Manager, Media Planning, UK

WPP Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Medical insurance

Pension plans

Vision and dental coverage

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Mental health awareness days

Job summary

WPP Media Limited seeks an Account Manager to join the Connections Planning team. You will plan and manage award-winning campaigns, defining audience strategy and ensuring delivery across all relevant touchpoints with channel specialists.

The role emphasizes collaboration, measurement design, and proactive problem-solving. As part of WPP Media, you will contribute to a culture that values extraordinary teamwork, openness, and growth.

Qualifications

• Share breadth of understanding across media channels and how they fit a comms strategy.
• Strong knowledge of audience planning tools and data-driven approaches.
• Confident presenter with passion and conviction, able to influence clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan exciting campaigns across channels, shaping audience approach and connections plan.
• Collaborate with channel specialists to execute plans and validate targeting at scale.
• Manage day-to-day campaign activities and act as the primary liaison between clients and channels.
• Design measurement, testing frameworks and optimisations to inform and improve campaigns.
• Contribute to content creation and performance reporting throughout the campaign lifecycle.

Skills

Audience planning

Campaign management

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Proactive learning

Tools

Audience planning tools

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.

Mindshare delivers Good Growth for its clients. As “Growth Architects," we drive growth thatbenefitsall stakeholders - better for people, planet, and business - by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders.

Role Summary and Impact

We are recruiting for an Account Manager who is an exceptional and driven media planner, to join our Connections Planning team.

In terms of your day to day, the bulk of your time will be spent on planning exciting, award-winning campaigns as well as working with channel specialists to make those plans a reality. This involves everything from defining the approach to audience, designing the connections plan across all relevant touchpoints as well as working on content creation and measurement.

About the role

• Specify how to build and target audiences in addressable and non-addressable media and validate the approach to ensure that the defined audience can be reached at the scale required.
• Help design an approach that outlines how and where we will connect with defined audiences in media
• Support the team in designing the connections ecosystem & plan, working closely and collaboratively with channel specialists
• Day to day management of campaigns as a key liaison between clients and channel specialists
• Designing measurement & testing framework to inform as well as measure and optimise campaigns

About you

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.
• You show a breadth of understanding of all media channels and can confidently discuss the role they play within a comms strategy
• Have an interest in both brand and performance campaigns
• You have a strong knowledge of audience planning tools
• Ability to draw clear insights and implications for media (i.e. connecting the outputs of different insight systems successfully)
• Demonstrate a passion for media and understanding of what makes a great media campaign.
• You are confident in presenting with passion and conviction.
• You are excited to work as part of a team; immediate, wider department and specialists as required. Leading by example though presence and contribution. Taking the responsibility for working in a collaborative, inclusive way
• You demonstrate excellent attention to detail and accuracy in output and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrate a proactive desire to continually improve own knowledge and wider skill set
• You are open minded, flexible and have a challenger mindset.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment toBe Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We alsoLead Optimistically,firmly believingin andChampioning Growth and Developmentfor every individual.

WeCreate an Open environmentbuilt on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office eventsshowcasingteam wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including 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 characteristics. We believe the best work happens whenwe'retogether, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That'swhywe’veadopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If yourequireaccommodations 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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