Associate Vice President, Client Services

WPP Media Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Media is seeking an experienced senior professional to lead media strategy and client engagements for major brands in India. The role demands strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to guide teams through high media activity.

You will collaborate with EssenceMediacom and regional teams to deliver integrated media solutions, drive growth, and ensure client objectives are met with measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7-9 years of experience in a similar setup.
• Ability to lead the team with full authority.
• Motivate the team & guide them during high media activity.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution for client campaigns across media channels.
• Coordinate with regional teams to align client objectives with agency capabilities.
• Manage client relationships and deliver on revenue targets.

Job description

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds 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.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

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 WPPs 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

At WPP Media, We Believe In The Power Of Our Culture And Our People. Its 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 Medias 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.

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 worlds 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

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Business Director.

3 Best Things About The Job:

You would be working in one of the most exiting agencies and lead a team of energetic and dynamic individuals. Scope to work on various target segments Systematized working process & Vertical Learning Curve

In This Role, Your Goals Will Be:

In three months:

You would be expected to have full understanding on your portfolio of brand/s Understand the different stakeholders within agency and start building relationship with them. Helping your team to craft the agency response to the client briefs.

In Six Months:

Ability to lead strategic & executional discussions with clients. You should be able to have full understanding of what is happening on your clients & lead your team in that aspect.Be visible as the leader of your team within the agency as well as with clientsStart interacting with our regional agency teams on client where applicable

In 12 Months:

Lead the annual planning process for our clients.Be the seamless bridge between local clients & regional/global agency team. Converse on measurement metrics across touchpoint based on campaign objectivesWin awards in both internal and external forums like FOM, Cannes, Smarties, RAMAI, etc.Ability to start driving agency KPIs; balanced with client KPIs

What Your Day Job Looks Like:

Based on the clients strategy, suggest options on the best form of media for specific clients and campaigns initiate and drive quality analysis and cross-category case studies Leveraging all GroupM learning and capabilities to deliver integrated solutions to clients Good Business Acumen Responsible for ensuring revenue targetsTeam management from a development and delivering on client objectives

Skills And Experience

Minimum 7-9 years of experience in a similar set up. Ability to lead the team with full authority. Also, being able to motivate the team & take them along during times of high media activity. Being able to overcome the typical media agency pitfalls build relationship with team members across the planning, buying, operations & the finance/billing teams. Being process drivenHaving a good relationship with media partnersAbility to have a business acumen along with being a fundamentally strong media professionalBusiness Acumen with the ability to understand 360* degree mediums.

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 were 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 Ab