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Role Summary and Experience

The planning team are the guardians of creating industry leading, unrivalled work at Wavemaker. We are central conduits to all specialists, striving to push boundaries and have a positive impact on consumers and brand.

Wavemaker UK is looking for a Manager to join our growing team, to create impactful cross channel campaigns and build your media planning skills.

In this role, you will:

Media planning craft:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of media channels including where, when and how to use them based on the client brief.
• Have a skilled knowledge of Wavemaker and industry media planning tools and be able to train other team members.
• Have a skilled understanding of industry best practices and planning theory.
• Develop a fundamental knowledge of Wavemaker Purchase Journey thinking and Provocative Planning Philosophy.

Campaign management

• Ownership of campaign activity including briefing teams, collating response, managing client’s deliverables, and ensuring accuracy across all workstreams.
• Work closely with the planning and activation teams to ensure the day-to-day account is run efficiently and effectively.
• Be able to bring in specialist teams where needed to work on briefs and client questions.
• Ensure financial management processes are always excellent and met in a timely manner.

Effective communication:

• Become a trusted main day-to-day contact for junior clients, learning their business and ways of working. Ensuring that all requests & queries are answered with accuracy and in a timely manner.
• Support in managing Planning Executives to ensure they are on track with daily tasks, mentor and challenge them with new projects to develop their career.
• Start to develop a proactive problem-solving mindset but know when to flag any issues or concerns with Planning Director.

Skills and Experience

Practice Area Knowledge – Skilled

Demonstrates knowledge of the media landscape including future trends, best practice and challenges. Comfortable using (or briefing out) of the various products, platforms and systems that comms planning use. Develops breadth and depth of industry understanding. Becomes confident using tools, technology, techniques and systems and is able to train others.

Problem Solving – Fundamental

Applies focused questioning and systematic research to understand the problem and wider impact. Translates business problems into solutions. Uses critical questioning and maintains a broad perspective when analysing information to gain a deeper understanding of the problem and wider impact.

Stakeholder Relationships – Fundamental

Demonstrates knowledge of the agencies (or clients) organization structure and people, client relationships, business strategy, industry and challenges. Cultivates, nurtures and grow relationships with key clients, stakeholders and decision makers internally, externally and virtually.

Effective Communications – Skilled

Is able to lead dialogues between and with internal and external people (strategy, comms planning, channel planning and activation teams as well as clients and media partners). Uses simple, clear and human language wherever possible but can be technical when required.

Campaign Management – Skilled

Manages and takes ownership of several project/tasks accurately and thoroughly and with minimal error- without losing track of important details or deliverables.

Compelling Storytelling – Skilled

Be able to use knowledge of the media ecosystem, industry trends and clients' business pressure points to build a persuasive story and recommendation that acknowledges their preferred communication style.

Ideas Creation – Skilled

Generates or facilitates new ideas, methods, innovation or creative media solutions that can deliver growth.

Comms Planning – Skilled

Find solutions for client business problems using media. Applies knowledge of client, audience, channel, market and category to effectively delivery compelling multi-media plans.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual.

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 when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.

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