Senior Planner Buyer

Group M Worldwide Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media agency is seeking a Senior Planner Buyer in London to support media planning and buying efforts for Dell Technologies in the EMEA region. The role includes conducting research, analyzing data, running campaigns efficiently, and maintaining client relationships. Candidates should be highly motivated with strong analytical and negotiation skills, along with a good grasp of B2B and ecommerce marketing principles. This position offers great potential for growth and development in an innovative media environment.

Benefits

Competitive medical and retirement plans

Significant paid time off

Employee mental health awareness days

Preferential partner discounts

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in planning and buying media campaigns.
• Strong understanding of programmatic advertising.
• Excellent written & verbal English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and buying of media for clients.
• Conduct research and analyze data for effective campaigns.
• Negotiate with media vendors and present recommendations.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Strategic Thinking

People Skills

Negotiation

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Planner Buyer

AboutWPP Media

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

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand

EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.

Role Summary and Impact

We are seeking a highly motivated and organized Senior Planner Buyer to join our Dell Technologies EMEA team at EssenceMediacom London. As a Senior Planner Buyer, you will be responsible for supporting the team with the planning and buying of media for our clients. This includes conducting research, analyzing data, efficient running of campaigns, negotiating with media vendors, and presenting recommendations to clients. You will also be trained by our team to develop responsibility for maintaining client relationships, as well as working closely with other specialist teams within the agency.

This role will allow you to further develop an understanding of B2B and Ecommerce marketing principles that are a key part of Dell’s success as a company, as well as how the media market operates, plus a good skillset in negotiation. There is a particular need for Dell Technologies in EMEA to provide a best in class evolution of approach to digital innovation, building on our ways of working with vendors in a bespoke way based on our client’s needs, but also provide new strategies and recommendations with the cookieless future impacting some existing elements of our approach

Skills and Experience

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 Growthand Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

• Relevant experience working with in planning and buying media campaigns including exposure to programmatic media
• A strong understanding of programmatic advertising
• Highly analytical with a honed ability to problem-solve
• Ability to think strategically and with a future focus.
• Team player with excellent people skills
• Demonstrate excellent competency of using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective and efficient working style
• Technically minded yet service-industry-suited with the potential to develop into client leadership and more advanced staff management roles
• Excellent written & verbal English language skills/grammar; a strong communicator

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. Our benefits include 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 particular 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.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why 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.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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