Senior Associate Director - eCommerce

GroupM; London; Hybrid; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A global media collective is hiring a Senior eCommerce Associate Director in London. This role involves delivering innovative eCommerce capabilities for various clients, providing strategic insights, and leading a team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of eCommerce campaign management and a proven track record in leadership. The position also offers a hybrid work environment and a range of competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive medical insurance

Group retirement plans

Vision and dental insurance

Significant paid time off

Partner discounts

Employee mental health awareness days

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of eCommerce campaign set-up, management, optimisation, and reporting.
• Excellent understanding of strategic and tactical applications of eCommerce and digital marketing.
• Proven project management and people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver category-defining eCommerce capabilities and services for a group of commerce clients.
• Provide strategic insight and help evolve best practices.
• Lead a team ensuring quality work in retail media activations.

Skills

eCommerce campaign management

Digital marketing application

Project management

Leadership

Job description

Overview

Senior Associate Director – eCommerce

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. EssenceMediacom is a leading WPP Media brand, focused on analytics, insights, data and technology to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands.

Role Summary and Impact

As a Senior eCommerce Associate Director, you will be responsible for delivering category-defining capabilities and services across eCommerce for a group of Commerce clients. Success in this role involves providing strategic insight, helping to evolve best practices and leading a team, with ultimate responsibility for the quality of work within this team (delivering best in class retail media activations).

We are a team of 20 working on clients such as (but not limited to) Dell, Adidas, TCCC, Sony Playstation, MOWI, Tempur and Lotus (across UK, EMEA and Global opportunities).

Following successful growth across a number of our accounts, we are looking for a Senior eCommerce Associate Director to join the growing community in EssenceMediacom eCommerce Practice.

Responsibilities

As a Senior eCommerce Associate Director, you will be responsible for delivering category-defining capabilities and services across eCommerce, for a group of Commerce clients. Success in this role involves providing strategic insight, helping to evolve best practices and leading a team, with ultimate responsibility for the quality of work within this team (delivering best in class retail media activations).

Skills and Experience / Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of eCommerce campaign set-up, management, optimisation and reporting across media owner and technology vendor platforms
• Excellent understanding of the strategic and tactical application of eCommerce and digital marketing in general
• Proven project management, leadership and people management experience.

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. 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. Benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision and dental insurance, significant paid time off, partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect where everyone belongs and has opportunities to progress in their careers.

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.

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