Media Planner

Wppmedia; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 42,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical

Group retirement plans

Vision & dental insurance

Significant paid time off

Preferential partner discounts

Employee mental health days

Job summary

WPP Media in Singapore seeks a proactive Media Planner (Travel Retail) to support integrated plans across APAC, with emphasis on digital and traditional channels. You will assist in day-to-day campaign workflows, partner coordination, and client servicing to ensure timely outputs and robust measurement across markets, especially China.

The role prefers Mandarin proficiency, strong analytical skills, and a foundation in media planning with agency experience.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of media planning experience within a media agency environment.
• Fresh graduates with media agency internship experience may be considered.
• Strong analytical, organizational and numeracy skills with attention to detail.
• Clear written and spoken communication; ability to manage multi-market APAC briefs.

Responsibilities

• Support development of integrated media plans across digital and traditional channels in APAC.
• Assist with campaign execution, tracking, and performance optimization.
• Help prepare in-flight and post-campaign reporting for the client.
• Assist with day-to-day client communication and requests, including plan updates.
• Collaborate with local WPP Media teams and partners for timely outputs.
• Coordinate with retail and OTA partners for campaign planning and activation.
• Support with platform innovations and new partner opportunities.

Skills

Media planning

Digital & traditional media

Analytical skills

Client interaction

Mandarin proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

About WPP Media

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.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

About The Beauty Foundry:

The Beauty Foundry is WPP Media's bespoke, dedicated team built exclusively for The Estée Lauder Companies — one of the world's most iconic portfolios of prestige beauty brands. Spanning Heritage Prestige and Luxury Skincare, Derma and Active, Artistry and Makeup, Fragrance and Travel Retail, ELC operates across more than 50 markets with some of the most recognized and beloved brands in beauty.

The Beauty Foundry exists to accelerate ELC's transformation agenda — Growth Reimagined — connecting brand-building and demand generation across the full funnel, powered by WPP Open, our end-to-end AI-driven platform. This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to work at the intersection of prestige beauty, technology and global media transformation.

Role Summary and Impact

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and aspiring Media Planner (Travel Retail), working for a globally renowned leader in the luxury beauty industry, celebrated for its heritage of prestige skincare, makeup, and fragrance. You will play a crucial supporting role in the development and execution of integrated media planning and client servicing for the Travel Retail business unit across key APAC markets. We are looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented media professional capable of supporting day-to-day campaign workflows, campaign planning, and ensuring excellent coordination with travel retail partners, data partners, and activation teams across local markets, particularly in China. This role will be instrumental in supporting the Travel Retail Director and Managers to achieve their objectives.

Skills and Experience

What you will do:

• Integrated Media Strategy & Planning:Support the development of comprehensive, insight-driven media plans across key APAC markets, spanning both digital and traditional channels. Assist in ensuring plans are rooted in consumer understanding and aligned to business objectives, encompassing both Brand and Performance media across OTA platforms, on-platform Search, Social, Programmatic, airport DOOH, in-flight magazines and online-to-offline activations.
• Campaign Excellence & Execution Oversight:Support the Activation Teams in ensuring accurate and timely campaign execution. Develop a strong working knowledge of digital campaign requirements. Assist in maintaining rigour and accuracy for campaign tracking, performance optimization, and delivery standards.
• Reporting:Assist in the creation of in-flight and post-campaign reporting, contributing to clear and actionable performance insights for the client.
• Client Leadership & Stakeholder Management:Support the team in managing day-to-day client communication and requests. Participate in client conversations, assisting with the preparation of media plans, performance updates, and new opportunities under guidance.
• Market & Cross-Function Collaboration:Collaborate effectively with local WPP Media teams across APAC markets for local market activation, particularly with the activation team based in China, to support day-to-day outputs.
• Retail & OTA Partner Collaboration:Assist in coordinating effectively with both retail and Online Travel Agency (OTA) partners for campaign planning, audience activation, and technical integrations for seamless tracking. Support troubleshooting efforts with partners while fostering a collaborative environment.
• Innovation & Research:Support the Travel Retail Director and Managers in researching and bringing forward-thinking ideas such as platform innovations, first-to-market activations, and new partners to the client. Assist in working with media partners and local teams to develop these ideas.
• Account Operations Support:Assist in ensuring smooth account operations including adherence to globally defined media thresholds, sufficiency exercises, PO trackers, monthly billing inputs, and reporting cadences.

Measures of Success

In 3 Months:

• Establish relationships with Travel Retail client contacts, internal teams, and key partners.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the client's business, brand portfolio, media approach, and historical campaign performance across APAC markets.
• Successfully contribute to ongoing media plan execution and campaign implementation.
• Understand and support the team in ensuring robust KPI-setting and tracking frameworks are in place across active campaigns.

In 6 Months:

• Independently manage specific tasks within media planning and client servicing for key campaigns, with guidance from the Travel Retail Director and Managers for client conversations and presentations.
• Contribute proactively to insight-led discussions that enhance campaign performance and identify potential growth opportunities.
• Demonstrate strong ownership of assigned tasks and a proactive approach to learning

In 12 Months:

• Become a reliable and integral member of the account team, consistently delivering high-quality support and contributing to client satisfaction.
• Build a track record of proactive support and measurable contributions to campaign impact.
• Demonstrate a growing understanding of the Travel Retail media landscape and client objectives.

What you will need:

• At least 1 year of media planning experience, with a strong track record in integrated digital and traditional media planning within a media agency environment.
• Fresh graduates with media agency internship experience, or strong background in finance, accounting and marketing will be considered for this role as well.
• Proficiency in Mandarin and experience with the Chinese media landscape is an advantage due to the clients you'll be working with in the role.
• Working knowledge of digital media platforms including paid social (Meta, TikTok), search (Google), and programmatic; offline media knowledge is an added advantage.
• Some experience in client interaction or a strong desire to develop client-facing skills, ideally within a multi-market APAC environment.
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to support the development of insight-driven media strategies aligned to client business objectives.
• Excellent organizational, operational, and numeracy skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Clarity in written and spoken communication.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (including formulas) and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Life atWPP Media& Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, andwe’rejust 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 thecutting edgeof marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office eventsshowcasingteam 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 toparticular 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 whenwe'retogether, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection.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.

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