpioneeringagentic 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.

Role Summary And Impact

The Implementation & Activation Director is a leadership role, overseeing operational excellence and responsible for all day to day output that delivers effective campaigns, ensuring best in class consistent implementation, optimisation, and reporting. Working very closely with your Head Of and Client Partner, you will produce best in class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets. The role involves the application and oversight of specialist technical skills, leadership, and strategic vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, activation, optimisation and reporting of integrated media campaigns.
• Serve as a senior client contact, providing strategic media expertise and market insights.
• Develop innovative activation plans and negotiation strategies aligned to client objectives.
• Drive campaign performance, ensuring delivery against KPIs and business goals.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media owners, technology partners and clients.
• Identify growth opportunities, product innovations and process improvements.
• Support the adoption of new tools, technology, automation and best-practice ways of working.
• Contribute to new business pitches, agency marketing initiatives and industry thought leadership.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams through mentoring, performance management and career development

Skills And Experience

• Deep expertise in both direct and biddable digital media, with a strong comprehension of its role within the broader marketing/media mix.
• Strong capabilities in audience profiling and insights into media usage behavior.
• Expertise in the strategic role of device, platform, and format in digital media.
• Adept at leveraging 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data for audience targeting, including setting up and managing test campaigns in collaboration with our Transformation team.
• Proficiency in defining measurement metrics and setting effective KPIs for digital campaigns.
• Strategic understanding of when to apply Direct vs. Biddable buying models for optimal campaign performance.
• Ability to establish and measure test hypotheses, fostering a strategic test-and-learn framework.

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.

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. 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. Please read our Privacy Notice for more information on how we process the information you provide.