Planning & Coordination Manager - Luxury Client Team - CDI (F/H)

WPP Media; Paris; Hybride; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading media agency in Paris is seeking a Planning & Coordination Manager to oversee media campaigns for a major luxury client across Europe. The ideal candidate will possess 3-5 years of relevant experience in media planning and demonstrate fluency in French and proficiency in English. This pivotal role emphasizes organizational excellence, strong analytical skills, and a passion for luxury brands. The position offers a hybrid work environment and various employee benefits, supporting both personal and professional development.

Prestations

Remote work flexibility

Additional leave days

Support for employees with disabilities

Access to international networks

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in media planning, buying or account management.
• Experience in European markets is highly valued.
• Demonstrated passion for the luxury brand landscape.

Responsabilités

• Lead end-to-end coordination of media campaign delivery across Europe.
• Manage campaign execution and optimize to meet client targets.
• Ensure quality assurance for all campaign delivery.

Connaissances

Fluency in French

Business professional proficiency in English

Strong analytical capabilities

Organizational skills

Proactive & collaborative approach

Passion for media and luxury brands

Outils

Microsoft Excel

Campaign management platforms

Description du poste

Paris, France

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About WPP Media

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

WPP Media is WPP's global media network. In a world where media is omnipresent, we bring together the best platform, the best talent, and the best partners to develop the most innovative solutions, delivering unparalleled growth for our clients. For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It is through this synergy that we deliver truly exceptional experiences, for both our clients and our internal teams. To succeed in this role, it is crucial to embody the core values that unite WPP and WPP Media:

• Be Extraordinary by fostering collective leadership that inspires truly transformative creativity.
• Create an Open environment by finding the perfect balance between the fulfillment of our people and the satisfaction of our clients, all built on mutual trust.
• Lead with Optimism by actively stimulating growth and development to mobilize our entire organization.

Essence Media com represents a new approach to the media agency. Our expertise is based on in-depth data analysis and a keen understanding of consumer behavior, combined with the most advanced technologies.

We are convinced that the strategic alliance between media and creativity can radically transform the performance of the biggest brands. Our role is to support our clients in understanding the complex challenges of contemporary marketing and to identify the levers of innovation that will enable them to create lasting connections with their consumers.

Our organizational structure reflects this modern vision: we combine intelligent data utilization with a human-centered approach, we cultivate diversity of perspectives and expertise, and we favor a continuous, large-scale experimentation and learning approach. Above all, we have integrated adaptability into our DNA to continuously evolve with market transformations.

The Role

We are seeking an accomplished and highly organized Planning & Coordination Manager to join our dedicated team serving a major client in the luxury sector. This pivotal role will be instrumental in ensuring the seamless execution, strategic alignment, and optimized performance of media campaigns across multiple European markets. The successful candidate will act as a central hub for coordination, driving efficiency, maintaining the highest quality standards, and contributing directly to the achievement of client objectives within a high‑stakes, brand‑sensitive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Support: Collaborate closely with the Director to strategically shape and refine client media strategy and service offerings, ensuring full alignment with the agreed scope of work and the unique demands of the luxury market.
• Campaign Orchestration (EUR Markets): Lead the end‑to‑end coordination of media campaign delivery, performance tracking, and comprehensive reporting across all European (EUR) markets, ensuring consistency and brand integrity.
• Performance Management: Proactively manage campaign execution, prioritise team activities, conduct diligent spot checks of reports, and drive continuous optimisation efforts to consistently meet and exceed client volume, efficiency, and brand safety targets.
• Local Team Enablement: Provide expert guidance, support, and resources to local market teams throughout the plan development, implementation, and execution phases of campaigns, fostering best practices.
• Quality Assurance & Accountability: Maintain ultimate accountability for the impeccable quality of campaign delivery, client communications, and all reporting outputs, ensuring they meet the high standards expected by a luxury client.
• Meeting Leadership: Facilitate and lead key internal and external status meetings, ensuring clear assignment of action items, diligent follow‑through, and timely delivery of agreed‑upon outcomes.
• Client Communication: Regularly communicate top‑level campaign performance updates to the client, maintaining transparency, building trust, and fostering strong collaborative relationships.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously monitor established delivery processes and actively identify, propose, and implement innovative opportunities for process refinement, efficiency gains, and performance enhancement.

Experience: A minimum of 3‑5 years of progressive experience in media planning, buying, or account management, gained within either an agency or client‑side environment. Demonstrable international media exposure, particularly within European markets, is highly valued.

French: Fluency (both written and spoken) is an mandatory requirement.

English: Business professional proficiency (both written and spoken) is essential.

Luxury & Media Passion: A demonstrated passion for and deep understanding of the luxury brand landscape, coupled with a keen awareness of global media trends and innovation.

Analytical Acumen: Strong analytical capabilities with a proven ability to interpret complex data sets, identify actionable insights, and drive data‑backed recommendations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.

Organizational Excellence: Exceptional organisational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the proven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment.

Proactive & Collaborative: A proactive, self‑motivated, and collaborative approach to work. Eager to learn, adapt quickly, and contribute positively to a dynamic, multicultural team environment.

Platform Experience: Prior experience utilising global campaign management platforms is a significant plus.

Life at WPP Media and its benefits

Our commitment to shaping the future of media is manifested by active support for the professional development of our talents, helping them reach their full potential. This approach is accompanied by a responsible vision in our media investment strategies, thus reflecting our dual priority: valuing our employees while adopting sustainable practices in our sector. WPP Media employees have privileged access to WPP Media's and WPP's international networks, allowing them to develop their passions, expand their professional network, and stay at the forefront of innovations in marketing and advertising.

We have vast and varied resources available to our employees; our company actively cultivates the inclusion of talents from all backgrounds. The successes and expertise of the teams are regularly highlighted during unifying events that also punctuate key moments of the year, thus strengthening our collaborative and diverse corporate culture.

• Remote work: up to 2 days per week and 2 full weeks to be taken twice a year.
• Two additional days off offered, including Whit Monday.
• Additional leave days based on seniority in 5‑year increments.
• 5 additional remote work days per month for employees suffering from endometriosis.
• Disability policy: 3 paid authorized absences per year, access to Chèques Emploi Service Universel (CESU), and specific support for employees with a RQTH (Recognition of Disabled Worker Status).
• Solidarity missions possible via the "Wecare and we act" program.

Recruitment Process

• Interview with the recruitment team: A first phone or video‑conference interview with a member of our recruitment team. This will allow us to better understand your skills and experience, and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about the position and the company.
• Operational interview: To assess the suitability of your skills and profile against the requirements of the position.
• Case study: A case study will be proposed to assess your technical skills related to the position. A briefing will be offered.

We are committed to making this process as fast and efficient as possible, and to maintaining open and transparent communication throughout the process.

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