Hybrid Planning Manager — Cross‑Channel Campaigns

WPP Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

4 days in-office per week

Job summary

WPP Media Limited is seeking a Planning Manager to lead cross-channel campaigns and build media planning expertise within a growing team in the UK. You will shape client briefs, collaborate with planning and activation squads, and ensure campaigns run efficiently and accurately.

You will mentor Planning Executives, manage budgets, and act as the main day-to-day contact for junior clients, fostering strong relationships while delivering high-impact media strategies.

Qualifications

• Practice Area Knowledge – Skilled - Demonstrates knowledge of the media landscape and future trends.
• Comfortable using various products, platforms and systems that comms planning use.
• Problem Solving – Fundamental - Applies focused questioning and systematic research to understand problems.
• Stakeholder Relationships – Fundamental – Cultivates relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
• Effective Communications – Skilled - Lead dialogues between strategy, planning, activation teams and clients.
• Campaign Management – Skilled - Manages campaigns from start to finish with accurate tracking.
• Compelling Storytelling – Skilled - Build persuasive stories using industry trends and client context.
• Ideas Creation – Skilled - Generates new ideas and solutions to grow client campaigns.
• Comms Planning – Skilled - Find solutions using media and channel planning.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of campaign activity including briefing teams, collating response, managing client’s deliverables.
• Work with planning and activation teams to run day-to-day account efficiently and effectively.
• Be able to bring in specialist teams where needed to work on briefs and client questions.
• Ensure financial management processes are accurate and timely.
• Become a trusted day-to-day contact for junior clients and respond to requests promptly.
• Mentor Planning Executives and help develop their careers.
• Escalate issues to Planning Director where needed.
• Support training on Wavemaker and planning tools.

Skills

Media planning

Campaign management

Stakeholder relationships

Effective communication

Problem solving

Compelling storytelling

Ideas creation

Comms planning

Tools

Wavemaker

Telmar

Job description

WPP Media Limited is seeking a Planning Manager to lead cross-channel campaigns and build media planning expertise within a growing team in the UK. You will shape client briefs, collaborate with planning and activation squads, and ensure campaigns run efficiently and accurately.

You will mentor Planning Executives, manage budgets, and act as the main day-to-day contact for junior clients, fostering strong relationships while delivering high-impact media strategies.